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Low-Cost 3D Composites Printing Is Demonstrated
The technique uses ultrasonic waves to position millions of reinforcement fibers.
Facial Comparison Technology Deployed at JFK Airport
The technology compares an image of the traveler taken during the inspection process to an image stored on the traveler’s ePassport, verifying that the traveler is the rightful document holder.
IHS Predicts Energy Storage Surge for UK
While the U.S, Japan and South Korea comprise the top three energy storage markets in the world, this could change rapidly.
Boeing Helps Engineer a New Callaway Golf Club
While engineers try to minimize turbulent airflow on a plane, the phenomenon can be helpful to a golf swing.
"Robotic Falcon" Can Capture Renegade Drones
After an intruding drone is spotted, the drone catcher takes up the chase and fires the net at it from a distance of up to 40 feet.
Football Helmet Absorbs Impact
The “crushable” outer shell mimics the automotive industry’s collapsible materials that absorb and disperse energy as they are hit. The stiff inner core may prevent skull fractures.
Waterless Toilet Could Benefit Developing Countries
The waterless toilet is powered using a modular hand crank or bicycle power generator.
3D Platform Releases SurePrint Upgrade Package
The upgrade package offers a higher print detail, faster printing speeds and higher print accuracy.
An Incandescent Light Bulb as Efficient as an LED?
The team refers to their approach as “light recycling” because their material takes in the unwanted wavelengths of energy and converts them into visible light wavelengths.
Google's Project Tango to Debut in Lenovo Smartphone
3D mapping gives Tango-enabled devices the ability to know where they are and how they move through space.
LEGO-Inspired PopUp House
The house is constructed by snapping together sections of insulated wooden blocks, then screwing them in place.
Samsung Refrigerator Brings IoT to the Kitchen
The company aims to make the refrigerator a food, music, television and smart home "hub."
Ford Tests Autonomous Vehicles on Snowy Roads
The vehicles are equipped with high-resolution 3D maps.
Sensor Can Tell Chemical Makeup of Materials, Products
The basis for this material analysis method is that each type of molecule vibrates in a unique way, and these vibrations interact with light to create a unique optical signature.
Demonstrating Graphene's Fitness for Wireless Wearable Devices
Researchers attached graphene-enabled antennas to a mannequin’s arms and found the devices could "talk" to each other.
Color TV: How One Man's Obsession Produced a Technology Revolution
Although analog color TV is now obsolete, the story of its development shows how one man's commitment can drive technology and create an entire industry.
Hyundai Tests Fully Autonomous Fuel Cell Vehicle in U.S.
Hyundai received approval from Nevada to begin testing a fully autonomous fuel cell electric vehicle on public roads.
GM to Invest $500 Million in Lyft
An element of the partnership is joint development of a network of on-demand autonomous vehicles.
ASTM Standard Offers Guidance on Chemicals in Products
E3027 covers how to perform an analysis of alternative chemicals that is now a regulatory requirement in some U.S. states.
Nissan, BMW to Deploy EV Charging Stations
Charging stations will offer a dual-port 50 kW fast-charging station with both CHAdeMO and SAE Combo connectors.