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Researchers develop pen-like device for improving cancer surgery outcomes
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a pen-like device to help surgeons distinguish between where a tumor begins and where it ends — a possible marker of a successful cancer surgery.
How smart devices and the IIoT are driving predictive maintenance programs
The rise of smart devices ushered in by Industry 4.0 has led to an increase in the practice of predictive maintenance (PdM).
Rising MRO trend: Industrial vending
The devices, which dispense industrial supplies, offer a host of benefits including automated supply management and inventory control, reduced labor costs and lower operational downtime.
This camera can see deep into the universe
The digital sensor array includes roughly 200 16-megapixel sensors, divided into 21 modules that will view an area of sky that can fit more than 40 full moons in a single image.
Video: Battery-free piezoelectric sensor could enable an underwater IoT
The sensor could study marine life, track climate change or investigate water on other worlds.
Russian robot and rocket destined for the International Space Station
This week, Russia launched an unmanned rocket along with a life-sized humanoid robot on board destined for the International Space Station.
How does a jet engine work? Brayton thermodynamic cycle and efficiencies
Learn how a jet engine manages energy and work to achieve jet propulsion as well as about measures of efficiency that describe how efficiently jet engines convert energy to work.
NASA plans mission to explore Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter
The Clipper space probe will look for the potential for life.
Researchers developing an app to prevent workplace injuries
A team of researchers from the University of Washington are using machine learning to devise a new system for monitoring factory and warehouse workers for risky behaviors that have the potential to result in work-related injury.
Chinese flying car startup receives safety certification
The company claims it is one of the first in the world to receive such a certification.
Earth-sized exoplanet found to have no atmosphere
This is the first time scientists have known anything in detail about an atmosphere around an M-dwarf planet.
Researchers develop robotic exosuit that assists the wearer with both running and walking
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the University of Nebraska Omaha have created a portable exosuit to assist those with impaired mobility with walking and running.
UPS invests in TuSimple to expand self-driving partnership
The goal will be to develop Level 4 automated vehicles for the UPS fleet.
Wearable, robotic neck brace for ALS patients
The brace reportedly restores approximately 70% of the human head’s active range of motion.
Blockchain-based energy management tool wins DOE backing
The grant will fund work to commercialize a blockchain-based transactive energy platform.
Nexy: Steute Technologies’ IIoT 4.0 industrial wireless solution for factory automation
Nexy simplifies the transition from previous generations of factory processes to more robust, reliable, efficient and highly flexible smart factory implementations. Its modular design easily integrates with existing factory protocols.
Minimizing pump cavitation: What is the ideal NSPH margin?
Learn about the damaging phenomenon known as cavitation in pumps and how to avoid it by designing systems with sufficient NSPH margin to provide acceptable pump performance and service life.
Self-driving truck startup begins freight deliveries in Texas
The move to self-driving trucks comes just 16 months after the company was formed.
Study: Wearable sensors could prevent stillborn births
Using the same commercial, orientation-detection sensors as those in smartphones, the device records heartbeat vibrations emitting from the mother’s abdomen.
Study: Workers would prefer to lose their job to a robot instead of to another human
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich and Erasmus University Rotterdam are suggesting in a series of new studies that employees would prefer losing their jobs to robots rather than being replaced by other human employees.