Robotics
A trio of researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, working with a colleague at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has designed and built a working quadruped robot with magnetized feet ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sandia National Laboratories researchers combined large sets of real-world solar data and advanced machine learning to study the impacts of severe weather on U.S. solar farms, and sort out what factors affect energy generation. ...
Aug 31, 2021
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Engineering
Urban infrastructure—bridges, roads, railways, pipelines, power transmission towers and so on—must be inspected regularly to operate safely. Imagine if we used advanced technologies available to us, such as wireless sensors, ...
Jun 26, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Maintenance of modern aircraft is a complex process. The use of AR smart glasses with 3D information visualization should make repair and maintenance work easier for aircraft mechanics. Virtual elements such as instructions, ...
Jul 3, 2023
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Robotics
Scientists from the Division of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Kanazawa University developed a prototype pipe maintenance robot that can unclog and repair pipes with a wide range of diameters. Using a cutting tool ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Hardware
Researchers at Bournemouth University have developed and patented a new corrosion sensor that could improve safety and reliability of large structures such as bridges, aircraft, military vehicles and gas pipelines.
Jan 12, 2023
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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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Engineering
Ships, bridges and wind turbines can all be made safe using sensors that are just a few millimeters across. Researchers have borrowed a principle behind the technology from a vibrating guitar string for their device. But ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Engineering
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) announced that it has developed D.N.A. (Data, Network, and AI) technologies to predict the levels of damage and aging of bridges for preventive maintenance.
Feb 21, 2023
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Internet
To the dismay of millions of children—and the parents trying to keep them busy and cope with their anguish—the popular gaming platform Roblox crashed Friday, and the company was still trying to restore service Saturday.
Oct 31, 2021
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