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Video: AI-powered satellites monitor Earth’s changing environment
What can AI do for small satellites used to take high-fidelity photos?
Nokia to build cellular network on the moon
The network will be deployed on the lunar surface in late 2022.
Vitibot - 3D cameras on self-driving robots for vineyards
The young company Vitibot in Champagne (France) makes self-driving robots to work in vineyards.
Watch a drug-delivery microrobot navigate a colon
The untethered payload-packing bot flips and tumbles through the colon under externally applied magnetic manipulation.
New smooth body gear units for food processing and extreme environments
Nord Drivesystems has been developing innovative drive technology for over 50 years, and they are once again paving the way with their modular, cost-effective smooth body gear units for washdown applications.
Avoid ball screw failure through proper application design and preventive maintenance
Review the various ball screw failure modes and how Rockford Ball Screw (RBS) can assist with ball screw system design, maintenance, repair and replacement.
Video: High tech transport device helps organs, vaccines keep their cool
Vaccines and donor organs have been transported in enclosures as technologically sophisticated as beverage coolers, until now.
Facility tests wind turbine blades under realistic conditions
The system excites wind turbine blades in two directions at a time, allowing larger blades to be tested more quickly and accurately.
New drone automates breaching operations
Battle drone can automate some soldier functions.
Hyperloop certification center to be built in West Virginia
The center could help accelerate adoption of the so-called fifth mode of transportation.
Tiny sensors can be affixed to moths, small drones
Tiny drones or moths can be deployed to conduct research.
Video: New approach to 3D printing microfluidic channels
The technique holds promise for synthesizing fluid channels at the micron scale for automated production of medical diagnostic and sensor systems.
Hygienic actuator for automation of rotary valves
The device is designed for food and beverage applications, including dairies, breweries and distilleries.
Q&A: Einride powers a self-driving truck future
The company’s Level 4 second generation pods have just been announced.
The time to engineer a nuclear clock ticks closer
New measurements brighten prospects for developing nuclear clocks, which are more accurate than existing atomic clocks.
How do aircraft instrument landings work?
When the plane comes to a safe stop, it is a testament to the skill of the pilots who control the aircraft - even if they could not see the runway at all.
Watch: Wearable sensor walks back the cost of gait analysis
Footwear-worn sensors are as accurate and more economical than current gold-standard mat tests used to assess fall risk.
Toyota to develop fuel cell electric truck fleet for North America
The company is partnering with Hino USA on the hydrogen-based technology to cut down on emissions to the environment.
High-precision white light interferometers for industry and automation
Micro-Epsilon's white light interferometers are used for high-precision distance and thickness measurement with a subnanometer resolution.
Study uses satellite data to link subsidence and groundwater use
Researchers combined land cover and climate data with interferometric synthetic aperture radar data to link land surface displacement to groundwater demand generated by different land uses and associated irrigation.