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3D Printed Custom Underwear? Why Not?
ZeBra Bras’ Hannah Johnson collaborated with 3D printing expert Ben Smith to design custom-fit undergarments for every shape and size.
Software Predicts Reliability of Urban Wastewater Treatment Facilities
The tool determines whether a large wastewater treatment plant is capable of reliably meeting increasing demand.
Synthetic Biotechnology Tools Used to Create a Biodegradable Insecticide
A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a biodegradable agent that keeps pests away without poisoning them or harming the environment.
That App for Offshore Oil and Gas Workers
A software provider and systems integrator partnered with Ludin Norway to create an app that provides real-time critical data to offshore oil and gas workers who suit up with wearable devices. With instant access to operational data, workers gain insight into real-time performance data, maintenance history, part inventory, equipment parameters and supporting documentation.
Watch: Tokamak Prototype Heats Up to 15 Million Degrees Celsius
The milestone was accomplished with the third machine in a five-stage plan that Tokamak Energy believes will lead to commercial fusion energy by the end of the next decade.
Future of Fuel: Pulling It from the Air
Engineers at a Canadian firm have demonstrated a scalable and cost-effective way to pull the raw materials for producing fuel, not from the diminishing fossil-based reserves in the ground, but from the abundant carbon dioxide in the air.
OEM Replacement Diffusion Pump Heaters
Single piece assembly platen heaters that are manufactured from high-quality tubular heating elements are swaged under 50 tons of pressure into a grey iron casting. The unique swaged assembly increases the performance of the heater and is available as a direct original equipment manufacturer (OEM) replacement for several leading vacuum diffusion pump brands including CVC Products, Cooke Vacuum, Edwards High Vacuum, Leybold, Torr Scientific, Varian/NRC and Veeco.
The New Couple in Particle Physics: Higgs Boson and Top Quark
Recent experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN announced a discovery that finally links the two heaviest known particles: the top quark and the Higgs boson.
New PVDF Ball Check Valves Available from Hayward Flow Control
Typical applications or installations include water and wastewater treatment, chemical feed systems, chemical processing and mining and mineral processing.
GM and Honda Partner Up on Batteries for EVs
The companies will collaborate based on GM's "next-generation" battery system. Honda would source battery modules from GM.
Researchers Develop Environmentally Friendly Hair Dye
Much of the hair dye currently on the market today is thought to be harmful to both humans and the environment alike. Now, researchers from the University of Leeds have developed a potentially environmentally friendly alternative hair dye.
Airline Unveils Windowless First Class Cabins
In a bid to make their planes lighter, and thus faster, Emirates Airlines has debuted its new first-class suite aboard its latest aircraft, which is missing one significant feature: windows.
A Sensor That Detects Bad Breath
Eager to find another way to determine if you have bad breath without having to ask and thus offend those around you? Thanks to new research, a sensor has been developed that will inform you when your breath is bad — all without having to involve others.
Light Rail Trains Used to Map Out Pollution Hotspots
The system could be modified to work with public transit systems worldwide.
Researchers Create New Adhesive Using Wood Scraps from Paper Production Plants
Engineers from the University of Delaware have developed a material to produce adhesives while lowering waste going into landfills.
Japanese Company Develops a 'Drone-Umbrella'
As each day passes, researchers and scientists come up with new and sometimes unexpected ways to simplify life through technology — and the folks at Asahi Power Service in Japan are no different as they prepare to release a drone-powered parasol.
Mexico Acts to Protect Its Water Supplies
A series of presidential decrees are aimed at protecting the volume of water in almost half of Mexico’s 756 river basins, representing 55 percent of the country’s surface water.
'Psycopath AI' Developed in MIT Media Lab
Part April Fools’ joke, part lesson about the impact of data quality on artificial intelligence (AI), researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab developed a first-of-its-kind “psychopath AI.”
Mercedes-Benz Launches New Car Subscription Program
Mercedes-Benz announced a new pilot car-subscription service today called the Mercedes-Benz Collection for drivers who prefer the variety and convenience of a subscription service.
Watch How Radio Waves Wirelessly Power Medical Implants
The mid-field coupling technique successfully delivered power to several antennas inside an animal model at levels high enough to run a range of medical devices.