News tagged with engineer
New Automated Technique with Online Verification Eases Network Analyzer Calibration
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Verifying the accuracy of network analyzers—instruments that are used to measure key performance characteristics of electronic networks—was once an awkward process involving multiple steps and pieces of equipment.
Engineering professor creates mobile lab for testing bridges
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Civil engineering students at the University of Rhode Island will soon take to the roadways to apply what they have learned in the classroom in real-world analyses of bridges, buildings and ...
Google adds automatic captions to YouTube
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube.
Counterfeit euros are detected with an optical mouse
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The sensor of some optical mice can be used to easily and cheaply detect counterfeit euros, according to a study published by Spanish researchers of the University of Lleida (UdL) in the scientific journal ...
Tsunami evacuation buildings: another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Some time soon, a powerful earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami that will flood the Pacific Northwest, destroying homes and threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people, says Yumei Wang, a geotechnical ...
Third quarter engineering unemployment data show mixed trends
Oct 07, 2009 |
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The unemployment rate for U.S. electrical and electronics engineers (EEs), which had jumped to a record high in the second quarter, has eased, according to third quarter data just released by the Department of Labor's Bureau ...
Good hackers meet to seek ways to stop the bad hackers
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The world of hackers is kind of like the "Star Wars" universe: There's a light side and a dark side of cracking computers.
Room's Ambience Fingerprinted By Phone
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your smart phone may soon be able to know not only that you're at the mall, but whether you're in the jewelry store or the shoe store.
Graphics chips speed up medical imaging
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Beyond just jazzing up video games, one of the growing array of applications being found for the powerful graphics-oriented chips that Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices sell is in speeding up medical imaging, which can be ...
New robots mimic fish's swimming (w/ Video)
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Borrowing from Mother Nature, a team of MIT researchers has built a school of swimming robo-fish that slip through the water just as gracefully as the real thing, if not quite as fast.
UCSD Robots Take Center Stage at National Robotics Conference
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Novel agile robots created by mechanical engineers at UC San Diego recently made their way to Austin, Texas, and took center stage during a keynote address at NI Week , the annual robotics extravaganza hosted ...
Russian Spacewalk to Prepare for New Module Complete
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt completed a spacewalk at 8:46 a.m. EDT Friday to prepare the Zvezda service module for the arrival of ...
Blind Japanese woman receives IBM's top award
Jun 05, 2009 |
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US computer giant IBM has named Chieko Asakawa as the first blind engineer -- as well as the first Japanese female -- to receive the company's highest technical honour.
Google tightens bonds with YouTube users
May 07, 2009 |
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Google is routing YouTube users further into the online search giant's Internet world.
NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on May 11
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight and selected an official launch date for the STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
