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Tool for gathering pollution in the Pacific is broken
A trash-collection tool in the Pacific Ocean is now broken, according to reports. The 2,000 ft floating boom from The Ocean Cleanup project will make an 800-mile journey to Hawaii for repairs after damage from an onslaught of wind and waves in the Pacific.
Research: Prolonged air pollution exposure lowers employee productivity
According to economists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), exposure to air pollution lowers employee productivity.
Robotic vending machine debuts on college campus
A team from PepsiCo and Robby Technologies began testing its robotic vending machines on a California university campus this week.
Queqaio satellite bridges Earth and the dark side of the moon
China’s Queqiao satellite is relaying communications between the Change'e-4 lunar rover and the Chinese space agency.
Translating imperial units to metric sizes in O-rings
Converting O-ring dimensions from metric to Imperial units, or vice-versa, isn't an obstacle if an engineer knows the conversions involved.
Experts want answers to questions concerning robots in the workplace
Experts in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are calling for clearly defined answers to questions surrounding robots in the workplace amid news that AI-driven robots will be taking on an estimated 50% of workplace functions come 2025.
Wearable alerts emergency contacts of opiate overdose
The Hope Band improves opiate overdose response times and increases survival rates by alerting emergency contacts that the wearer has suffered an overdose.
China to Begin Tracking Students Using "Smart" Uniforms
Known for high-tech surveillance of its citizens, China is taking its efforts one step further with “smart uniforms” for school-age children, which are designed to track and monitor student locations to improve school attendance rates as well as to better monitor student safety.
Researchers Catalog Debris Washing Up on Gulf Coast Shorelines
Researchers from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve have conducted a joint two-year study cataloging the debris washing ashore along the Gulf Coast states.
Lignin-Based Composite Could Boost 3D Printing Economics
A new composite material for additive manufacturing makes use of lignin, a biofuels byproduct.
Plastic Pollution Discovered in Marianas Trench, the Deepest Spot on Earth
Researchers are suggesting that it might be “one of the largest sinks for microplastic debris on Earth."
Video: Watch a 3D-Printed Robotic Hand Play Jingle Bells on the Piano
The mechanical design uses passive movement but was able to mimic different piano styles.
Watch: Motion Capture Through AI
An artificial intelligence project at Princeton takes the motion-capture concept a step further with a new tool that can be trained to track individual moving parts over millions of video frames with high accuracy.
Watch: Robots Swarm into Organic Formations
By introducing biological principles of self-organization to swarm robotics, researchers have found it possible to get hundreds of coin-size robots to work together based only on local communication and movement – and without an underlying master plan.
Robots in Development to Offer a Hand in the Kitchen
Amid concerns over a robot revolution where some speculate that robots and AI will eventually take over tasks traditionally performed by humans, thereby making humans obsolete, comes word that robots are in development to take over at least some of the tasks in the kitchen.
Digital Pneumatics: How Cyber-Physical Systems are Ushering in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
As part of Industry 4.0, digital pneumatic cyber-physical systems will drive productivity improvements and cost reductions by boosting the efficiency of physical manufacturing processes through autonomous algorithmic control, flexible reconfigurability and the provision of a rich tapestry of data from the factory floor.
Team Develops First Culturally Sensitive Robots for Elder Care
As the world’s elderly population ages, there is a corresponding growth in the demands on health and social resources that affect virtually every sector of society. A team of researchers wondered if that burden might be alleviated by artificial intelligence, specifically in the form of care-giving robots for the elderly.
Amazon Teams with New Jersey PD to Trap Would-Be Thieves
As the holidays approach, consumers are yet again faced with an uptick in criminal activity taking place right on their doorsteps: delivery theft.
Team Builds Self-Sustainable Robot from E-Waste
E-waste, otherwise known as e-scrap, is an assortment of old and discarded electronics including large household appliances like air conditioners, refrigerators, computers and smartphones as well as other consumer electronics that have long posed disposal problems.
Art, Architecture and Science Create an Immersive Experience on an American Lake
The installation, which was presented to the public in mid-December at RPI's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, included field recordings, interviews and the sonification of mass amounts of data collected by the Jefferson Project.