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  • Bechtel awarded EPC contracts for LNG export terminal

    The lump-sum turnkey contracts include cost, schedule and performance guarantees.

  • Raspberry-picking robot can pick 25,000 raspberries a day

    A raspberry-picking robot developed by a University of Plymouth spin-out is capable of picking as many as 25,000 raspberries a day, according to a recent trial of the technology.

  • Can creativity follow a schedule?

    New research from economists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) suggests that schedule-setting autonomy and employee impulsivity are key factors in optimal time management.

  • Panamanian village built from discarded plastic bottles

    To create the structures, metal cages are packed with plastic bottles and the cages are then welded together with steel rebar. Those cage structures are then covered entirely in concrete.

  • First digital circuit breaker certified for commercial use

    Part of what makes the solid-state circuit breaker revolutionary is not only that it is the first digital circuit breaker to receive UL489 and UL1557 listings, but that it is also an extension of the industrial internet of things.

  • Watch: Greater access to vaccines without refrigeration

    The active ingredients in existing vaccines are encased in a sugary gel in a process that adds only marginal cost to vaccine formulation and eliminates almost all transportation costs.

  • Uber launches ScUber, a ride-share submarine for the Great Barrier Reef

    Included in the A$3,000 price tag for the round-trip are transfers, a helicopter ride to either the Herron Island or Port Douglas launch points and an hour-long submarine ride.

  • Gas utility will test adsorbed natural gas vehicles

    Adsorbed natural gas vehicles can operate at lower storage pressure than standard compressed natural gas vehicles, refilling at 900 psi instead of 36,00 psi.

  • Here is how to send your name to Mars

    Members of the public are invited to accompany the historic 2020 Mars Rover mission, if in name only.

  • Scientists develop a food packaging bioplastic that degrades in just a couple of years

    Scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania have developed a biodegradable plastic capable of decomposing in a compost bin in roughly two years’ time.

  • Canada installs extensive avalanche detection system

    The newly installed system will provide early warning of increasing avalanche activity.

  • What is the most popular industrial network protocol?

    As the number of machines and devices connected to industrial networks grows steadily, a winner is emerging among the protocols that define how devices exchange data.

  • Video: Watch a quadruped robot pull a 3.6 ton airplane

    A single IIT robot hauled the plane for more than 10 meters.

  • Automated fuel cell stack production

    Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH is addressing the demand for its GEN 4 hydrogen fuel cell stack modules with the installation of a manufacturing robot that is expected to increase the company’s production capacity by 5,000 fuel cell units per year.

  • Restoring that Notre-Dame sound

    Acoustics expert Brian F.G. Katz talks with Engineering360 about what made sound unique inside Notre-Dame Cathedral and the critical factors that restoration experts may consider as the landmark recovers from a devastating fire.

  • New traffic system recognizes when a pedestrian wants to cross the street

    Researchers at Austria’s Graz University of Technology have created a new pedestrian traffic light system to rival traditional push-button pedestrian systems.

  • Report: University students unwittingly participated in facial recognition tech trial

    Students at the University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs’ campus were unwittingly photographed while walking through sections of the school’s campus as part of research designed to build a facial recognition technology database, according to reports.

  • 4 advantages of metal additive manufacturing in mass production

    With its unique ability to create light parts at lower costs, metal AM is especially crucial in large manufacturing processes.

  • Polymer prepared to enhance uranium extraction from seawater

    A biologically inspired polymeric adsorbent material has been developed to advance the marine mining of this industrially valuable element.

  • Smart Valve – A secondary backflow preventer for accurate water metering

    Flow Dynamics designed a flow management device to eliminate waste and ensure users only pay for water delivered to its point of use.

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