Latest technologies and future of engineering at NIDays London

There was also talks from Colin Freeman of Frazer Nash consultancy about the Train Zero model that had won an award the previous evening at the prestigious Engineering Impact Awards.

56 exhibitors demonstrated in the main hall with everything from Quicksilver who quest to break the world water speed record, Quadbots; a kick-starter campaign to inspire makers of all ages to other incredible customers, partners and alliance partners on display.

The expo floor also had ‘Meet the Engineer’ booth was able to help those on the spot with their most technical challenges. Track sessions including LabVIEW community sessions and user group sessions were popular sessions with engaged participants. In-depth presentations were on too with presenters such as Maxime Lecuona from JLR and Daniel Jubb from the falcon project.

Academic Technical Marketing Engineer for Northern Europe, Richard Roberts said: “NIDays is an opportunity to unleash game-changing technologies to the engineering and scientific communities, but the day wouldn’t mean anything without the technical professionals who attend.”

Roberts continued: “There was an incredible atmosphere throughout the day and we are thrilled to be connecting great minds from industry and academia under one roof... that’s how true innovation begins.”

The afternoon keynote welcomed Joel Gibbard, CEO and co-founder of Open Bionics: he presented his open source, 3D printable bionic limbs that rival the current style, price and design of those available on the market today.

Keynote speaker Richard Roberts also emphasised how the Internet of Things is profoundly impacting product design, manufacturing, education and infrastructure and how technology must evolve to realise the true potential of the IoT. With the future technology of Time Sensitive Networking being discussed, future engineers and the Software Tech Preview, the afternoon was filled with a comprehensive outlook into upcoming trends in engineering and science.