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  • Issue 100

From 1999 to 2049: looking back and looking forward

We asked Ingenia contributors to share the engineering that’s impacted them since 1999 – and the engineering advances that could change the world in the next 25 years. Why not share your thoughts too using #IngeniaMag?

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  • Arts & culture
  • Civil & structural
  • Issue 100

How ABBA Voyage was made

ABBA said they’d never tour again. Bringing them back required a technological marvel, a fully demountable arena, and an array of engineering disciplines working in tandem to make it all come together. Leonie Mercedes goes on a voyage to explore the engineering behind the show.

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  • Energy
  • Innovation Watch
  • Issue 100

How a shrimp inspired nuclear fusion technology

First Light Fusion is setting records in its plans to commercialise nuclear power. It has taken inspiration from a shrimp to develop a process to compress pellets of fusion fuel to create thermonuclear fusion energy.

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  • Opinion
  • Issue 100

The imperative of social sustainability in engineering

As Ingenia's guest editor for its 100th issue, Dr Shini Somara sets out the need to grow our commitment to widening participation in engineering and ensure social sustainability.

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  • Design & manufacturing
  • Environment & sustainability
  • Innovation Watch
  • Issue 100

The engineers turning surplus feathers into packaging

London-based startup Aeropowder is turning surplus feathers into a biodegradable thermal packaging material, designed to keep items such as medicines or vaccines insulated and cold during transport.

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  • Environment & sustainability
  • Design & manufacturing
  • Opinion
  • Issue 100

The art and science of engineering with living things

Christopher Bellamy trained as an engineer at the University of Cambridge and worked for Jaguar Land Rover and Salomon. Now, he's a biodesigner working with living things to create materials that make us feel closer to nature.

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