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Online Ads to Track Your Location, App Use
Researchers from the University of Washington believe that smartphone ads purchased for the purpose of tracking a consumer's movements and app habits can be acquired for as little as $1,000.
Audio Indicators With Internal Drive Circuits for Use in Medical, Security and Safety Applications
Transducers USA has expanded its TRIP series.
Testing Methods to Reduce Cargo Ship and Blue Whale Collisions
With enormous cargo ships responsible for killing nearly 80 endangered blue whales a year off of the United States Pacific coastline, a group of marine scientists have been tasked with a year-long mission to explore possible solutions to prevent the often fatal collisions.
Wastewater Testing Could Give Early Warning System for Preventing Epidemics
Experts from the University of Bath and Stellenbosch University, South Africa, are jointly developing a notification system to alert communities to concerns with sewage systems.
Ingestible Sensor Gauges GI Tract Motility
The flexible sensor adheres to the stomach wall and tracks rhythmic contractions of the digestive tract.
Airplane and Drone Collide in Canada
Last Thursday, a Canadian passenger plane was struck by a drone mid-flight, becoming the first drone-plane collision reported in that country to date.
Swiss Team Wins Solar Decathlon
The team also took first place in the engineering competition with a perfect score of 100 points.
Some U.S. Police Departments Considering Gun Cameras
A handful of police departments in the United States are testing out gun-mounted cameras to give a close-up account of officer–involved shootings.
The Cable Management Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making
Modern cable carriers can withstand longer travels, faster speeds, and higher loads than ever before. Such advances in automation technology mean that certain rules of thumb have become outdated.
Guidelines for Cable Installation
The proper installation of a cable is key to maximizing service life and performance, and simple, easy-to-follow guidelines can make the difference between thousands and millions of cycles of service life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
3 Reasons to Use PCB Panel Routing Techniques
Most PCBs are individually routed — meaning they’re not panelized. That doesn't mean that, sometimes, sending them to a PCB assembler in a panel isn't a good idea or even required.
Solar Cell Furnace Reflectors
Improve solar cell fabrication process efficiency with solar cell furnace reflectors. They provide for uniform IR radiation with low thermal impedance for both crystalline and thin-film segments of the business.
Smartphone Notifications Are Making Us Cranky
In a bad mood? Your smartphone may be to blame, according to recent research from Nottingham Trent University.
Could Smart Guns Help Reduce Gun Violence?
How would a smart gun prevent a potential shooter from following through? The obvious answer is that only the person, or persons, who are authorized to shoot a particular gun can fire it.
British Airways Using Wireless Tugs to Move Planes at Heathrow
The equipment replaces traditional diesel tugs, allowing a ramp agent to push an aircraft backwards from the gate remotely.
Start-Up Creates Wearable Air Quality Tracker
Interns for a Paris start-up that builds air quality and forecasting technologies have spent the last three years helping to build, design and test a device capable of tracking both indoor and outdoor air quality.