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Video: Intelligent Use of Aviation Lights at Wind Farms
If an approaching airplane is detected within the 8 km range of the system’s radar, it monitors distance, speed, and heading to determine whether or not the aviation lights are to be activated.
Hyundai Showcases Advanced Wearable Robots at 2017 Geneva Motor Show
It is interesting that this technology was showcased at the Geneva Motor Show, but at the same time it is meant to show technology that will be moving people in the future.
New Design Results in Compact, Highly-efficient Frequency Comb
Northwestern University researchers have designed a quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency comb that is dramatically more efficient than previous iterations.
Restoring Communication for Locked-In Patients
A brain-computer interface enabled four paralyzed patients suffering from complete locked-in syndrome to convey their thoughts.
Tree Species Recognition by Modeling and Measurement
Researchers from Tampere University of Technology and the Natural Resources Institute Finland developed a method to extract individual trees from forest plot level point cloud data.
Open-Source Biosignal Acquisition Device
The Bluetooth data acquisition device has a special focus on bio-signals such as ECG, EMG, and EEG.
Fiber Optics Offer Gas Pipeline Protection
The monitoring system quickly detects when abnormal stress, movement, or temperature conditions occur.
TUNA to Improve U.S. Military Communications
Temporary underwater fiber-optics communications networks will ensure connectivity when tactical networks are unavailable.
Antwerp Pilots City of Things Project
The Belgian city will grow into the largest living lab in Europe for the Internet of Things.
Biometric Security: Your Body as Your Password
Biometric security has proven to be an effective and convenient way to bolster security, especially on mobile devices, which have the technology built-in.
Pipelines More Efficient Than Rail for Long-Hauling Oil
Comparing the energy consumed in construction and operation for both methods, researchers found that pipeline transportation produced 61%-77% less greenhouse gas emissions than rail.
Laser Strike App Designed to Enhance Aviation Safety
The Laser Event Recorder app uses an iPhone's built-in camera, GPS and connectivity to record, analyze and communicate details of an incident.
"Chariot" Aims to Deliver Healthier Homes, Lower Energy Bills
As well as revealing under-heated or over-heated parts of a home, Chariot enables energy advisors to pinpoint where and why dampness or mold may pose a problem.
Getting the Jump on Industrial Failures
The team’s statistics-based approach involves construction of a memory chart of multiple monitoring parameters using a technique known as principle component analysis.
Squeezing Light Into New Miniature Devices
With the end of Moore's Law apparently approaching, the future of big data processing will require new technologies to allow high-performance computers with faster operations.
V2V Communication to Be Required on New U.S. Light Vehicles
V2V devices would use dedicated short-range communications to transmit data such as location, direction and speed to nearby vehicles.
Iridium: The Audacious SatComm Network That (Almost) Couldn't
An audacious satellite communications program launched, nearly failed, and eventually found its orbit, albeit with government help.
Soil Moisture Used to Predict Hurricane Power Outages
Drought makes tree branches more likely to snap off, and over-saturation makes trees more likely to be uprooted.
Boosting Heat Transfer in Microelectronics
With the current trend of constant increases in power and device miniaturization, efficient heat management has become a serious issue for reliability and performance.
What to Look For in a Thermal Design Solution
Computational fluid dynamics enable engineers to model thermal responses including all the modes of heat transfer, namely conduction, convection and radiation. The results can be used to judge component and environment design viability.