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Companies join forces to create tech that detects guns a football field away
The companies will combine Evolon’s long distance object detection technology and ZeroEyes’ long range gun detection.
Video: Sustainable packaging sown on the farm
Reusing Agricultural Waste (RAW) Packaging is derived from agricultural waste produced by sugar cane farms across India.
AI lets robots recognize people
Toppan envisions deploying the AI-enhanced TransBots for security, customer analysis, guidance, transportation and cleaning applications to help alleviate labor shortages.
Watch: More mechanical complexities in the LEGO medium
The creator behind the redshoebox YouTube channel is back at it again. Whomever runs this account, has a very creative mind and is clearly an expert in motion control systems.
Drone-hunting missiles can down unmanned aerial systems
Conducting ground-to-air test firings, the BAE Systems team determined that the 70 mm rockets guided by APKWS guidance kits and aimed at Class-2 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) weighing roughly 25 lb to 50 lb can travel at speeds more than 100 miles per hour.
High temperature fluids — Thermal stability and maximum temperature ratings
One of the most critical performance aspects of a fluid designed for high temperature service is its thermal stability.
Practical monitoring of semi-automatic machines and equipment
Solutions are needed to monitor equipment that is becoming more automated with the trend accelerated by labor shortages.
Video: Novel heat pump trial steams ahead
The electrically powered Greenstream heat pump is designed to help industrial users recycle heat and reduce fuel use by up to 90%.
These robots can self-heal
According to its developers, the soft, self-healing robot can detect when and where it was damaged and subsequently heal itself.
New disinfectant spray promises to protect food
To develop the spray, the McMaster researchers encouraged bacteriophages, which are harmless viruses that consume bacteria, to link together and form a microscopic chain of beads.
Tapping freshwater from oceanic water vapor
Capturing and condensing oceanic water vapor offers a means of augmenting freshwater supplies onshore.
Video: Printfrastructure primed for UK water sector
Additive manufacturing technology has made its debut in the U.K. water sector.
A new way to float wind turbines
Relative to horizontal axis systems, this vertical axis design is less expensive and faster to build, resulting in 50% cost reduction per MW and shorter delivery time.
New facial recognition tech is all ears
The system works much like facial recognition to correctly identify users with up to 99% accuracy, according to its developers.
This company to cease PFAS use as part of water quality goals
As part of its water and environmental stewardship goals, 3M will discontinue use of these "forever chemicals" by 2025.
Kudelski introduces its new security Threat Navigator
Using Threat Navigator, clients can visualize and understand their existing security coverage against the latest attacker techniques and access automated recommendations to improve security detection capability in their context.
Top 10 Engineering360 articles of 2022
Here's our Top 10 list of 2022 content, as chosen by reader popularity.
Self-healing concrete promises to fix pipes without human intervention
The self-healing concrete features microcapsules filled with water treatment sludge for mitigating microbial corrosion.
The global need to fortify forests
Collaborative efforts to stem the tide of deforestation are ramping up worldwide.
The global status of nuclear power
Nuclear power has been experiencing a slow decline from a 17.5% peak share of global electricity generation in 1996 to a share of only 9.8% in 2021.