HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Ameren Microgrid Enters Service
Ameren built the microgrid facility to test monitoring and control methods for aggregating renewable energy sources and natural gas with advanced automation and battery storage.
A T-Shirt That Monitors Breathing Rate
The T-shirt works without attaching wires, electrodes and sensors to the body, explains Younes Messaddeq, the professor who led the team that developed the technology.
Electronic Tattoos That Let You Control Your Mobile Device from...Your Knuckles
Want to control music or lights all from the convenience of your…knuckle? Computer scientists from Saarland University and Google have developed a thin-film electronic tattoo to let you do just that. Similar to a child’s temporary tattoo, the sticker can adhere to parts of the body that weren’t always possible, such as bony structures.
Honeywell Inks Predictive Maintenance Deal with Chinese Carrier
Fifty Airbus A330s will be outfitted with Honeywell's Connected Auxiliary Power Unit predictive maintenance service.
Mercedes and Vivint to Offer Battery Storage with Solar PV
Each energy storage system will consist of modular 2.5 kWh batteries that can be combined to create a system as large as 20 kWh.
Reliable Gear Reduction Units Are Critical For Many Applications
Many important applications use gear motors and speed reduction gears to gain optimum use of all sizes of electric motors. The optimization of the electric motor function using efficient gearing is making a myriad of applications more effective and more reliable.
Low-profile Triple or Dual Output Power Supplies
TDK-Lambda America offers 35 or 75 watts of power from their CUT35 and CUT75 series low-profile dual or triple output power supplies. The 1.06 inch footprint is convection cooled and the open frame unit can be supplied with optional cover and terminal types.
Smart Homes Need Smart Batteries
As our homes get smarter, the systems powering our homes also need to become smarter. To work toward that goal, researchers from the Institute of Automation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the School of Automation and Electrical Engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing are proposing a solution to optimize power consumption in batteries.
Audi and Volvo to Deploy Android Tech in Upcoming Models
Volvo says its partnership with Google reflects the "ongoing convergence" between the automotive and technology industries as cars become increasingly connected.
Exoskeleton Boosts Leg Capacity in Soldiers
The suit assists in physically demanding tasks that require repetitive or continuous kneeling, squatting or lifting.
Laser Printing with Nanoparticles Promises Advances in Medical Research
Researchers from Missouri University of Science and Technology are attempting to demonstrate how laser printing using nanoparticles will help uncover cost-effective ways to construct sturdier and safer components.
How Edge Computing Can Benefit Building Owners
A new white paper offers an overview of edge computing technology, and how this technology may enable the development of in-building and on-campus networks that commercial property developers can own, operate, and monetize.
Haptics Technology: The Story of Touch
We have created electronic devices that can engage the human senses of hearing and vision. Smell, taste and touch have been neglected for lack of technology methods to allow these devices to interact with these senses. Recently, however, the electronic world has been developing devices and methods to interface the user and the connected device so they can produce tactile feedback and kinematic feedback to the user through the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations and motion to the users.
Apple Awards $200m to Corning Glass Plant
The investment will support Corning’s R&D, capital equipment needs, and glass processing.
New Technology Can Crack and Fix Passwords
Researchers at the E-Crime Investigative Technologies Laboratory at Florida State University are looking into developing more sophisticated software to crack passwords in an effort to build better passwords.
Scientists Develop More Efficient Catalytic Material
A method for smaller and more effieicent intermetallic nanoparticles for fuel cells has been discovered by researchers at Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University. This new method also uses less platinum, which is an expensive precious metal.
Tips for Preventing Preventable Hearing Loss
Hearing loss caused by prolonged exposure to music or a noisy work environment can be gradual with the first signs being missed background noises (a squeaking door, the ticking of a clock) to affected conversations.
Blockchain Advocates Target the Energy Sector
Blockchain technology can can allow millions of energy devices to transact with each other while providing support to utilities and grid operators to integrate renewable energy capacity at lower cost.
Covestro Polycarbonates Keep the Lights on in Industrial Environments
Shat-R-Shield has added a new product to its line of lightweight corrosion resistant LED fixtures – the Incoplas™ LED Hybrid.
How Technology Has Changed the Construction Industry
To say that the construction industry has changed with advances made in technology is an understatement.