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  • Inside the Test Lab: The Development, Design and Testing of chainflex® Continuous-flex Cables

    In this guide, igus cable experts reveal their tried and true development and testing methods used to create and perfect guaranteed chainflex continuous-flex cables.

  • Industry 4.0 — Emerging Technologies Embrace the Convergence of IT and OT

    The internet of things (IoT) has penetrated the industrial sector, and as local area networks (LAN) are in large part inoperable with standard Ethernet, technology has adapted. Four key areas of development that foster Industry 4.0 and help manufacturers embrace change are dealt with by next-generation networking, processing, user interfaces and security platforms.

  • EPA Moves to Withdraw Clean Power Plan

    Environmental rules on coal may be less important today given the dominant role of natural gas in new generating capacity and the advance of technologies like energy storage.

  • Video: Balloons Are Headed to Puerto Rico for Telecom Service

    The U.S. Federal Communications Commission granted a temporary license to Google to deploy the experimental high-altitude balloons, called Project Loon.

  • Siting Board OKs Gas-Fired Power Plants in Coal Country

    The Ohio Power Siting Board authorized construction of combined cycle generation facilities that will add more than 1,950 MW of generating capacity.

  • Debut of Robotic Masseuse in Singapore

    This week, a robotic masseuse began work at the NovaHealth Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinic in Singapore, alongside a physician and massage therapist.

  • Inline Hot Runner Tech Benefits Injection Molding Operations

    The inline option allows for high cavitation molds with a small footprint, reducing cost while providing outstanding gate quality.

  • Enormous Energy Potential in Open Ocean Wind Farms

    Researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science believe that future open ocean wind farms will be able to generate over five times the energy than land-based wind farms, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

  • Seven Guidelines for Continuous-flex Cables

    Cables designed for continuous-flexing last longer when compared to traditional cables because they are specifically designed to stand up to common failure modes.

  • Mexican Solar and Wind Assets in $1.35B Sale

    The five wind and three solar projects are spread across six Mexican states and represent a total capacity of 1,712 megawatts.

  • Moscow Adds Facial Recognition Cameras Throughout City

    With 170,000 surveillance cameras situated throughout the city of Moscow, granting law enforcement officials views of nearly 95 percent of Moscow apartment buildings, the Russian government hopes to nab wanted criminals.

  • Ironmaking 101 – From Ore to Iron with Blast Furnaces

    The first step in the production of steel or cast iron alloys is the reduction of iron ore, which contains iron oxide and gangue or mineral impurities, to unrefined hot metal or pig iron. The blast furnace is currently the key tool for ironmaking.

  • Stratolaunch Reaches Another Milestone

    Stratolaunch, funded by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has cleared another hurdle in its goal to provide routine, low earth orbit launches of space vehicles. For the first time all six Pratt & Whitney PW4056 turbofan engines completed the first phase of testing.

  • Engineering Bacteria to Create Devices

    Researchers used a colony of bacteria and gold nanoparticles to create a working pressure sensor. A similar process could be used to create many more devices.

  • Converting Algal Biofuel Waste into Valuable Commodities

    The biowaste is converted to fertilizer and bio-oil by a semi-continuous anaerobic digestion process.

  • One-Step Reforming of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Yields Fuels, Chemicals

    A new plasma synthesis process promises to enhance greenhouse gas emissions control while producing valuable chemical feedstocks.

  • Solar Decathlon Tests Creative College Teams

    Teams from the U.S., the Netherlands and Switzerland are in Denver where full-scale houses are on display that combine solar power, innovative architecture and high energy efficiency. $300,000 in prize money is at stake.

  • Watch: 'Nano' Headlines for National Nano Day

    The end of Moore’s law. Nanoparticle interactions inside a “fishbowl.” Nature’s tiniest machines. And the 100 Billion Nanometer Dash. Here's a special “nano” edition of the Engineering360 news brief.

  • Nanopatch Offers an Efficient Polio Vaccine Delivery System

    A microarray patch vaccine delivery platform may finally herald the total eradication of polio.

  • Compact, Lightweight Pneumatic Valve for Mobile Applications

    The valve assists with precise positioning of tools mounted on robot arms and delivers a minimal switch-on time of 9 milliseconds.

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