Cleaner vehicles benefit consumers, the environment and the economy, according to a report recently published by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). It concludes that clean car standards have led to more fuel-efficient vehicles that produce lower amounts of pollution. The report also finds that, in addition to helping the environment, fuel-efficient cars save consumers […]
Video of the Day: Embedded AI Helps Make Free-Range Robot Human-Safe
For anyone familiar with industrial robotics, the sight of a worker sharing a work cell with an active robotic arm would normally be cause for alarm. Normally, the half-ton high-speed machine would execute its preprogrammed actions without regard for any soft, fleshy obstacles that might happen to get in its way. Nevertheless, a demonstration on […]
Designing a Greener Bottom Line
Will our next wave of prosperity be driven by products and technologies that can halt climate change? Introduction Although the recent series of unusually violent tropical storms strengthened the consensus that global climate change poses a genuine threat to civilization, there has been less agreement as to what we can we do about it. […]
NVIDIA’s Autonomous Vehicle Development System Drives Billions of Miles in Virtual Reality to Accelerate Testing and Validation of Critical Code
One of the highlights of NVIDIA’s 2018 GPU Developer’s Conference was the company’s introduction of a cloud-based system for testing autonomous vehicles using photorealistic simulation. The goal of the system is to provide a safer, more scalable method for bringing self-driving cars to the roads. Speaking at the opening keynote of GTC 2018, NVIDIA founder […]
Video of the Day: 2018 Sensors Expo & Conference Registration Now Open – Features Expanded Program
The sensor industry is changing at lightning quick speed, making it more important than ever for the engineering professionals involved in the design, development and deployment of sensor technologies to stay ahead of disruptive technologies and evolving trends. The best way to keep up with the industry is to attend Sensors Expo & Conference, held […]
Dumpster-Diving Battery Pioneers Are Building LiIon Batteries with 2X the Energy Density Of Today’s Cells
A small company in Massachusetts has developed a design for producing Lithium-Ion batteries that pack roughly twice the energy per unit volume as the ones currently on the market. The process, developed by Solid Energy Systems, Woburn, MA uses materials that are compatible with the existing Li-ion manufacturing infrastructure, enabling them to be manufactured using […]
Product of the Day: Raspberry Pi3 B+ Single-Board Computer Offers More Speed, Expanded I/O
Officially released on Pi Day, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is the fastest and most powerful version of the popular compact open-source computing board to date. Built on a new quad-core Broadcom BCM2837 64-bit application processor running at 1.4GHz, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is over 15% faster than the Raspberry Pi 3 […]
Go With the Flow: New Battery May Make Grid-Scale Storage Feasible
A new battery architecture under development at the University of Kansas may help tip the economics of renewable energy by making it cheaper to store excess wind and solar power than rely on gas or coal. The battery, known as a hydrogen-bromine flow cell, is being developed under the leadership of Trung Van Nguyen, a […]
Video of the Day: Celebrate Pi Day With – What Else? Edible Venn Diagrams!
ViHart is a hyperactive, geeky and thoroughly entertaining YouTube Star loves to show off her unique approach to stuff he loves,like drawing, music science, and baking. To celebrate Pi Day, she explains the intersection of mathematics and gastronomy with a couple of tasty Venn Diagrams.
Two Brainy Towns Celebrate Pi Day
Today on March 14th, math enthusiasts and geeks of all stripes are celebrating Pi Day because the date (3/14) matches the first three digits of the irrational number that plays an essential role in many scientific and engineering calculations. The origins of Pi Day can be traced back to 1988, when Larry Shaw organized the […]