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A Raincoat for Houses
Nylon and fiberglass are being mixed with traditional fibers to control thermal and acoustic insulation in walls, facades, and roofs.
Grade GC1130 Inserts for Machine Shop Use
Sandvik Coromant's high performance steel milling grade is available for use with its CoroMill QD and CoroMill 331 groove milling cutters.
Machining Center Enhances Productivity
A recently acquired 5-axis machining center and 5-axis lathe runs on CAM programming and a Javelin production control system to help ensure full component traceability.
LVD Introduces Uprated Adaptive Bending Technology
New system maintains consistency when bending large parts.
Molding the World’s Smallest Medical Parts
Micromolding "virtuosity" requires special skill in areas such as material selection and building the metal tools used to mold tiny plastic parts.
Paper-Based Skin Patch Monitors Hydration
Conventional methods for monitoring hydration are either invasive, require non-portable equipment or do not yield results immediately.
Nissan Introduces Driverless Towing at Auto Plant
Unlike automatic guided vehicle systems for transporting parts that require the installation of rails or extensive use of magnetic tape, IVT does not demand any special infrastructure to operate.
Liquid Thermoelectric Materials Transform Waste
The materials are both shape engineerable and geometrically compatible, in that they can be brush painted directly on almost any surface.
Liquid Crystal Panel Achieves Million-to-One Contrast Ratio
Conventional liquid crystal panels can suffer black floating in dark parts when the backlight intensity is increased, as well as a loss in sparkle in bright parts when the backlight intensity is lowered.
Laser Strike App Designed to Enhance Aviation Safety
The Laser Event Recorder app uses an iPhone's built-in camera, GPS and connectivity to record, analyze and communicate details of an incident.
Blood Products Unaffected by Drone Trips
The study examined the effects of drone transportation on larger amounts of blood used for transfusion, which have more complex handling and storage requirements than samples for lab testing.
Blind "J-Turn" Record Shows Off Onboard Camera Technology
Four camera images are digitally stitched together and displayed on the dashboard screen to visually confirm the vehicle’s position relative to the lines around parking spaces.
Robots to Colonize Venice Lagoon
Robots would not only carry out operations for which they are programmed, but develop social skills and learn how to communicate and interact with other robots and the surrounding environment.
"Chariot" Aims to Deliver Healthier Homes, Lower Energy Bills
As well as revealing under-heated or over-heated parts of a home, Chariot enables energy advisors to pinpoint where and why dampness or mold may pose a problem.
Bendable Titanium Suspension Could Survive Blasts
The memory metal alloy is made from the same type of material used in flexible glasses and allows the suspension to bounce back into shape after an impact so the vehicle can continue its mission.
Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Change Water Chemistry in Gas Wells
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Penn State has discovered that pressure, temperature and fluid composition significantly affect the amount of metals and other chemical found in hydrofracking wastewater.
Researchers: Hydraulic Fracturing Boosts Local Economies
The first nationwide study of the comprehensive local impacts of hydraulic fracturing finds that when costs and benefits are added up, communities on average benefit from allowing it.
Method for Storing Vaccines at Room Temperature
Shipping vaccines in an unbroken temperature-controlled supply chain all the way to recipients is a major logistical and financial challenge in remote areas and developing countries.
Swarming Boats Carry Out Test Mission Autonomously
Using a combination of software, radar and sensors, a “swarm” of rigid-hull inflatable boats and other small vessels collectively performed patrol missions autonomously.
Low-Cost Spectral Imaging on the Horizon
Optical spectral imaging offers a versatile way of sensing various objects and analyzing their material properties.