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Video: Intelligent Use of Aviation Lights at Wind Farms
If an approaching airplane is detected within the 8 km range of the system’s radar, it monitors distance, speed, and heading to determine whether or not the aviation lights are to be activated.
New Degrees of Freedom for Carbon Fiber
Researchers report printing several complex 3D structures through a modified Direct Ink Writing 3D printing process. They also developed and patented a new chemistry that can cure the material in seconds instead of hours.
New Nanofiber Marks Important Step in Next Generation Battery and Water Electrolysis Development
One of the keys to building electric cars that can travel longer distances, or powering more homes with renewable energy, is developing efficient and highly-capable energy storage systems.
The Computational Capabilities of Spiders
Researchers theorize that spiders use their webs as signal processing devices, sending vibrations throughout these complex structures and measuring the resulting vibration patterns.
New Process Takes a Giant Step Toward In-Home Printing
New process combines better quality with low cost and less waste, a giant step toward home 3-D printing.
Adaptive Drill Bit May Help Ease Downhole Dysfunction
The TerrAdapt bit uses self-adjusting depth-of-cut control elements, and changes its aggressiveness based on the formation through which it is drilling to mitigate vibrations, stick-slip, and impact loading.
725 MW Power Plant Enters Service in Maryland
The CPV St. Charles Energy Center is a combined-cycle natural gas-fired electric power generating facility using two GE 7F.05 gas turbines and a GE D402 steam turbine.
Wood Group to Acquire Amec Foster Wheeler
Wood Group says it hopes to cut £110 million in costs from the combined business, which provide services to the oil and gas, chemicals, and mining industries.
Nuclear Power Plant Gets 3-D Printed Part from Siemens
The replacement part produced for the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia is a metallic, 108mm-diameter impeller for a fire protection pump that is in constant rotating operation.
DFW May Face $10 Billion in Infrastructure Upgrades
Airport officials know that concrete and pavement are reaching the end of their expected lifespan. Airport staff reportedly has begun testing airfield pavement to determine how many layers of runway will need to be rebuilt.
Intel Aims to Boost Driverless Vehicle Push with Mobileye Buy
The companies say the acquisition will combine Intel’s computing and connectivity expertise and Mobileye’s computer vision expertise to create automated driving solutions from the cloud through the network to the car.
Six Steps for Autonomous Vehicle-Friendly Cities
Bad planning for driverless cars may could increase congestion, encourage sprawl, and exacerbate growing inequalities, a consultant white paper says.
VW Pleads Guilty in Emission Scandal
The March 9 plea is part of a $4.3 billion settlement reached with the Justice Department in January over the automaker's diesel emissions wrongdoing.
Boeing to Launch Its First 737 Plant in China
The Boeing 737 completion center will break ground in late March with its first first delivery expected in 2018.
Ford to Build Lincoln Brand in China
Ford will build an SUV model with joint venture partner Changan Automobile Group in the city of Chongqing, according to news reports.
How 3-D Printing Could Save Lives
In the past decade, engineers at the University of California San Diego have 3-D printed a variety of devices ranging from rocket engines, to robots, to structures inspired by the seahorse’s tail. Now, nanoengineers have added a new item to that list: a 3-D printed biomimetic blood vessel network.
Hyundai Showcases Advanced Wearable Robots at 2017 Geneva Motor Show
It is interesting that this technology was showcased at the Geneva Motor Show, but at the same time it is meant to show technology that will be moving people in the future.
AES to Develop Solar Energy Project in Vietnam
Daklak province granted licences and signed memorandums of understanding for solar power projects worth a combined $3.3 billion.
Linde to Build Gas Production Plants in China
The investments will support multiple long-term contracts to provide electronics gases to foundry, memory, and flat panel display fabs.
Amec Foster Wheeler Signs Work Agreement with EDF Nuclear
The deal will support station upgrades and enhancements, compliance-related activities, and fleet-critical projects.