Later this month, the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) and Nesta are releasing a joint report which will show exactly how.

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Imran Khan, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (Case), said he was pleased to see that Mr Osborne was taking such a close personal interest in science.

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That means the architecture followed from engineering considerations such as the tensile strength of steel rather than, as in the case of Beaux Arts, originating from a sculptural ideal.

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All else being equal, lighter will cost more, thanks to the extra engineering required to cram functionality into a smaller case.

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Hidden beneath a nondescript engineering case a few feet away from the company's 22-inch ICS "tablet" was one of the most impressive 4K displays we've seen.

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Take the case of the shortage of design, developer and engineering skills.

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For now, just consider it an interesting engineering exercise, somewhat like cramming what amounts to a small notebook computer into the case of the iPhone 5.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology is on the case, too: In 1999 it formed AgeLab, a research center within the university's engineering school, to come up with new ideas for the next generation of seniors.

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The case has been brought by unions representing former employees at Allied Steel and Wire (ASW) and United Engineering Forgings (UEF).

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