CES Gadget Show: Pizza from robots, underwater scooters
Robots were front and center at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas. One even made pizza.
Jan 10, 2020
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News tagged with urban areas
Engineering
How to build a smart city: Innovation diplomacy, transparency, trust and... conflict?
Turning smart city ambitions into partnerships and investment plans is a challenging path. Three people with hands-on experience in inspiring and guiding cities in this process are Muriel Pels and Inge van de Klundert from ...
Dec 04, 2019
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Telecom
Mobile mapping more accurate with a novel algorithm
A novel algorithm developed by University of Twente Ph.D. candidate Phillipp Fanta-Jende improves the accuracy of surveyed mobile mapping imaging products. It can compensate for measurement errors introduced from erroneous ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Engineering
The future of cities—opportunities, challenges and the way forward
While urban population is expected to continue growing around most of the globe, this is less so in Europe.
Oct 14, 2019
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Engineering
Mobile phone signals provide occupancy numbers for buildings
Buildings currently consume about 40 percent of all the electricity used in the United States, most of them located in urban areas that are growing rapidly. Because electricity generation is the largest source of greenhouse ...
Oct 11, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Hydrogen fuel is getting buzz, but here's why it hasn't gone mainstream
The hydrogen fuel that launches NASA rockets into space and provides electrical power via fuel cells produces only one waste product: water so pure the astronaut crew can drink it.
Oct 02, 2019
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Engineering
Turning problems into opportunities in urban areas
Currently, about 55 percent of the world's population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68 percent by 2050, according to a UN report. With several challenges posed by continued urbanization, ...
Oct 01, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Europe's future is renewable
Europe has enough solar and wind resources to meet its electricity demand entirely from renewable sources. A new study by researchers at the Institute for Transformative Sustainability Research (IASS) in Potsdam shows that ...
Sep 03, 2019
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Robotics
A system to automatically detect and collect garbage
Numerous countries worldwide are currently facing major problems related to waste collection, particularly in urban areas, due to the large amount of waste generated daily by the population. Technology could play a significant ...
Aug 29, 2019 feature
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Energy & Green Tech
Mexican start-up fights air pollution with artificial trees
Trees are one of the best things we have to clean the Earth's air, but they have certain drawbacks: they need time and space to grow.
Aug 15, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Engineers work on warning system for urban flooding using traffic cameras
It's the night of Sept. 8, 2014. Over metropolitan Phoenix, a summer monsoon collides with a dying Pacific hurricane. Rain gushes from the skies. Freeway pumps on Interstate 10 fail. Early morning commuters abandon their ...
Aug 07, 2019
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Engineering
How roads can help cool sizzling cities
Special permeable concrete pavement can help reduce the "urban heat island effect" that causes cities to sizzle in the summer, according to a Rutgers-led team of engineers.
Aug 01, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Uber tests drone food delivery, launches new autonomous SUV
Uber is testing restaurant food deliveries by drone.
Jun 12, 2019
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Engineers develop inexpensive, smart stop sign to improve driver safety
It's dark on the backroad as a motorist speeds toward the intersection. Up ahead, the stop sign blends with the night and in seconds a deadly crash occurs. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than half ...
Mar 06, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
A new approach for fast estimation of the solar energy potential in urban environments
TU Delft researchers have developed a new approach for quickly and accurately calculating the solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban environment. Via the new approach, architects and urban planners can more easily ...
Feb 05, 2019
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