Infrastructure development, education and transport are among the highlights of the Union Budget 2021-22. Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the National Infrastructure Pipeline in December 2019. This first-of-its-kind, whole-of-government exercise undertaken by Government of India was launched with 6,835 projects. The project pipeline has now expanded to 7,400 projects. Around 217 projects … Read more
Optical fibres, the cornerstone technology for high-speed data transfer, can be given a significant performance boost by hollowing out their centre, researchers from Southampton University have discovered. Optical fibres, which are made of silica glass, have long been the transmission medium of choice for high-speed optical communications as well as for other uses such as … Read more
HS2 Ltd has outlined its plans to incorporate robotic arms in its two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs), used to bore the 16km Chiltern Tunnel. The two 170m-long, 2,000-tonne TBMs – nicknamed Cecilia and Florence – were revealed in August. Beginning at a site near the M25, they will dig as deep as 90m below the Chilterns, … Read more
IBM has announced that it will split into two companies by the end of 2021. It will concentrate on forward-facing services such as cloud computing and AI, and form a new company to manage legacy IT infrastructure. The new company will be created from IBM’s Managed Infrastructure Services, which belongs to its Global Technology Services … Read more