Engineering

Stronger yet Incredibly Inexpensive: Seashell-Inspired Protective Coating Outperforms Conventional Materials

For thousands of years, we have appreciated seashells for their beauty as ornaments and utility as tools. Seashells are extremely tough; they can withstand harsh environmental conditions due to their unique structure. But no one…

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NVIDIA Helps Build World’s First Autonomous Lawnmower

NVIDIA is helping an American startup build the world’s first commercial autonomous lawnmower, named “Scythe”. The tool is a fully automated mower featuring eight HDR cameras for 360 vision, 12 ultrasonic sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers,…

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Trouble-Free Troubleshooting – Toolkit Essentials for Every On-Call Engineer

Software has grown rapidly in recent years to become an integral part of everybody’s lives. In turn, the need for rapid responses to incidents has grown. Many software engineers need to be on-call to help…

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NASA’s New Alloy is 1000 Times More durable than what’s Currently Used in Spacecraft

NASA has developed a metal alloy that is 1,000 times stronger than current state-of-the-art materials used in aviation and space exploration. To maximize spacecraft longevity and for countering the formidable challenges of launching missions, strong and long-lasting…

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Norwegians Design Sea Vessel Moved by Molten Salt Reactor

Ulstein, a Norwegian shipbuilding expert, has presented “Thor”, a concept for the world’s first molten salt reactor (MSR) ship designed for zero-emission shipping. Compared to conventional nuclear fission reactors, MSRs are far safer and can…

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Machine Learning Advances Energy Development, Carbon Capture and Storage, and Coastal Water Management

Since about 2013, and particularly over the last five years, off-the-shelf, commercial Machine Learning (ML) technology has enabled a not-so-quiet revolution in the oil and gas industry, transforming how hydrocarbons are located developed. The development…

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NASA Evaluating Proposals for 2025 Moon Mission Rover

NASA’s Artemis program, which aspires to bring humans back to the Moon by 2025, is well underway, and the first launch is planned for August 2022. The program includes many phases extending as far as…

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The Volvo’s Polestar 2 EV, Refreshed for Greater Sustainability

Polestar 2, the first mass-produced model of Volvo’s premium EV brand, has received an upgrade that makes it more sustainable, eco-friendly, better performing, and eventually more competitive in the market. Polestar 2 was originally released…

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AirMatrix on Its Way to Put The Chaos of Urban Drone Flight in Order

AirMatrix has announced the start of pilot tests of its drone flight traffic software in Calgary, Canada, gradually increasing the number of deployed units over the next 18 months. The goal is to test drone…

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Here’s Why The EV Industry Will Make a Leap From 400V to 800V

The vast majority of electric vehicles (EVs) today use a voltage of the level of 400V, with only a few exceptions differentiating from it. As experts in the field comment, this figure may double by…

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