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Device To Detect Sleep Apnea Being Tested
A new wearable, adhesive patch may soon be available to detect all levels of sleep apnea, pending U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
Precision Piezo Nanopositioning Stage for Microscopes
The piezo nanopositioning stage is designed for high-performance microscope objective and optics positioning.
Flying Metal Detectors
Scientists have unveiled a new device capable of detecting buried and submerged mines from a safe distance.
Engineering Insight: Industry Preferences for Controllers
This graph summarizes the search tendencies displayed by Engineering360 users with respect to the industry they identified with while registering.
Exoskeleton Gives Lowe's Store Staff a Boost
A prototype lightweight exosuit reduces worker fatigue and increases worker capabilities for those whose tasks involve a lot of walking and lifting.
Video: Hyperloop Aims to Create Innovative High-speed Travel Using Magnets
High-speed mass transit is the next step in technology that researchers and scientists around the world are focusing on. Hyperloop is leading the way to fast, environmentally friendly pod transit.
Next Steps for IoT Factory Optimization
Hitachi will implement two new industrial field work-optimization cores for its IoT platform, Lumada.
Drones Versus Trucks
According to a study published in Transportation Research Part D, drone use reduces carbon dioxide emissions in certain instances when measured against trucks.
Smugglers Beware
Smugglers may have an even tougher time bringing illegal substances, weapons, radioactive material and chemical warfare agents into Europe now that scientists are developing technologies that will detect anything from illegal substances to a stowaway in shipping containers.
Omal Introduces New Ball Valve for Chemical Applications
Omal has introduced the Pro-Chemie 60 stainless steel ball valve specifically designed for the chemical industry.
New Technology Keeps Elderly Safe at Home
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE in Kaiserslautern, Germany, with the goal of giving the elderly a sense of security in their own homes without invading their privacy, have developed a new technology concept that can offer both assistance in the case of a fall without invasive cameras and is also a communication tool offering access to nursing consultants.
Belt-fed Digital Sorter for Food Processors
The unit maximizes detection and removal of foreign material and product defects while minimizing false rejects to enhance product quality and increase yields.
Calibrate your Durometer In-house
Rex Gauge Co.'s RDC-1 durometer calibrator was designed to help durometer users obtain in-house calibration ability. The calibrator comes complete with weights for calibrating springloads of gauges in the A, B, C, D, DO and O durometer scales.
Biosensers Using the Body's Own Cells
The idea of implanting a device housing live cells into the body to act as a biosensenor able to detect changes and threats in the body is both technically difficult to achieve and very attractive to the scientific community.
Replacing Bridge Using Novel Technology
With America’s bridges receiving a grade of C+ in an American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, the Delaware Department of Transportation decided to assess a novel replacement approach for an aged two-lane bridge.
Visualization Program Protects Statistical Significance
In the modern age, it’s easy for users to explore large data sets for correlations. Unfortunately, the ability to ask unending questions of the same data series increases the chance for false discoveries.
Protecting Autonomous Vehicles from Cyberattack
As vehicles become more and more autonomous — internet-enabled, self-driving — their vulnerability to cyberattacks becomes greater and greater. As a result, Texas A&M University researchers have created an intelligent transportation system prototype to prevent collisions and to help thwart autonomous vehicle hacking attempts.
Drone Provides Tornado Damage Assessment in Oklahoma
Small unmanned aerial systems provided real-time support for disaster response efforts after the May 16 event.
Engineering Insight: Industry Preferences for Pneumatic and Hydraulic Products
Want to know which industries prefer hydraulic actuation over pneumatic? Engineering360 can help.
How to Cheat on Your Emissions Test
An international team of researchers has found the computer code Volkswagen used to circumvent emissions standards for its diesel engines.