Hi Tech & Innovation
The operator of Frankfurt's international airport says it is developing a concept for electric air taxi services.
Feb 12, 2019
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. has found that cascade effects are more to blame for poor performance by London's commuter train system than are mechanical failures. In their paper published ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Real life in the public space is not exactly an elegant straight line. Ramps. Boxes. "Floor is Wet" signs. Store aisles calling for multiple right and left turns to reach shelves in pursuit. No small challenge for a person ...
Feb 10, 2019 weblog
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Engineering
French physician René Laennec envisioned in 1816 rolled sheets of paper into a tube that amplified sounds. He went on to invent the stethoscope and is considered the father of auscultation.
Feb 09, 2019 weblog
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Hi Tech & Innovation
In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every ...
Feb 04, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
As the solar industry has grown, so have some of its inefficiencies. Smart entrepreneurs see those inefficiencies as business opportunities and try to create solutions around them. Such is the nature of a maturing industry.
Jan 30, 2019
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Robotics
Bacteria display remarkable plasticity by exploiting mechanics in response to locally changing physical and chemical conditions. Compliant structures usually assist their taxis behavior to navigate inside complex and structured ...
Jan 28, 2019 feature
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A self-driving car system has been developed by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to project the direction of travel onto the road, so that pedestrians can figure out what the car is going to do next.
Jan 25, 2019 weblog
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Fully autonomous vehicles may not be crisscrossing the United States just yet, but they are causing traffic on news sites and social media. New research shows this heavy media coverage influences how the public perceives ...
Jan 22, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Visitors pouring into Japan's Haneda airport for the Tokyo Olympics next year may find themselves ferried to and from planes on driverless buses, currently being tested at the major hub.
Jan 22, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
One of your car's oldest features has been put to a new, high-tech use by University of Michigan researchers.
Jan 18, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
After catastrophic wildfires in southern California late last year, the Israeli startup Watergen sent in its devices which pull clean water out of the atmosphere for firefighters and relief workers.
Jan 11, 2019
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