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Air Traffic Control Upgrades Completed in New York
Raytheon replaced software and hardware and more than 100 automation systems with the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System.
How to Cheat on Your Emissions Test
An international team of researchers has found the computer code Volkswagen used to circumvent emissions standards for its diesel engines.
Get Ready for Off-the-Shelf, Power-Generating Clothing
A lightweight jacket capable of generating enough power to light up a nighttime jogger is now a reality according to materials scientist Trisha Andrews of the University of Massachusetts.
What’s Standing Between You and Your Results?
Engineers in every corner of the world are tasked with a straightforward yet incredibly complex challenge: solving the unsolvable. As if that weren’t enough, they’re also expected to solve the unsolvable faster and with fewer resources than ever before.
Device to Prevent Runner Injury
The mobile biofeedback device offers footstrike modification to prevent running injuries or to offer rehabilitation to already injured runners.
Holograms: The Future of Electronic Devices
The nano-hologram created by researchers can be seen without 3-D goggles and is 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. Producing the hologram by fast direct laser writing will allow for its mass production in the very near future.
Using AI to Aid Humanitarian Efforts
Using a newly developed AI algorithm that can accurately identify the gender of a pre-paid cell phone user may expedite help to vulnerable groups like woman and children in an emergency situation, according to researchers.
Can Diamonds Succeed Where Silicone Fails?
Researchers at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science are studying transistors based on a much more durable material than silicone: diamonds.
Apple CEO Tests Out Glucose Tracker
Hoping to take the sting out of current methods of glucose testing, Apple CEO Tim Cook has been wearing a glucose tracker prototype paired with an Apple Watch.
Novel Organic 2-D Polymer for Energy Storage
Scientists at the National University of Singapore have successfully created a 2-D polymer material that is an organic analog of graphene.
A Sensor to Watch Your Appliances
Detecting light, sound, vibrations, temperature, heat and electromagnetic signals from the appliances, the sensors use machine learning algorithms to determine what that data means in relation to how the appliances are being used.
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.