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NASA launches citizen science opportunity
Now available for Apple and Android phones, the app is an initiative of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) programme, a science and education effort that for over two decades has enabled schools and students in over 110 countries to investigate their local environment and put their observations in a global context hand holding cell phone and clouds.
Ceramic composites revolutionise engine efficiency
Lighter, faster, more efficient. Whenever you advance a technology, that’s the goal. As NASA looks to transform the commercial aircraft of the future, efficient engines are at the heart of it all. To achieve the goal of better engines on future aircraft, researchers at NASA Glenn are investigating promising advances in high-temperature materials that can be used to make turbine engine components.
Method speeds up detection of infectious diseases
A team of UCLA researchers has found a way to speed and simplify the detection of proteins in blood and plasma opening up the potential for diagnosing the early presence of infectious diseases or cancer during a doctor's office visit. The test takes about 10 minutes as opposed to two to four hours for current state-of-the-art tests. The approach overcame several key challenges in detecting proteins that are biomarkers of disease.
It’s a robot! The birth of two new robots for Comau
The small robot family from Comau is extending for quick applications in restricted spaces, including handling, assembly and pick&place. The introduction of the two new robots, Racer5-0.63 and Racer5-0.80 are both controlled by the R1C 19" rack-mounted controller, which can be integrated into a single cabinet to control an entire line.
Wireless hub drives up productivity, cuts time wasting
A new product developed to make meetings more efficient and productive has been created in collaboration by Fonrad Business Supplies and Black Box Network Services, a leading technology solutions provider. Using Black Box’s ‘Coalesce Wireless Collaboration Solution’, companies can easily create zones where, during quick ad-hoc meetings, screen content from multiple notebooks, tablets and smartphones can be shared on a single scr...
USB-C flash drives and adapters ideal for MacBooks
Showcased at CES at the beginning of the year, are the ADAM elements USB-C flash drive ROMA and the USB adapter and cable series CASA, which are now available. Users of the latest MacBook will be excited to hear that the ROMA has doubled in capacity with a 128GB model, as well as receiving an additional colour to choose from.
How to get a satellite into a bottle
How do you get an entire spacecraft into a 3.5-litre container, which is the equivalent of a double-magnum wine bottle? For the first time, an EPFL team took up the challenge set each year by the CanSat competition, which has become one of the largest university events for space-related topics since it was started in the 1990s.
IRR research into safety at level crossings reaches next stage
Networks of tiny wireless sensors could not only improve safety at railway crossings but would also be much less costly to install and maintain, drawing their electrical power from track vibration. These are among the findings of a UK Government-funded project carried out by rail experts at the University of Huddersfield.
Making wearables sexy... literally
Steve Rogerson looks at how women’s health is reaping the benefits of wearable technology.
Doctor, Doctor, my nurse is a robot!
The NHS is a permanent topic in the news, from strikes and concerns of A&E staff numbers, to care home neglect and the dangers of superbugs and healthcare associated infections (HCAI). To aid this, there have been some developments in robotics to alleviate the strain on healthcare professionals. Electronic Specifier’s Daisy Stapley-Bunten gets up close and personal with the new face of healthcare.