Energy & Green Tech
Energy is scarce—and like all scarce things, it comes at a price. That is why Germany needs to greatly reduce its energy consumption. There is significant potential for this in the area of heating and cooling energy which ...
Dec 1, 2022
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Robotics
visit to the dentist typically involves time-consuming and sometimes unpleasant scraping with mechanical tools to remove plaque from teeth. What if, instead, a dentist could deploy a small army of tiny robots to precisely ...
Apr 25, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Geothermal energy is an energy source of increasing importance. In the pursuit of energy efficiency to achieve set climate goals, it is important to get to understand the technical challenges in detail. The plastic pipes ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
The pace of change in telecommunications is increasing every year.
Jul 19, 2022
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Other
The UK is losing a staggering 3 billion liters of water each day through leaky pipes. The issue is not limited to the UK alone. Globally, almost 90 billion liters of water are lost daily, accounting for up to half of all ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Robotics
Beneath our streets lies a maze of pipes, conduits for water, sewage, and gas. Regular inspection of these pipes for leaks or repair normally requires them to be dug up. The latter is not only onerous and expensive—with ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Engineering
Pumping liquids may seem like a solved problem but optimizing the process is still an area of active research. Any pumping application—from industrial scales to heating systems at home—would benefit from a reduction in ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Telecom
Fast broadband will run through water pipes in parts of South Yorkshire as part of plans to get better internet access to people quicker.
Apr 8, 2022
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Engineering
It's a hot topic, at least on social media: tiny plastic particles allegedly end up not only in oceans and lakes, but also in drinking water—and, yes, even in bottled mineral water. Eawag and the Zurich Water Works launched ...
May 31, 2022
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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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