Drone maker Zipline unveils system for city deliveries
Drone maker Zipline on Wednesday introduced a new model that works with a small robot to deliver packages with precision in dense cities, even on windy days.
Mar 15, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Using the power of the sun to roast green chile
Every August and September the unmistakable pungent aroma of roasting green chile permeates the air across New Mexico and neighboring states.
Jul 6, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers test natural gas foam's ability to reduce water use in fracking
Southwest Research Institute has completed a pilot-scale facility to create and test natural gas foam as a safe and stable alternative to water for hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as 'fracking.' The six-year project ...
Mar 2, 2021
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New process enables lithium mining in Germany
Whether grid energy storage, electromobility or wearable electronics—lithium-ion batteries have become an integral part of our lives. Millions of tons of lithium are mined in places far away from Germany to produce them ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Engineering
Sound beacons support safer tunnel evacuation
Research conducted as part of the project EvacSound demonstrates that auditory guidance using sound beacons is an effective aid during the evacuation of smoke-filled road tunnels. This is good news. It is a fact that vehicle ...
Jun 11, 2020
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Engineering
One day, a plane could give you flying lessons
Vehicles make more decisions for people than we might realize – and they have been for a while. Just nine years after the Wright brothers successfully flew the first plane in 1903, autopilot was invented. Cruise control ...
Oct 10, 2019
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Automotive
Measuring motion sickness in driverless cars
What good is a driverless car if riding in it nauseates you?
Aug 21, 2019
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Security
A dynamic camouflaging approach to prevent intellectual property theft
In recent years, hardware-centric security threats have emerged at different stages of the integrated circuit (IC) supply chain. This has enabled the proliferation of various malicious attacks, such as intellectual property ...
Nov 27, 2018 feature
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