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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.
New vacuum dehydrator maintains the integrity of synthetic oils in large hydraulic systems
Schroeder’s newest fluid conditioning product consists of a claw vacuum pump that helps avoid the generation of any dangerous, chemically reactive by-products and it features a flow rate of 30 gallons per minute.
In conversation: A framework for addressing technology's ethical challenges
Our communities and the world face unprecedented challenges in scaling technologies in an ethical and beneficial way. As one observer noted half a century ago, “technological progress requires ethical progress or we risk the destruction of society.”
Computer-aided software automatically generates knitting patterns, creates garments
The software users input their chosen designs, color and dimensions and those instructions are sent by computer to a knitting machine, which produces the article.
Industry 4.0 encoders from Lika
Lika Electronic has introduced a new series of Industry 4.0 rotary encoders for smart factories. Industry 4.0 encoders conform to the hardware and software requirements of a wide range of industry protocols, including CANopen, Profibus, DeviceNet, Modbus RTU, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, Powerlink and Modbus TCP. These protocols make up greater than 80% of the industrial Ethernet market share globally.
This hydro power station will receive $1.1 billion in upgrades
The plant includes 13 generators, has an installed capacity of 2,675 MW and has been in operation since 1961.
Report: US military testing mass surveillance solar-powered balloons
The tests are being conducted across six Midwest states with as many as 25 balloons already launched from South Dakota.
Cockroach-inspired robot is nearly indestructable
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a nearly indestructible, insect-sized robot that moves like a scurrying cockroach.
Australian company offers unique technology to release seized valves
Ultrasonic vibration releases the particles that build up in a valve and cause it to seize in either a fully open or fully closed position.
How are bearing balls made?
Bearing balls are the component of a ball bearing that permit smooth, friction-free rotary motion. Have you ever wondered how they are made?