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Startup Profile: Enviro Power Is Bringing Microcogeneration to the U.S.
Enviro Power’s small steam turbine could cut homeowners’ electricity bills by 30 percent
Miele Uses Simulation to Optimize Induction Stove Design
Less than a decade ago, if you were to ask a master chef which type of cook stove he preferred, he would have answered gas, without question. Now there's another option.
A Revealing Leap Into Avegant’s Magical Mixed-Reality World
Avegant is confident enough about its light-field-based mixed-reality technology that it's willing to show and tell
Facing Threats, Nukes Work to Polish Their Green Cred
Unfavorable market conditions are forcing some nuclear power plants to close, removing a carbon-free source of power from the U.S. grid. Plant operators are fighting back
Algorithm Aims to Predict Bickering Among Couples
Machine learning uses data from smartphones and wearables to identify signs of relationship conflicts
U.S. Marines Testing Disposable Delivery Drones
Gliding drones made out of plywood can deliver supplies from long range with pinpoint accuracy
Berlin Startup Holoplot Tests Steerable Sound in German Train Stations
Holoplot says its directional sound technology can simultaneously send up to 16 different messages to passengers at gates
Will Earth's Climate Get More Sensitive to CO2? Only Better Satellites Can Say
A mathematical rethink suggests that CO2 will warm Earth more in future than it does today. But better satellites—such as those Trump wants to scrap—are needed to reduce climate uncertainty
Cadillac Adds Level 2 Highway Autonomy With Super Cruise
In exchange for your undivided attention, the 2018 Cadillac CT6 will drive for you on any highway in the United States
Robot Ray Swims Using High-Voltage Artificial Muscles
This transparent, soft robot fish propels itself by flapping fins made of dielectric elastomers
In the U.S., Flying Drones Out of Sight Is Still Out of Mind
But the Federal Aviation Administration is allowing PrecisionHawk to test a system for managing small drones beyond visual line of sight
5 Things You Missed: AI Algorithms Are Biased, They Know What You're Watching, and More
Highlights for the week of 10 April 2017
Where Are The U.S. Firms That Pay the Best Salaries? Silicon Valley (Mostly)
Silicon Valley cloud service, networking, and data analytics providers dominate Glassdoor’s latest list of high-paying employers
Video Friday: Volleyball Robots, Bioinspired Design, and Deep Robotic Learning
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Move Over Spintronics, Here Comes Magnonics to the Rescue of Electronics
New type of logic gate promises to completely replace electricity with magnetic spin waves for computation
Enhancing Organic LED Performance with Multiphysics Simulation
Surface plasmon modeling and nanostructured electrode design show promise for increased light output and efficiency in organic LED (OLED) systems.
Brothers Win XPrize for “Star Trek”-Inspired Tricorder
Final Frontier Medical Devices takes home $2.6 million for mobile diagnostic device
GM to Launch the World’s Largest Fleet of Self-Driving Cars, Documents Reveal
FCC documents reveal car maker’s plan to test 300 autonomous Chevrolet Bolts with new radar
Solar-Powered Device Pulls Water Out of Thin (And Pretty Dry) Air
The device could be an affordable way to harvest water from air in under-developed, arid regions
Ohmni: An Easy-to-Use Telepresence Robot That's (Sort of) Affordable
At-home telepresence gets significantly more affordable, although it's still not cheap
AI Learns Gender and Racial Biases from Language
Machine learning algorithms that readily pick up cultural biases may pose ethical problems
A Cow-llision Alert System for Driving in India
Slow moo-ving cows pose a danger on Indian roads
We know What You're Watching (Even If It's Encrypted)
New methods show that encryption alone will not keep attackers from identifying your video streams
Renesas Unveils Its Open Autonomous Vehicle Platform
The Japanese chipmaker Renesas and its partners are hoping to steal a march on US rivals by offering a one-stop shop for ADAS and autonomous driving
Hydrostor Building Underground Caverns For Affordable Compressed-Air Energy Storage
The new design offers energy-storage at half the cost of batteries, the company says
5 Neuroscience Experts Weigh in on Elon Musk's Mysterious "Neural Lace" Company
What can we expect from Neuralink, the new Elon Musk company devoted to brain-computer interfaces?
Electric and Magnetic Fields Drive Soft, Flexible Robots
Two new prototypes tackle the challenge of making soft robots that can move
The Most Complex 2D Microchip Yet
The new molybdenum disulfide microprocessor has 115 transistors
Meeting Design Challenges with Multiphysics Simulation
Check out how NASA and others are using numerical modeling to surpass hurdles and optimize complex systems.
Minimizing Hum in Transformers, Optimizing Rocket Propulsion at NASA, and Creating Simulation Apps for Industry
The following is an excerpt from COMSOL News 2016
DC Motor Selection for Dynamic Motion Control Applications
Once the requirements of the application are specified and a general motion control strategy is established, this article outlines a few basic rules for getting the optimum motor selected.
Phase Shifter Technology and Applications
Tune in to improve your understanding of phase shifter technology and application.
Graphene Photodetector Could Make Sharper Images With Fewer Pixels
A graphene photodetector can pinpoint the position of light that falls far from it
It's National Robotics Week!
Welcome to National Robotics Week 2017. Let's celebrate!
Open-Source Clues to Google's Mysterious Fuchsia OS
Google is building a new operating system called Fuchsia, which it hopes can scale from tiny Internet of Things devices to consumer PCs
5 Things You Missed: Particle Accelerator on a Chip, Cellphone Iris Scanners, and More
Highlights from the week of 3 April 2017
Simulation-Driven Motor Design for Vehicle Electrification
This webinar will focus on the FEA component of evaluating a three-phase electric motor. You will get a live demonstration of setting up a parameterized model in COMSOL Multiphysics® of a nonlinear-surface permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM).
Video Friday: Pepper's Fish Mode, Deep Learning in the Warehouse, and Stealing From a Delivery Robot
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Getting Started with a Part-Centric BOM
This eBook explains the challenges of being drawing-centric, the benefits your organization can realize by shifting to a part-centric way of developing products, and a simple path for getting there.
Keeping Block Copolymers in Line Could Lead to Smaller Microchips
Scientists use directed self-assembly to make tinier microchip features
Revolutionizing the IIoT Industry One Streetlight at a Time
IIoT provider Ubicquia took its streetlight solution from a daydream to distribution
Google Details Tensor Chip Powers
Google researchers explain the benefits of the company's mysterious Tensor Processing Unit
What is Driving the Shift Towards Cloud-Based CFD and FEA Simulation?
SimScale enables powerful engineering simulations without the need for high-performance computing
Suspected Chinese Malware Found On U.S. Trade Group Website
Fidelis Cybersecurity uncovered the Scanbox script in advance of Chinese President Xi’s visit to the United States
The Company Behind the Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner
Princeton Identity on how it scored a major licensing deal for biometric security
Accelerating Aircraft Systems Development with Model-based Engineering
This whitepaper explains how model-based systems engineering enables engineers to accelerate the requirements definition process and design to certification level performance.
Inkjet-Printed Flexible Memory Devices
New memory cells could find use in wearables and print-on-demand electronics
The Future of Energy Technology as Seen Through X-Ray Eyes
Researchers at SLAC are leveraging X-rays to enable the next generation of batteries and photovoltaics
IBM, Intel, Stanford Bet on AI to Speed Up Disease Diagnosis and Drug Discovery
Algorithms spot heart failure, lung cancer, and drug candidates sooner
Robo-One Hosts First-Ever Autonomous Biped Fighting Tournament
Humanoid wrestling goes autonomous in Japan
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