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Testing Methods to Reduce Cargo Ship and Blue Whale Collisions
With enormous cargo ships responsible for killing nearly 80 endangered blue whales a year off of the United States Pacific coastline, a group of marine scientists have been tasked with a year-long mission to explore possible solutions to prevent the often fatal collisions.
Airplane and Drone Collide in Canada
Last Thursday, a Canadian passenger plane was struck by a drone mid-flight, becoming the first drone-plane collision reported in that country to date.
Some U.S. Police Departments Considering Gun Cameras
A handful of police departments in the United States are testing out gun-mounted cameras to give a close-up account of officer–involved shootings.
Watch: The Pope on Twitter, Your Name on Mars and Robots Screwing in Light Bulbs
This week's edition of the Engineering360 news brief includes a Twitter milestone for the Pope, how to get your name onto a NASA mission headed for Mars and the answer to how many robots it takes to screw in a light bulb.
How Much Money Does an Industrial Engineer Really Make?
Industrial engineering is an ever-growing field, but just how much does an industrial engineer make?
Video: Balloons Are Headed to Puerto Rico for Telecom Service
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission granted a temporary license to Google to deploy the experimental high-altitude balloons, called Project Loon.
Debut of Robotic Masseuse in Singapore
This week, a robotic masseuse began work at the NovaHealth Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinic in Singapore, alongside a physician and massage therapist.
Moscow Adds Facial Recognition Cameras Throughout City
With 170,000 surveillance cameras situated throughout the city of Moscow, granting law enforcement officials views of nearly 95 percent of Moscow apartment buildings, the Russian government hopes to nab wanted criminals.
Google to Offer Hands-Free Camera
Google is set to release a new camera that lets users take pictures and videos without using their hands.
Anne Frank Betrayal to Get AI Treatment
Using software that can organize and analyze large amounts of data, a retired FBI agent believes he and a team of more than a dozen researchers can identify who turned in the Frank family in August 1944.
Smartphone Notifications Are Making Us Cranky
In a bad mood? Your smartphone may be to blame, according to recent research from Nottingham Trent University.
Air Turbulence Expected to Triple Due to Climate Change
Thanks to climate change, mid-air flight turbulence is expected to increase by nearly three times in the coming decades, according to a recent study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Anti-Vaccination Rhetoric 'Loud' on Twitter
Despite the lack of evidence linking childhood vaccinations and autism and an uptick in recent outbreaks of diseases previously eradicated by vaccination, the anti-vaccination debate is still alive and well on social media platforms like Twitter according to a multi-year study from the University of Colorado Boulder.
An App to Aid Stranded Dolphins, Whales
The app is available for the iPhone and can be downloaded from the Apple app store.
Start-Up Creates Wearable Air Quality Tracker
Interns for a Paris start-up that builds air quality and forecasting technologies have spent the last three years helping to build, design and test a device capable of tracking both indoor and outdoor air quality.
AI Used to Predict Relationship Longevity
With a growing trend in using artificial intelligence to make predictions about everything, it is only natural that the technology would eventually be applied to making suggestions about the longevity of our personal relationships.
FAA Prohibits Drone Flights Near U.S. Landmarks
Effective October 5, 2017, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is prohibiting drones from being flown within 400 feet of a handful of national landmarks.
Life-Saving Drones
According to a study of 15 healthy individuals, the results obtained by the drone were as accurate as traditional monitoring methods such as pulse oximeters, respiratory belts and ECGs.
At-Home Vital Sign Monitoring
Building on an earlier design of a radar capable of measuring a person’s vital signs, researchers from Kyoto University's Center of Innovation and Panasonic Corporation developed a device that can measure how the heart beats as the body moves without the burden of wires and equipment.
Twitter Expands Character Limit to 280
Have more to say and Twitter just doesn’t give you enough room with its 140-character limit?