Researchers devised a new wireless and energy autonomous sensor network using in collective buildings to monitor heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and reduce energy consumption. Scientists devised a new wireless and energy autonomous sensor network using in collective buildings to monitor heating, ventilation and air conditioning and reduce energy consumption The quest for energy efficiency […]
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Sterilizing with the Sun
Using sunlight, researchers and students at MIT are trying to change how medical equipment is sterilized in remote clinics — and a pilot project in Nicaragua has begun to show promising results. In that nation, a mostly rural population of six million is served by some 11 hospitals, dozens of health centers, and some 1,300 […]
Improving Energy Storage: Neutron Scattering Technique Provides New Data
The adsorption of ions in microporous materials governs the operation of technologies as diverse as water desalination, energy storage, sensing, and mechanical actuation. Until now, however, researchers attempting to improve the performance of these technologies haven’t been able to directly and unambiguously identify how factors such as pore size, pore surface chemistry and electrolyte properties […]
Companies struggle to popularize mobile money
Mobile money may seem like a hot concept, but consumers aren’t warming to it. At the world’s largest cellphone trade show, here in Barcelona this week, the 70,000 attendees are encouraged to use their cellphones —instead their keycards— to get past the turnstiles at the door. But very few people took the chance to do […]
Nanogels offer new way to attack lupus
Scientists at Yale University have designed and tested a drug delivery system that shows early promise for improved treatment of lupus and other chronic, uncured autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and Type 1 diabetes. In systemic lupus erythematosus, the body attacks itself for largely mysterious reasons, leading to serious tissue inflammation and organ damage. […]
Comcast connects city of West Haven
Comcast has connected city hall, schools and libraries throughout the city of West Haven, Conn. with its Ethernet and trunking services. Comcast is providing West Haven with high-speed Internet access and voice services that connect city hall to 17 municipal locations, including West Haven’s three libraries, six firehouses, the high school, beach patrol offices and […]
Photo of the Day: Illustrating Mechanical Motion
A new kinetic gear sculpture from SDP/SI is designed to illustrate mechanical motion principles at trade shows. It was designed and arranged by Andrea Davide, a New York-based artist who specializes in creating unique metal sculptures. Robert Lindemann, the recently retired Vice President of SDP designed the mechanical drive system that allows the gears to […]
Workers Anxious as Cuts Set to Take Effect
KITTERY, Maine (AP) — They don’t care which side caused Washington’s latest crisis. Five hundred miles from Capitol Hill, the men and women of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are worrying about paying rent, searching for new jobs and caring for sick loved ones. Almost the entire workforce, a community of more than 5,000 along the […]
Tampa Area Man Swallowed by Sinkhole
A man was missing early Friday after a large sinkhole opened under the bedroom of a house near Tampa and his brother says the man screamed for help before he disappeared. The 36-year-old man’s brother told rescue crews he heard a loud crash around 11 p.m. Thursday, then heard his brother screaming for help. “When […]
Replacing 4-Cycle with 6-Cycle Engine
In its phase 2 operation, the Kashmerick Engine Systems engine technology is proving its effectiveness and viability for military use, and more. Technology begets technology when it comes to advancements in many fields. For example, the ability to design and manufacture complex parts without machining, or with minor machining has stepped up the […]