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Video: Fast-track ventilator ready for testing in UK
A prototype ventilator designed with off-the-shelf equipment for quick assembly will now be tested for safety and usability.
Watch: IAEA equips nations to combat COVID-19
The agency is responding to the need for diagnostic and laboratory equipment required to combat the COVID-19 epidemic by sending emergency supplies to 90 member states.
Interactive website explores social distancing controls and COVID-19 spread
The interactive tool from Stanford University models the temporal diffusion of COVID-19 under different social distancing measures.
Australia eyes agave for transport fuel
As Australia experiences a transport fuel shortage, scientists are suggesting that agave could reduce the country’s reliance on traditional fossil fuels.
Engineers 3D print ventilator splitters to treat more than one COVID-19 patient at once
A team of engineers from Johns Hopkins University is developing and prototyping a 3D printed splitter that will make it possible for a single ventilator to simultaneously treat multiple patients.
GM and Honda agree to jointly produce EVs
Vehicles will be manufactured at GM plants in North America. Sales are expected to begin in the 2024 model year in Honda's U.S. and Canadian markets.
Search traffic surges for medical and safety gear standards
Search traffic on Engineering360 for European standards related to medical devices and protective supplies surged during March after Italy emerged as a COVID-19 hotspot.
Hydraulic challenges an engineer could face with pumps and the solution to these challenges
The underlying cause of failure in centrifugal pumps goes beyond the failed part, and the extent to which it happens varies.
12,000 people sign up to be next generation of astronauts
These astronauts will be selected in the summer of 2021.
Sustainable manufacturing strategies for reducing e-waste
Consumers often shoulder the responsibility of recycling e-waste. But manufacturers can also adopt more sustainable practices and recycling efforts to combat e-waste.
Study: Concrete umbrellas could offer shade, protection against storm surges
To protect against future storm surges, a team from Princeton is developing plans for kinetic concrete umbrellas to be placed along coastlines.
Technique developed to convey flood mitigation plans and costs
The method relies on visualization rather than equations and scientific language to convey information on complex flood protection schemes.
Early lung cancer detection with noninvasive nanosensors
Peptide-coated nanosensors, which can be inhaled or injected, interact with proteases, enzymes which enable cancer cells to travel through the body and metastasize.
Students develop store inventory monitoring website amid COVID-19 pandemic
Computer science students from the University of Texas have created an inventory tracking website that enables users to see what supplies are in stock at local big-box stores amid coronavirus-related disruptions to the supply chain and incidents of hoarding.
SEAT uses windshield wiper motors to run its ventilators
A Spain-based automobile manufacturer is producing medical ventilators amid the global coronavirus pandemic using windshield wiper motors from its assembly line to power the medical devices.
COVID-19 antibody detection tool could spur vaccine development
An antibody-detection tool is being used to analyze blood samples from people who recover from COVID-19 to learn how the coronavirus affects the immune system.
Tier 1 automotive manufacturer expands production with fleet of Universal Robots
Nine UR cobots at thyssenkrupp Bilstein handle machine tending, assembly, and product inspection, optimizing production.
Honeywell aerospace facility to manufacture N95 masks
To support U.S. response efforts, Honeywell is adding a face mask production operation at its Phoenix Engines campus in Arizona.
Information modeling for the digital thread
The benefits of digital twinning will likely stay small without some degree of data interoperability.
Watch: NASA maps monitor global groundwater and drought conditions
NASA has developed a method for better monitoring drought conditions and incidence worldwide with global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness conditions. Satellite data are used to update global maps on a weekly basis and to generate one to three-month forecasts of U.S. conditions.