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New Apple Watch Has Lowest Ratio of Hardware Costs to Retail Price, IHS Teardown Reveals
The new Apple Watch has the lowest hardware costs compared to retail price of any Apple phone, on the order of 24% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price.
NOAA Mapping Tool Offers Texas-to-Maine Coastal Flood Information
A flood risk mapping tool developed by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office for Coastal Management is now available for coastal areas along the entire East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.
Tesla Motors Unveils Battery Pack to Store Renewable Energy
Tesla Motors plans to produce a wall-mounted battery pack designed to store renewable energy in the home. The unit will go into small-scale production in three to four months at the company's Fremont, Calif. plant.
U.S. and Canada Announce New Rules for Rail Tank Cars
U.S. and Canadian regulators announced a final rule for the safe transportation of flammable liquids by rail.
Construction Costs Fall as Iron Ore Price Softens
Construction costs fell again in April, according to IHS and the Procurement Executives Group (PEG).
Docking Innovation for UAV Refueling While in Flight
A researcher from the University of Sydney has designed and tested a method for autonomously docking unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to enable refueling or recharging in mid-air.
Flight Tests Completed for Shape-changing Aircraft Wings, NASA Says
The U.S. space agency NASA says that after six months and 22 research flights, it has completed its initial flight tests of a new morphing wing technology.
GM Canada Expands Connected Car Engineering Center
GM Canada is expanding its engineering center in Oshawa, Ont.
Optical Tweezers: Merging Physics, Force and a Bit of Fantasy
The optical tweezer was developed by Bell Labs in the 1970s, and the dimensional scale of its use has since been extended down in range from handling individual proteins, viruses and bacteria strands to maneuvering nanoparticles and manipulating neutral atoms.
Researchers Track Failing Lithium-ion Batteries in Lab Tests
A team from the University of College London (UCL) has tracked what happens when lithium-ion batteries overheat and explode.
Solar PV Boom in the UK in Q1 2015, IHS Says
At least 110 photovoltaic (PV) projects with a combined capacity of 1,600 megawatts (MW) were completed in the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 2015.
Assessing Flood Risk Proves to Be a Complex Problem
A team from the University of Adelaide's school of civil, environmental and mining engineering has unveiled findings that shed light on the issue of flood risk in the latest issue of Nature Climate Change.
Gas Pipelines a Weak Link in U.S. Electric Power Structure, Moniz Says
Natural gas pipelines across the United States are aging and are near capacity, creating a weak link in the nation's electric grid, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says.
Membrane Could Help Reduce Aircraft Cabin Noise
Researchers from North Carolina (NC) State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a membrane that can be built into aircraft to reduce low-frequency noise in the cabin.
Pilots Urge Stronger FAA Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
In comments submitted to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) outlined several key areas of recent proposed rules for the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) that should be enhanced to maintain the safety of the national airspace system.
Producing Hydrogen Less Expensively Using Simplified Electrolysis
Researchers at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have discovered how to perform water electrolysis to create hydrogen without using the membrane placed between the electrodes in conventional systems.
Volatile but Profitable Market Exists for European Chemical Producers, IHS Says
Crude oil price swings in recent months, combined with a devalued euro, have created a volatile but profitable marketplace for European petrochemical producers, according to analysis from IHS.
Work Starts on First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm
The wind farm, which is being developed by Deepwater Wind, is located off the coast of Block Island, an island about 13 miles south of Rhode Island.
Big Data Analytics Drive Decisions Across the Enterprise
Manufacturers face a host of pressures to optimize plant performance and stay competitive—from knowing when to perform equipment maintenance to tightening inventory control. Data analysis has served as a primary tool to gain more visibility into operations, but many correlations are missed as data languishes in unconnected equipment or unused databases.
Electrifying Aviation from the Ground Up
Electric vehicles (EVs) can be found in a growing number of industrial environments one of them is the use in airports for a long time now. Small electric tow tractors are a familiar sight inside airport terminals where they are used for baggage collection, luggage movement and towing carts around.