Officials at Purdue University in Indiana say there is no ongoing threat on campus after a shooting was reported in a classroom building. A Twitter post from the university says people may resume normal activities on the campus. Purdue spokesman Greg McClure tells The Associated Press that police haven’t released information about possible injuries. The […]
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Shooting at Purdue Electrical Engineering Building
Police have a person in custody following a reported shooting at Purdue University in Indiana. Purdue spokesman Greg McClure tells The Associated Press that police haven’t released information about possible injuries. The report of shots fired came in around noon on Tuesday at the electrical engineering building on the school’s campus in West Lafayette. McClure […]
Israel Uses Tech to Save Ancient Treasures
With Israel situated in one of the world’s earthquake-prone areas, officials are taking action to protect the Holy Land’s most important ancient treasures so they don’t come tumbling down. After a series of five moderate earthquakes shook the country in October, experts installed a seismic monitoring system at the Tower of David, one of Jerusalem’s […]
Photos of the Day: Giant Spud Gun Weighs 261 Tons
The Spud Gunn is 198 feet tall when standing. It is made of stainless steel and weighs 261 tons. Read: Giant Spud Gun Makes its Way Across State It has almost nothing to do with spuds or guns — its true purpose is separating methane from other natural gases — but it was made in […]
Giant Spud Gun Makes its Way Across State
The Spud Gunn is 198 feet tall when standing. It is made of stainless steel and weighs 261 tons. It has almost nothing to do with spuds or guns — its true purpose is separating methane from other natural gases — but it was made in Idaho and slightly resembles one of those plastic devices […]
Electric drive vehicles have little impact on emissions
A new study from North Carolina State University indicates that even a sharp increase in the use of electric drive passenger vehicles (EDVs) by 2050 would not significantly reduce emissions of high-profile air pollutants carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides. “EDVs” is a catch-all term that includes hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles. […]
$1M Fire Prevention System Fails, 343 Houses Destroyed
Chinese authorities have detained a guesthouse operator whose unattended heater allegedly sparked a fire that burned for nearly 10 hours and destroyed an ancient Tibetan town in southern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said. More than 2,000 firefighters, soldiers, police, local officials and volunteers responded to the early morning blaze on Jan. 11, which […]
NTSB Releases Most Wanted List of Transportation Improvements
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its 2014 Most Wanted List, the top 10 advocacy and awareness priorities for the agency for 2014, which for the first time includes improving operational safety in rail mass transit. Millions of Americans rely on commuter rail, subways, and light rail for their daily commute. The NTSB in […]
Smart Object Recognition Learns to Decipher Images on its Own
If we’ve learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it’s that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate humans. BYU engineer Dah-Jye Lee isn’t interested in that development, but he has managed to eliminate the need for humans in the field of object recognition. Lee has created an algorithm that can accurately identify objects in images […]
Police Officers Test On-Body Cameras
Police officers assigned to foot patrols of downtown Los Angeles began wearing on-body cameras on Wednesday as the city evaluates different models to include in its policing. Police Commission President Steve Soboroff said 30 officers have volunteered for 90-day trials of devices provided by Arizona-based Taser International Inc. and Coban Technologies Inc. of Houston. Each […]