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A Portable Diabetes Screening Device Designed for Micronesia
The portable diabetes screening device could be carried by health workers into remote areas, making it easier to identify villagers at high risk of the disease.
Watch: NASA is Sending a Helicopter to Mars
The softball-sized craft will demonstrate the viability of flight above the Martian surface with a heavier-than-air craft.
Student Engineers Get the Scoop on Surgical Tool Design
An in-body cleaner for a laparoscopic camera was inspired by the scoop at the end of a Slurpee straw.
Hybrid Engines to Merge Fuel Cells, Internal Combustion Technology
Fuel cell and internal combustion technologies are being combined to develop greener hybrid engine applications for electricity generation and transportation.
Army’s Agreement with Uber May Lead to Quieter Unmanned Aircraft
The Army is also looking at drones that can fly longer, better and carry heavier payloads
Industrial-strength Pharmaceutical Assembly Line
An innovative assembly-line architecture, similar to the technology used to manufacture computer chips, is being tested for precise manufacture of drug microparticles.
Building a Better Atomic Clock with Lutetium
The quest to build a better atomic clock points to lutetium, a rare earth element with atomic number 71, as the chronometer’s choice for more accurate timekeeping.
Trust and Equality are Important to People Interacting with Robots and AI According to New Study
Equal access and social responsibility should be priorities for policymakers in the ongoing development of AI and robotics.
New Partnership Between NSF, Air Force
Focused on collaboration in science and engineering research, a new partnership announced earlier this week aims to bolster national security.
Watch: A Carbon-free Process for Aluminum Smelting
Oxygen is the only by-product of a new aluminum production process devised by Rio Tinto and Alcoa Corporation.
MicroTransponder's Paired Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Stroke Patients
In support of stroke rehabilitation, MicroTransponder has developed a paired vagus nerve stimulation system that incorporates vagus nerve stimulations (VNS) with rehabilitative exercises to strengthen neurological responses and improve patients’ recovery.
Saving Coral Reefs...with Beer
While Hawaii is attempting to save its coral reefs with a recent ban on some sunscreens, the Florida Aquarium is attempting to save the reefs by brewing its own beer.
What Makes Ice So Slippery?
Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and MPI-P have a theory behind what makes ice so slippery.
Cloaking Technology May Shield Objects Underwater
Researchers designed an underwater acoustic ground cloak by engineering material with properties not typically found in nature, rendering an object invisible.
This Steel Producer Is Building a $240m Plant
The new line will have an annual capacity of approximately 500,000 tons and is expected to be operational in the first half of 2021.
Watch: Smart Window Development, the Skim Reaper, Wet Wipe Ban in UK
This week's engineering brief covers smart windows, ATM security and the UK's wet wipe ban.
Ban on Removable Storage Devices at IBM
Employees at IBM are now prohibited from using removable storage devices of any variety while in the workplace, according to a recent report.
Customized Regenerative Heart Valves, with a Little Help from Computational Design
Using computer simulations, researchers have successfully predicted how well tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHVs) would grow, regenerate and function in large animal models. The research represents a significant step toward what could one day be a routine application of tissue engineering technology.
Trends in Offshore Oil and Gas Production
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released their Offshore Energy Outlook and whereas offshore oil production has remained steady for the past two decades, growth in offshore hydrocarbon production is now driven by new natural gas resources and is seen as one of the most promising reserves.
Jeddah Tower - Building a Skyscraper on Sand
If all goes as planned, by 2020 pilgrims entering Jeddah will witness a modern marvel, a skyscraper more than 1 km in height.