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  • Study: Data reveals home plate umpires make many mistakes

    With baseball season in full swing, new research is suggesting that home plate umpires make several incorrect calls over the course of a season.

  • E.On expands its wind energy portfolio with new projects

    The wind farm consists of 60 six MW wind turbines from Siemens and ranks as one of the largest wind power plants in the Baltic.

  • Autonomous ship navigation with AI and data analytics

    A significant number of marine accidents and casualties are due in part to human error.

  • Fire safety standards come to the fore after Notre-Dame burns

    Fire safety and suppression are the topics of multiple engineering standards, many of which are available at Engineering360.

  • Turning plastic ocean waste into carpets

    A European carpet company is turning fishing nets recovered from the ocean into carpeting for the home, according to reports.

  • Report: Google supplies US law enforcement with whereabouts of devices to help solve crimes

    According to a recent New York Times report, U.S. law enforcement officials are accessing Google’s location-tracking database to solve crimes.

  • Real-time oil analytics powered by artificial intelligence

    OilX platform is a revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analytics tool that provides traders and analysts with real-time market analysis.

  • Team developing AI-enabled drones for pothole, crack detection

    A team of scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Robotics Institute have detailed plans for AI-enabled drones that can inspect roads for potholes and other damage.

  • Engineers downplayed cracks hours before bridge collapse

    In court documents, engineers allegedly assured colleagues it was safe to keep the road below open and that temporary shoring to hold up the span was not necessary as repairs proceeded.

  • Researchers make predictions about future fatal stabbing events based on data analytics

    Criminologists from the University of Cambridge are using 12 months’ worth of knife crime data to help make predictions about future fatal stabbing events in London neighborhoods.

  • Plasma stability promised with compact fusion device

    Sustained nuclear fusion has been measured for the first time from a 50 cm long plasma column called a Z-pinch.

  • Researchers: Algorithm can predict medical appointment no-shows

    Researchers from University College London Hospital (UCLH) have developed an algorithm capable of identifying patients likely to miss future medical appointments.

  • How will Adaptive IP change your IP networks?

    IP technology is the industry choice for emerging applications such as 5G, but the way IP protocols are delivered must evolve due to new and emerging use cases. Learn more about Ciena’s recently introduced Adaptive IP, and how it is providing the path for the industry to evolutionize.

  • Engineered membrane for natural gas purification

    Researches at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a selective and highly permeable polymer membrane for natural gas purification that is composed of long-chain polymers with shorter side chains resembling the bristles of a hairbrush.

  • Amazon employs "thousands" to listen in on customer exchanges with Alexa

    According to a new report from Bloomberg, Amazon employs thousands of people to listen in on customer conversations with its virtual assistant Alexa.

  • First robot to sort waste by touch

    During testing, RoCycle demonstrated 85% accuracy when identifying and sorting the three materials from a fixed position. Accuracy decreased to 63% when RoCycle collected items from a moving conveyor belt.

  • Study: "Dirty data" taints predictive policing software

    Researchers from New York University (NYU) School of Law and NYU's AI Now Institute are suggesting that predictive policing systems may intensify discrimination in the criminal justice system by relying on so-called “dirty data,” according to a new study.

  • Chevron expands its oil patch footprint with Anadarko buy

    The acquisition is expected to enhance Chevron’s upstream portfolio and its positions in large shale plays in the Permian basin and in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and adds natural gas resources.

  • Report heralds solar capacity growth in U.S. cities

    Solar energy capacity more than doubled in 45 of the 57 largest U.S. cities during 2013-2018.

  • Technology could help people with depression recall positive memories

    Researchers from Lancaster University and Trinity College Dublin have conducted a study that takes a deeper look at how technology can help people suffering from depression.

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