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Watch: Solar-powered stratospheric telecommunications platform completes more test flights
The solar-powered aircraft is designed to carry telecommunications payloads to the stratosphere and provide connectivity between devices as far as 700 km apart.
AI predicts traffic, transportation impacts from special events
A transportation technology company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system for enabling traffic managers to better prepare for special events happening within a city.
Maritime and medical: Two more potential industries for digital twinning
Any industry with large, complex products or long product lifecycles could benefit immensely from digital twinning. Here are a few.
Machine learning can hinder foreign influence campaigns in social media, study shows
Software engineers could use this study to create a real-time monitoring system that would expose foreign influence in U.S. politics.
Software tool may help limit lockdowns and protect the economy
The tool being developed takes into consideration a number of factors based on demographic and other information.
Community Water Model supports integrated water resources management
The open source model examines how future water demand will evolve in response to socioeconomic change and how water availability will change in response to climate.
Study: Laughter shows promise as possible biometric
Researchers from the University of Lagos in Nigeria believe that laughter could be a viable biometric, offering a secure signature of login for smartphone access and other electronic devices.
How the maritime industry is navigating the IoT and machine learning
Virtualization is creating waves in the maritime shipping industry.
Companies to jointly develop construction robots
A South Korea-based industrial robotics company and a construction company have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop robots for the construction industry.
On-chip acousto-optic modulation shakes light with sound
A new hybrid circuit resolves the challenge of wideband actuation on photonic waveguides with ultralow electrical power.
How AI is being used to fight COVID-19
AI has figured heavily in the battle against COVID-19 where in the early days of the pandemic, little was understood about the virus.
Oil and gas companies announce acoustic sensing solution for subsea wells
Oil industry firm Halliburton Company and oil and gas engineering company TechnipFMC have introduced Odassea, a distributed acoustic sensing solution for subsea wells. The technology platform reportedly enables oil rig operators to execute intervention-less seismic imaging and reservoir diagnostics to reduce total cost of ownership while improving oil and gas reservoir knowledge.
2D solution for next-generation semiconductors
Researchers from the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have developed a next-generation memory device using a two-dimensional layered-structure material.
Team enables cars to 'see' potential hazards lurking around corners
Researchers from Princeton University have developed an automated system that enables cars to “see” around corners to detect oncoming bicyclists, pedestrians and traffic.
New system monitors the health of transportation infrastructure
A team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques (IPM) in Germany has developed a 3D-laser scanner for monitoring the health of transportation infrastructure.
Technology aims to restore pre-COVID-19 confidence in air travel
A system that makes predictions about airport capacity is being trialed at Iceland’s Keflavík Airport (KEF).
Team devises method for locating operators of suspicious drones
A team from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel has devised a method for locating the position of drone operators with potentially malicious intentions, flying their drones in protected air space or near airports.
Waterproof USB 3.0 cable assemblies enable harsh environment connectivity
New waterproof USB cable assemblies are USB 3.0 compliant and feature a waterproof, panel/enclosure mount connector on one end of the assembly.
New mini-tank could pave the way for unmanned warfare
An Estonian robotics company has introduced an unmanned mini tank that may one day eliminate manned warfare, according to reports.
New tool helps make predictions about hydraulic fracturing yields
Applied to spreadsheets, the new procedure makes predictions about natural gas and oil flow potential from new wells based on data about gas and oil flow amounts from old wells within the same drilling field.