Time after time, tragedies like the Titan disaster occur because leaders ignore red flags
The loss of the OceanGate submersible Titan appears to be an example of warnings ignored.
Jun 27, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Applying AI to crack the problem of safer, better petroleum processing
A major part of making heavy crude oil into gasoline and other products is the fluidic catalytic cracking processing. The process, first used commercially in 1915, has since undergone a variety of refinements but could be ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Engineering
Developing sensor technology to detect fires before they start
Researchers at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Materials Science (IMDEA Materials) are working on fire safety systems that can detect and warn of danger before a fire breaks out.
Nov 2, 2022
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Hardware
Propane sensor and transmitter offer split-second leak detection
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers demonstrated that an electrochemical sensor paired with a transmitter not only detects propane leaks within seconds, but it can also send a signal to alert emergency services.
Jul 7, 2022
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Business
Scams and cryptocurrency can go hand in hand. How they work and what to watch out for
When one of our students told us they were going to drop out of college in August 2021, it wasn't the first time we'd heard of someone ending their studies prematurely.
Jun 22, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Tracking sleep with a self-powering smart pillow
The human body needs sleep as much as it needs food and water. Yet many people fail to get enough, causing both mind and body to suffer. People who struggle for shut-eye could benefit from monitoring their sleep, but they ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Robotics
Scientists develop novel pain-perception biomimetic skin enabled by strain-perception-strengthening effect
Prof. Chen Tao's team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed strain-perception-strengthening (SPS) enabled biomimetic soft skin, which realizes ...
May 30, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Your Google searches and tweets might help forecast the next disease outbreak
It seems like yet another punchline for anyone joking about the past two years of pandemic life. But to scientists forecasting future disease outbreaks, it's important data.
May 18, 2022
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Automotive
Tesla issues 2nd recall for obstructing pedestrian warning
Tesla is recalling nearly nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a "Boombox" function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestrians.
Apr 14, 2022
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Business
Researchers propose AI-based approach to contactless machine failure detection
The world's largest manufacturers lose 1 trillion dollars per year to machine failure. Many problems lie in the noisy factory environment—working equipment and processes produce high sound, consequently, machinery faults ...
Nov 29, 2021
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