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"RobotLawyer" to make its courtroom debut
To defend its client, the RobotLawyer, which was trained on data from past cases, will offer defendants a means to fight his or her case using a smartphone app that supplies appropriate responses for contesting a speeding ticket.
Video: Cutting carbon capture and conversion costs
A new system slashes the cost of carbon dioxide recovery from flue gas emissions and converts it into methanol.
Used nuclear fuel recycling initiative advances
Technologies are under development to recycle used nuclear fuel generated from commercial nuclear power reactors.
WALTER launches its first ORBIT welding helmet
Three high-definition auto-darkening lenses and anti-scratch cover plates offer optimal peripheral vision for increased safety and productivity.
Shape-shifting material could help robots "make a break for it"
Inspired by the shape-shifting sea cucumber, engineers developed the phase-shifting material called "magnetoactive solid-liquid phase transitional machine.”
Pfeiffer Vacuum introduces the new SmartVane rotary vane pump for mass spectrometry
This new SmartVane vacuum pump is designed with no shaft seals, eliminating the number one source of oil leaks, therefore preventing any contamination.
Team aims to keep drones airborne with lasers
The automated charging process for tracking drones during flight was tested on these so-called optics-driven drones (ODDs).
Watch this semi-submersible travel at the waterline
The semi-submersible is being eyed for military, commercial and research applications.
Best practices for solar water-splitting
A new best-practices guide is intended to provide confidence in comparing photoelectrochemical water-splitting efficiency results obtained at different sites and by different groups.
Microneedle bandage promises to halt blood loss, save lives
The researchers suggest that the biocompatible and biodegradable microneedle arrays (MNAs) can be directly applied to a standard adhesive bandage.
Ultrathin membrane enhances desalination efficiency
Ultrathin polymer-based ordered membranes that effectively remove salt from seawater and brine offer a promising alternative to existing water desalination systems.
Henkel launches new adhesive for high performance ADAS sensor assembly
The dual cure adhesive provides a very high cure depth after only a few seconds of exposure to ultraviolet light.
Texas A&M University team awarded NSF funding for project applying artificial intelligence to decarbonize buildings
The project aims to apply artificial intelligence techniques to design energy-efficient district heat pump systems that better serve human needs and behaviors while reducing the carbon footprint of buildings.
Air Innovations temperature and humidity control can enhance clean room operations
Clean rooms are used in several industries as a means of controlling airborne particles.
Virtual power plant to gird the grid in Puerto Rico
The solution will help harden the island’s fragile power grid and lower energy costs.
The world’s largest hydropower dams
Hydroelectricity is currently the world’s biggest source of renewable energy, as this profile of the five largest hydropower systems attests.
New sealing tech for Kice's VJOT-series of rotary airlocks
Rotary airlocks are critical to pneumatic conveyance systems because they control the flow of bulk material. Kice has released these new mechanical seals to provide added protection against breakage, contamination and leakage, even in extreme dry-running conditions.
At Photonics West 2023: SABIC to highlight specialized thermoplastics to enable higher-bandwidth, lower-energy data centers
New thermoplastic materials engineered for advanced optical components that support industry trends, such as the migration to co-packaged optics and single-mode fiber optic systems, will be showcased.
Eyeing AI to detect illegal construction
The researchers sought to capture images of building façades to classify buildings across a range of styles and to detect any illegal changes made to the façades over time.
Ammann debuts new ART 240 pneumatic-tired rollers
New rollers reportedly offer high levels of productivity and low emissions in soil and asphalt applications.