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Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Change Water Chemistry in Gas Wells
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Penn State has discovered that pressure, temperature and fluid composition significantly affect the amount of metals and other chemical found in hydrofracking wastewater.
Researchers: Hydraulic Fracturing Boosts Local Economies
The first nationwide study of the comprehensive local impacts of hydraulic fracturing finds that when costs and benefits are added up, communities on average benefit from allowing it.
Swarming Boats Carry Out Test Mission Autonomously
Using a combination of software, radar and sensors, a “swarm” of rigid-hull inflatable boats and other small vessels collectively performed patrol missions autonomously.
Robots Take the Battlefield
The THeMIS ADDER is envisioned as helping support, or even replacing, soldiers on the battlefield.
Autonomous Wave Glider Monitors Volcanic Activity
The wave glider consists of a float above water connected by a 5.8m umbilical cable to an underwater glider that propels the vessel.
Mind Control of a Robotic Arm
A robotic arm picked up objects with an average success rate above 80% and moved objects from a table to a shelf with an average success rate above 70%.
Self-driving Uber to Take on San Francisco Streets
The service has added sensors to a few of its Volvo SUVs, enabling the vehicles to steer, accelerate, brake, and change lanes independently.
Watson-Powered Robot Aids the Elderly and Caregivers
The robot will perform several tasks, including helping to study innovative ways of measuring an individual’s vital signs and answering basic health-related questions.
Robot Sets Vertical Jumping Record
A robot can leap into the air and spring off a wall or jump multiple consecutive times to achieve a record combined jumping height.
Smart Sensors Underpin the Industrial Internet of Things
Employing the IIoT starts with the right sensors measuring the right parameters on the right industrial equipment collecting the right data, and then sending that information to the cloud for analysis.
Data Analytics: An Emerging Tool for Medical Treatment
Researchers were able to discern variations in healthcare costs among patients with similar conditions and were able to group patients based on their progress and to identify trends regarding recovery and treatment options.
The Education of a Smart Building
Control and power a smart building with Power over Ethernet.
Fujitsu Uses Graphene to Open Gate to New Gas Sensors
Development of a graphene-based gas sensor opens the gate to new environmental and healthcare monitoring devices.
Standard Evaluates Optical Trackers' Ability to Follow Objects
A new test method evaluates how well an optical tracking system defines an object’s position and orientation with six degrees of freedom: up/down, right/left, forward/backward, pitch, yaw and roll.
Sensors Detect Damage in Bridge Structures
Researchers use sensors to “listen” to a collection of signals from bridges and other mechanical structures that may help diagnose structural changes or damage.
Video: Robot Offers Improved Surgical Precision
The size of a soft drink can, this surgical robot overcomes operating constraints of larger counterparts.
Protecting Your Legacy Equipment from Cyber Attack
A Rockwell Automation blog offers three reasons for keeping security products and policies current.
Smart Sensors Could Reduce Rail Delays
Wet leaves pose a safety challenge for train operators, potentially doubling the breaking distance and causing signaling issues or "disappearing trains" on the rail control systems.
Light-Seeking Nanorobots Could Have Medical Applications
One difficulty in nanorobot design is to enable these nanostructures to sense and respond to their environment.
Automotive Robots Step Out from Safety Barrier
The brains of the smart robot are in software that processes waves and gestures, calculates all sequences of human motion recorded by the sensors around its working area and evaluates the results.