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  • Online Ads to Track Your Location, App Use

    Researchers from the University of Washington believe that smartphone ads purchased for the purpose of tracking a consumer's movements and app habits can be acquired for as little as $1,000.

  • A Century of Australian Automaking Is Over

    The last car, a red Commodore V8 sedan headed for a museum, rolled off the line with around 1,000 people in attendance.

  • Insect Population Experiencing Alarming Decline

    Scientists observing over 60 protected areas in Germany for nearly 30 years are troubled by a significant decline in the insect population.

  • Dubai Is Home to World's Largest Solar Park

    A 700 MW extension to the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park recently approved by the government of Dubai will make it the largest single-site concentrated solar power (CSP) project in the world.

  • SR-72 Hypersonic Aircraft Will Travel at Six Times the Speed of Sound

    In development at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, the optionally piloted aircraft will have long range strike and reconnaissance capabilities and a top speed twice as fast as its predecessor, the SR-71 Blackbird.

  • Watch: 10 Easy (and Realistic) Ways to 'Go Green'

    Reducing one’s environmental footprint doesn't have to involve a great deal of effort or expense. Here are some easy and realistic steps anyone can take.

  • Audio Indicators With Internal Drive Circuits for Use in Medical, Security and Safety Applications

    Transducers USA has expanded its TRIP series.

  • Pipe Organs, Steam Engines and One Historic Valve Solution

    Two very different technologies—pipe organs and steam engines—were undergoing innovative growing pains in the 1840s, and the remedies were surprisingly similar technologies.

  • Battery-like Electrodes Desalinate Brackish Water

    Prussian blue analog-based electrodes could make desalination of brackish waters economically desirable and energy efficient.

  • LEGO Set to Release "Women of NASA" Kit

    As holiday gift-giving season draws near, LEGO has announced the release of its “Women of NASA” kit.

  • Shell Opens EV Recharging Stations for UK Drivers

    Shell Recharge’s 50-kilowatt direct-current chargers are compatible with most electric vehicles, and will charge most cars from 0 to 80 percent in around 30 minutes.

  • Testing Methods to Reduce Cargo Ship and Blue Whale Collisions

    With enormous cargo ships responsible for killing nearly 80 endangered blue whales a year off of the United States Pacific coastline, a group of marine scientists have been tasked with a year-long mission to explore possible solutions to prevent the often fatal collisions.

  • New Low-Cost Methane to Methanol Technique Promises Reduced CO2 Emissions

    MIT announced the development of a new, low-cost method to convert methane into derivatives of methanol using direct electricity. Methane burn-off from oil extraction is responsible for 400 million tons of carbon dioxide per year.

  • Dry Ice vs. Soda Blasting

    The more one learns about soda blasting, the easier it is to see its advantages over other blasting methods.

  • NAE LinkEngineering Website To Partner With TeachEngineering Library

    The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced a collaboration between their LinkEngineering website and TeachEngineering, a digital library with over 1,550 standards-aligned engineering-focused K-12 curricular resources.

  • A New Wrinkle Damps Traffic Noise

    A new origami lattice technique for manipulating noise-reducing devices allows researchers to selectively diffuse traffic noise at different frequencies.

  • Report Outlines How Utilities Can Fully Embrace EVs

    Deloitte suggests that if the power industry embraced EVs, both electric utilities and the mobility ecosystem could reap multiple benefits.

  • Australian Government Favors Coal and Gas for Future Power Supply

    The policy change will end subsidies paid to wind and solar generators beginning in 2020, to help reduce costs for consumers.

  • Disinfectant Wipes Out Legionella From Hospital Water Supply

    Using a pH neutral electrochemical solution (minus toxic chemicals) in combination with the patented membrane electrolytic reactor system, Ecas4 was able to create water safe for drinking, cleaning and manufacturing.

  • Volvo Debuts China-Built Electric Vehicle to Compete with Tesla

    The 600-horsepower Polestar 1 is set to roll off a production line in China in mid-2019.

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