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This smart toilet could measure your health
The researchers began to gather their own urine samples to prove that urine could offer real-time data about a person’s health.
Calculate the service life of your chainflex® continuous-flex cables
Engineers always wonder how long chainflex® cables from igus® are expected to last inside their applications. Watch this video to learn how you can easily estimate the number of cycles.
Leaf peep for science
This citizen-science project is using tourist photos to track changes in fall colors.
Startup to determine driver drowsiness using steering wheel cover
A Purdue University industrial engineering graduate has developed technology for determining when a driver is drowsy.
Rice University team develops 'bullet proof' polymer cubes
Researchers at Houston’s Rice University Brown School of Engineering have developed cubes of latticed polymer that can withstand the force of a bullet and other projectiles.
NIST offers new testing standards for metal detectors
In addition to increasing confidence, NIST expects the acceptance and implementation of these standards to shorten the time needed for testing new products, resulting in lower costs for users.
LA Metro issues RFP for early-stage transit line work
The RFP seeks up to two private sector firms to help plan and design a fixed guideway transit line connecting the San Fernando Valley to the Westside, and eventually LAX.
Celebrating sustainable innovation on America Recycles Day
Recycling our everyday items is a helpful way to keep our resources strong and our Earth healthy. There have also been some significant strides in the engineering world to turn something old into something new and innovative.
Building an FMS: Key elements of flexible manufacturing systems
To fully understand how a flexible manufacturing system works, one must know the key features of an FMS. Here are five key features and why they are important to the success of an FMS.
Study: Access to the internet is a basic human right
People who don’t have access to the internet lack meaningful ways to influence the lawmakers and politicians who are shaping their lives and have less access to information.
Researchers propose plan to power rickshaws with EV batteries
Researchers from the University of Warwick in the U.K. are proposing to reuse electric vehicle (EV) batteries to power the roughly one million rickshaws used to transport people in Bangladesh.
Flash flood risk differs in the west than in the east: Here's why
Researchers found that "flashiness" actually decreased with the extent of imperviousness in arid, urban, Southwest watersheds.
Unheeded safety rules could have saved lives in duck boat accident, NTSB says
Lives could have been saved, and the Stretch Duck 7 accident could have been prevented had previously issued safety recommendations been implemented, the NTSB charged.
Sensors sniff out decay in books old and new
An “electronic nose” made up of sensors can detect the early signs of paper decay in books through the volatile organic compounds they emit.
Motor operation in hot and cold climates
Overheating is one of the most common ways to damage electronic and electrical machines. This is especially true for electric motors.
Motor enclosures: The passive part with a crucial role
A motor's application suitability is often determined by a passive mechanical part – the motor enclosure.
A new test may detect prion, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
After working on prion detection for two decades, the team has designed a fast, non-invasive method of detecting prions in the body fluids of infected living subjects using a synthetic-molecule-based approach.
Researchers using straw, grass and maize to develop biodegradable food packaging
Scientists from Bangor University, Wales, in conjunction with scientists from Makerere University in Uganda are using byproduct from the farming industry — grass, straw and maize — to develop biodegradable packaging for eggs, fruits and vegetables.
How does a HEPA filter work?
High efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters and ultra-low particulate air (ULPA) filters are air filters designed to trap a vast majority of very small particulate contaminants from an air stream. Learn about how they work, relevant standards and more in this article.
Robot swarm could detect nuclear material
The developers hope to create a swarm of fully autonomous inspector bots using machine learning software to enable the swarm to independently navigate and communicate with each other while conducting inspections.