Engineering

The Story Behind Siemens: An Unrivaled Global Powerhouse

Siemens Global Market Cap $114 Billion Siemens Global, headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, may have a market cap just 45% of General Electric’s (GE), but it hasn’t been as focused on market cap as American…

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Rapid Prototyping & Testing Autonomous Robot “Mental Models”

Robot Mental Models & “Belief Systems” The challenge for roboticists is to create ever larger numbers of tasks that robots can complete without human intervention. A robots is continually taking stock of its environment and…

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World’s First Solar-Powered Family Car Goes 500 Miles on a Single Charge

You know who is burning up the roads almost as much as truck drivers? Families. From shuttling the kids to school to soccer games, moms and dads are constantly on the roadways. And while the…

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Delicate Balance: Developing Safety Standards For Human, Mobile Robot Collaboration

Allowing Robots To Get Their Job Done, While Protecting People The question most often asked at the inflection point of a new technology or set of technologies is “how can we make the most efficient…

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Climate Change & Wild Fires: Are They Connected?

According to the following video by John Holdren, US Science Advisor to President Obama, climate change is making wildfire seasons in the US longer and more intense. And as the fires increase, pollution in the…

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Volcanic Clay May Cure Superbugs, Like MRSA and Other Serious Skin Eruptions

Our overuse of antibiotics has led to superbugs and strains of bacteria that we are often defenseless against in the medical realm. But some deep-digging biogeochemists are finding that clay of the earth might be…

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New UK Warships Designed, Built & Operated Using Virtual Reality & Visualization Systems

The British military spends close to $60 billion (£38 billion) yearly of which the UK Navy gets its fair share. Like major multinational high-tech companies such as SpaceX and Ford as well as militaries worldwide, the…

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The Strectable, Bendable, Wearable “BioStamp” Revolution

Virtually Invisible Biostamp Now A Reality A lot wearable electronics these days seem interesting, even life changing, but most still look and feel awkward and clunky. What if a new industry could provide postage stamp…

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Automated Disposal Of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices)

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) aka “home made bombs” or “road side bombs” or “booby traps” seemed to enter the English lexicon during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, wreaking havoc, injury and death on soldiers and…

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Inanimate Objects Self-Organize into “Living” Colonies from Chemical Stew

Spontaneous self-organization of colonies of living organisms is a fascinating and baffling concept. Think about flocks of birds that shift direction in a simultaneous dance, or schools of fish that split and regroup as if…

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