HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Will a Breakthrough in Vanadium Dioxyde Lead to a New Generation of Ultra-Low Power Electronic Devices?
Phase changing at high temperatures may enable new space communications technology or radar for self-driving cars.
Former Google, Facebook Employees Join Together to Battle Tech Addiction
Driven by a desire to right some wrongs, a few former employees of tech giants such as Google and Facebook have joined together to battle tech addiction.
Robot Barista Debuts at Japanese Cafe
Joining an ever-growing list of robots capable of performing tasks such as bartending and cleaning homes is a robot barista capable of both brewing and serving coffee to customers in a Japanese cafe.
Watch: Solving the World’s Most Challenging Problems
In this edition of the Engineering360 news brief, we look at some of the ways that engineers are solving some of the most challenging problems facing the world today.
Are Smartphones Affecting Well-being?
While socializing with others face-to-face generally tends to make people happy, it seems that smartphones may be getting in the way of that. New research finds that our phones may affect our happiness.
Researchers Solve Decades-Long Chemistry Riddle and New Doors Open in Drug Development
A team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Chemistry has discovered a method that solved this long-standing problem.
Amazon Exploring Use of Wristband to Track Movement of Warehouse Workers
Published on January 30, one of the patents details how the wristbands — through a haptic feedback system — vibrate to steer the wearer's hand in the right direction, thereby ensuring that human workers fulfill more orders. Likewise, the technology is also meant to track products as they move throughout the warehouse.
Video: Using Lego Bricks to Move Beyond the Lab-on-a-Chip
MIT creates a new method to create microfluidic devices.
Small ‘Scale’ Advance for Medical and Electronics Materials
Synthetic scales that attach to soft materials could be used for medical implant, underwater adhesive and flexible electronics applications.
Forensic Engineers: Expert Sleuths Solve Engineering Mysteries
Forensic engineers apply the art and science of engineering in matters related to the jurisprudence system. The field has expanded over the decades to encompass engineering specialties from civil and mechanical engineering to naval architects and software engineers.
Google Flights Using Machine Learning to Predict Flight Delays
Tired of wasting time in airports waiting on flights that never seem to be on time? A new feature from Google Flights may be able to predict flight delays with some accuracy.
Toward a Silicon Quantum Chip
Silicon has been seen as a promising material for quantum technology, but its scalability is limited. Researchers are finding ways around that limit.
New 3D Printing Material Changes Color When Exposed to UV Light
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are developing a way to change up the color of 3D printed objects that have already been printed.
Watch: Technology at the 2018 Winter Olympics
In this edition of the Engineering360 news brief, we'll take a look at some ways in which technology will impact the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Shape-memory Technology Comes to Plastic Electronics
Researchers have identified a mechanism that triggers shape-memory phenomena in organic crystals used in plastic electronics. The work could lead to advancements in low-power electronics, medical electronics devices and more.
Putting Spintronics to Use for 'Green' Information Processing
New research points the way toward harnessing electron spin information into an energy-efficient means of processing data.
Silicon Metamaterial Offers Advanced Color Capabilities
Monocrystalline silicon offers new possibilities for subwavelength-resolution color. Potential applications include anti-counterfeiting and three-dimensional displays.
Nanoparticle Gel Could Expand Viability of Holograms, LIDAR
Holograms have potential applications in autonomous vehicle sensors, space communications and optical wireless networks, but their materials cost and temperature requirements limit their use. A new nanoparticle gel approach could change that.
Lithium Battery Life Doubled by Adding Graphene Girders
New research from WMG at the University of Warwick has discovered an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries using silicon by reinforcing the anode’s structure with graphene girders.
Power MOSFET for Flyback Topologies
A power MOSFET designed according to the superjunction (SJ) principle offers outstanding efficiency gains of up to 4 percent and a decrease in device temperature of up to 16 percent when compared to the competition, which addresses current trends in flyback topologies.