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Protolabs recognized for excellence in engineering and production technology
The National Association of Manufacturers named the company a Manufacturing Leadership Awards winner.
New drone equipped with shotgun to shoot down other drones
Russian defense contractor Almaz Antey has built a drone that shoots other drones out of the sky.
After 8 weeks of labor, this 'fatberg' is vanquished
During the project to clear the massive clog, seven confined-space specialists were winched into the sewer via a manhole.
Netflix algorithm used for faster biological imaging
An algorithm created to improve Netflix's ability to predict movie preferences is being applied to Raman spectroscopy.
Watch how smart pajamas can benefit sleep patterns
Sleepwear inconspicuously integrates sensing elements and portable power sources to track heartbeat, breathing and other parameters as the user slumbers.
Sacramento to reward app users who opt for low-carbon travel
The city of Sacramento is trialing a scheme that would encourage residents to navigate the city using low-carbon travel alternatives.
Sludge tracking innovation could boost biogas production
The flow behavior of sludge can be used to gauge how quickly organic matter is dissolving at high temperatures. The technique could help facilitate online monitoring of process performance.
US universities install Muroom high-tech lab
The Muroom installation at the University of Illinois (UOI) Urbana-Champaign Electron Microscopy (EM) facility within the Materials Research Lab (MRL) was completed last year.
Big oil and gas data release by UK regulators
The U.K. Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) launched the U.K. Oil and Gas National Data Repository (NDR), a publicly available dataset that encompasses over 130 terabytes of well, geophysical, field and infrastructure data.
Self-driving machine suctions apples from trees
A California-based startup has developed an autonomous solution for apple picking.
Medical sterilization of fluoropolymer films
When medical devices coated with these films have to be sterilized repeatedly, manufacturers have to evaluate the long-term performance of the film. This varies depending on the kind of fluoropolymer and the sterilization method used, and adds an additional point of complexity in the design and manufacturing equation.
Electric vehicles could benefit from this deployment plan
The proposal would help fund the adoption of electric school buses and public transportation, and also could lead to almost 2,500 charging stations across the state.
US intelligence calls for footage to train its facial recognition tech
Researchers from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) team are requesting that companies, cities and academia help build an enormous video dataset for the purpose of training its facial recognition algorithms.
Microgrid project eyes carbon neutrality as it nears completion
The project will have twin 2 MW solar power plants along with six gas engines that have a total generating capacity of 8.1 MW.
This utility is speeding up its carbon reduction timeline
The revised goal moves up by a full decade the carbon reduction commitment the utility made two years ago.
The first pole-mounted, multi-access edge AI and machine learning solution
The new solution is a compact, low-profile, pole or wall-mountable unit based on an integration of Adlink’s latest AI Edge Server MECS-7210 and Charles’ SC102 Micro Edge Enclosure.
This utility is adding 247 MW of wind energy capacity
The generating capacity will help the utility more than double its use of renewable energy by 2021.
Kickstarter launches for robot therapy dog
To improve the quality of life for seniors and people living with dementia, a robotics company has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the development of a robot therapy dog.
April brings showers – and pothole repairs
What are science and engineering doing to alleviate the suffering that potholes inflict on motorists and highway departments?
Ultra-soft and extremely affordable thermal gap filler
When sandwiched between components of varying shapes and sizes and a nearby heat sink or spreader, this compliant 2.5 watts per meter-Kelvin (W/m° K) thermal interface material exhibits a thermal resistance as low as 0.42° C in2/W at 14 pounds per square inch (PSI).