Electric boats making waves without the noise
The auto industry has raced ahead on an electric wave with more manufacturers joining the race seemingly every day.
Sep 2, 2021
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Engineering
Study: More than 4.6 million English homes experience summertime overheating
The summer of 2018 saw temperatures far above the long-term average in the Northern Hemisphere. It was England's hottest ever summer, with four heat waves resulting in 1,067 excess deaths. The temperatures experienced in ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Envisioning safer cities with AI
Artificial intelligence is providing new opportunities in a range of fields, from business to industrial design to entertainment. But how about civil engineering and city planning? How might machine- and deep-learning help ...
May 19, 2021
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Girl Scout cookies take flight in Virginia drone deliveries
Missing out on Thin Mints in the pandemic? A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies to people's doorsteps in a Virginia community.
Apr 28, 2021
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Algorithms and automation: Making new technology faster and cheaper
Additive manufacturing (AM) machinery has advanced over time, however, the necessary software for new machines often lags behind. To help mitigate this issue, Penn State researchers designed an automated process planning ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Living with autonomous systems 'we can trust'
Autonomous systems are affecting virtually all aspects of society, so future designs must be guided by a broad range of societal stakeholders. That's according to a new report led by scientists in the Oden Institute for Computational ...
Dec 2, 2020
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A software application to ease the reuse of construction materials
New software developed at EPFL can help architects to design building structures that incorporate both new and reused components, thereby lowering their environmental impact.
Oct 30, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
3-D-printed nuclear reactor promises faster, more economical path to nuclear energy
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are refining their design of a 3-D-printed nuclear reactor core, scaling up the additive manufacturing process necessary to build it, and developing ...
May 11, 2020
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Biofuel for ships: Diesel and gasoline sourced from renewables
The combustion of conventional fossil fuels accounts for a large share of global CO2 emissions. A great deal of criticism is levelled against cruise and merchant ships for polluting the environment with sooty waste gas and ...
May 4, 2020
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Meet the scholar who diagnosed 'surveillance capitalism'
A year ago, Shoshana Zuboff dropped an intellectual bomb on the technology industry. She hasn't stood still since.
Dec 11, 2019
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