HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Digitizing the Global Supply Chain
Few dispute the idea that digital technology can modernize shipping ports and the global supply chain. However, stakeholders first may have to clear some fundamental obstacles.
Make Your Own Solar Cells
A newly developed process could lay the groundwork for the simple and economical production of efficient single-layer solar cells.
L-com Debuts Premium M12 Cable Assemblies for Harsh Environments
The cable assemblies are available with connector options that include D-coded, 4-position male M12, 4-position female M12 and standard RJ45 combinations.
MIT Tool to Customize Drone Design
A system from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory allows users to design, simulate, and build their own custom drone.
Tech Firms Create Virtual Reality Supergroup
Several of the biggest names in technology are joining forces to push innovation in the burgeoning world of virtual reality.
Sensor Technology Tunes Out the White Noise
Enhanced sensors could be used to improve aviation, detect structural damage in buildings and bridges and boost the capabilities of health monitors.
Using Drones and Insect Biobots to Map Disaster Areas
The technology has utility for areas where GPS can’t be used.
Standard Evaluates Optical Trackers' Ability to Follow Objects
A new test method evaluates how well an optical tracking system defines an object’s position and orientation with six degrees of freedom: up/down, right/left, forward/backward, pitch, yaw and roll.
Smart Meter Breaks Down Energy Use by Appliance
Non-intrusive load monitoring is based on a simple principle: each device has a pattern of energy consumption that gives rise to a type of signature or “fingerprint” within the power grid.
Improving Multimedia Access for the Disabled
Multimedia content, information technology and communication services are central to our lives. International standards are being developed to help ensure access for people with visual or hearing impairments.
"Gremlins" Used to Test Assembly Line Quality Control
Ford employees are being tasked with secretly planting wrong and faulty parts onto the assembly line.
Graphene Textiles Could Enable Wearable Electronics
Researchers have devised a method for depositing graphene-based inks onto cotton to produce a conductive textile.
New Mic Could Bolster SONAR Applications
Many existing underwater microphones are made from ceramics, which generally absorb and register only about 20% of the low-frequency acoustic waves traveling through water.
IEEE and FERC to Address Energy Infrastructure and Market Challenges
The MOU helps align the two organizations' efforts to address the nation's energy challenges due to the growth in renewable generation resources, distributed energy resources, electric vehicles, energy storage, and more.
Satellites Measure Earth Movement Down to the Millimeter
The new automatic radar service monitoring Europe’s seismic regions covers an area of three million square kilometers in 200-meter blocks.
Insight: Interconnecting the IoT with Cloud Computing
As a rising number of devices are identified and connected to the world wide web, the concept of big data is forecast to grow exponentially. So are the pitfalls of traditional LANs.
Rock Star: LEDs Electrify Energy Management Efforts
LED technology can beat almost every other lighting technology and opens the door to new levels of energy use and control that can have grid-scale impacts.
Smart Sensors Could Reduce Rail Delays
Wet leaves pose a safety challenge for train operators, potentially doubling the breaking distance and causing signaling issues or "disappearing trains" on the rail control systems.
Weak Control Laser Beam Could Boost Computer Chips
Researchers have developed an asymmetric metawaveguide that enables a weak control laser beam to manipulate a much more intense laser signal.
First Citywide Test of Radioactivity
A key element of SIGMA, which began in 2014, has been to develop and test low-cost, high-efficiency radiation sensors that detect gamma and neutron radiation.