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Nanodrone 'sniffs' out toxic gases for emergency response
Called a Smelling Nano Aerial Vehicle (SNAV), the nanodrone weighs 35 g and is capable of flying and identifying gases in locations inaccessible to other remote vehicles.
Watch: Innovations enable broad deployment of carbon black sensors
With more than 100 custom-built sensors installed across West Oakland for 100 days, a team created what they said is the largest black carbon monitoring network to be deployed in a single city.
What is MQTT?
A quick overview of Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), a lightweight messaging protocol that is ideal for IoT applications.
Technical University of Munich wins fourth SpaceX hyperloop competition
The team achieved a top speed of 288 mph.
Portable platform designed to personalize chemotherapy
The device can determine in real time whether targeted chemotherapy drugs are effective for individual cancer patients.
Eight industries that will need to adapt to automation
Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are poised to impact just about every industry, changing how jobs are done and who does them, and making the workplace more efficient and more productive.
How an IIoT system enables remote monitoring of factory processes
A look at how an IIoT network collects and reports process data from sensors throughout a factory for display on remote devices such as smartphones and computers.
Watch the progress of an ionic wind propeller
The first ionic wind-activated device to spin and lift off in air has been reported by SUNY Oswego researchers.
Offline programming software for robotic welding
Offline programming software is quickly gaining praise as a preferred solution for maximizing uptime.
Watch: Cucumbers cue artificial muscle fiber design
New polymer fiber-based actuators take their cue from cucumbers, or more accurately from the tightly coiled tendrils sprouted by young plants.
This electric utility uses satellites to watch for wildfires
The PG&E Meteorology Team led development of the program along with experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Space Science and Engineering Center.
Con Edison blames a protective relay system failure for NYC blackout
The protective relay system failure ultimately resulted in isolation of the fault at a transmission substation, and the subsequent loss of several electrical networks starting at 6:47 p.m.
Sensors could speed up structural evaluations after a big quake
An optical sensor could speed up the time it takes to evaluate whether buildings are safe to occupy shortly after a major earthquake.
How a fender-bender turned into a federal accident probe
The shuttle was 10.2 ft from the truck and nearly stopped when the attendant pressed an emergency stop button and waved to gain the truck driver’s attention. The slow-moving truck hit the shuttle 11 seconds later.
Robot umpire used in Atlantic League All-Star game
A robot umpire named Trackman made its debut at the Atlantic League MLB All-Star Game alongside human umpire Brian deBrauwere.
Wine makes everything better...even wearable technology
Scientists from the University of Manchester in the U.K. are hoping to improve wearable technology using acids from red wine, black tea and black coffee.
Tiny fiber-optic sensor provides continuous blood flow monitoring
A tiny fiber-optic sensor could surpass traditional methods used to monitor blood flow during surgery or in intensive care settings.
New hydraulic pump with smart controls delivers higher flow and constant power
Enerpac’s E-Pulse hydraulic pumps maintain constant power while delivering higher flow rates than traditional one-half horsepower pumps.
Watch: This nuclear reactor is now entirely digital, a rarity in the U.S.
Purdue's research reactor is going from the vacuum tubes and hand-soldered wires of the 1960s, to LEDs, ethernet cables and advanced electronics.
Watch a tiny jellyfish robot swim through several tasks
The 5 mm diameter, untethered, robotic platform was inspired by juveniles of the most widely distributed jellyfish, scyphomedusa ephyra.