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Wearable Robots Usher in Next-gen Therapies
The BIOMOT project has demonstrated that personalized computational models of the human body can effectively be used to control wearable exoskeletons.
Robot Flies Cessna Caravan
Aurora's robot functions as a second pilot in a two-crew aircraft, enabling reduced crew operations while tasked with ensuring that aircraft performance is maintained.
A Step Toward Water-skimming Robots?
Engineers have measured parameters that allow water striders to walk on water by studying their leg shadows. Their findings could contribute to designs for water-skimming robots.
Ceramic-based EV Battery Is Lightweight, Green
The key to the new battery is a ceramic-based, high-capacitance capacitator that, unlike current chemical-based solid-state batteries, is eco-friendly.
Advance Could Shrink Size of LIDAR Systems
The Flash LIDAR” sensors are composed of photodiodes known as single-photon avalanche diodes.
A Greener Way to Generate Heat from Biomass?
One approach to using biomass while minimizing the release of harmful emissions involves adding microorganisms that can degrade the materials.
Co-Process Biomass Streams with Petroleum?
A project spearheaded by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory combines biomass pyrolysis with fluid catalytic cracking to demonstrate the potential to co-process biomass-derived streams with petroleum.
Engineer's Guide to Corrosion: Part 3
This final part of our series on corrosion examines corrosion issues, and includes a discussion of methods of control.
Flooring That Harvests Power from Walking
After the fibers are chemically treated, they produce an electrical charge when they come into contact with untreated nanofibers, which can be harnessed to power lights or charge batteries.
Faurecia Extends Industry 4.0 Concepts to New Plant
The manufacturing process will use autonomous intelligent vehicles that can transport parts to the assembly line.
Startup Debuts Food Waste-to-Fertilizer Technology
Supermarket fresh food waste that can’t be donated is recycled and returned to the soil as a high-value organic fertilizer.
Implant May Treat All Forms of Blindness
A clinical trial enabled the blind recipient of a visual cortical prosthetic to distinguish spots of light.
Heart-on-Chip Is 3-D-Printed, Sensors Included
A 3-D-printed heart-on-a-chip is fabricated with a fully automated, digital manufacturing process.
Mobile Cancer Diagnostics with Mobile Phone
A known cancer biomarker is accurately detected with an iPhone 5 spectrometer.
Record Efficiency Claimed for Tandem Solar Module
Two thin-film materials were combined for a 17.8% conversion efficiency.
Lockheed Martin to Test Tidal Energy Turbine
The AR1500 will have a rated capacity of 1.5 megawatts at tidal flows of 3.0 m/s.
ExxonMobil to Test CO2-capture Technology
A Southern Company power plant will host pilot tests of the technology, which uses carbonate fuel cells to concentrate and capture carbon dioxide streams.
Q&A with Stephen Ambrose, Audio Pioneer
Engineering360 talks to Stephen Ambrose about how his work to develop ear monitors for use by stage performers can now help people with impaired hearing.
Next Century Will Bring Deep Water to New York City
The new study reports that floods as intense as Superstorm Sandy’s would have occurred about once every 400 years, on average, under the sea-level-rise conditions of the year 2000.
Nanospike Catalysts Convert CO2 into Ethanol
Using a catalyst made of carbon, copper and nitrogen, the team applied voltage to trigger a complicated chemical reaction that essentially reverses the combustion process.