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A special kind of flight training
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer.
German researchers demonstrate diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Just three months after the Euro 5 Norm for exhaust emissions went into force for all new car models, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have demonstrated an engine that is ...
Space technology optimises windmill efficiency
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A French start-up company from ESA's Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 ...
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India's Tata launches low-cost water filter for rural poor
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Milling and drilling in cyberspace
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New laser -- it's a gas, gas, gas... sensor
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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Safe journey for works of art
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Flight of fancy: MIT autonomous mini-helicopter solves one tough challenge
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Does weak equivalence break down at the quantum level?,
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Scientists Generate Black Hole Radiation in the Lab,
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Using lasers to cool and manipulate molecules,
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Researchers Build Artificial Immune System to Solve Computational Problems,
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Physics Model Determines Dynamics of Friends and Enemies,
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Honda's 'Personal-Neo Urban Transport' Concept
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The Honda Personal-Neo Urban Transport (P-NUT) design study model demonstrates a futuristic concept for an ultra-compact and sophisticated city coupe, American Honda Motor announced at the 2009 Los Angeles ...
New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance
Dec 02, 2009 |
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A recent AFOSR-funded technology should enable the Air Force to achieve advances in object and target detection technology by using sophisticated algebraic theories called groups, rings and fields.
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 ...
Shape shifters: Researchers create new breed of antennas
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Antennas aren't just for listening to the radio anymore. They're used in everything from cell phones to GPS devices. Research from North Carolina State University is revolutionizing the field of antenna design ...
Electromagnetic fields as cutting tools
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The bodywork on motor vehicles must be sufficiently stable, but processing the high-strength steels involved -- for example punching holes in them -- can prove something of a challenge. A new steel-cutting ...
Dutch PhD student develops device to combat noise
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Johan Wesselink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a device to actively combat noise nuisance. This invention curtails sound waves and vibrations by producing anti-noise. The researcher is confident ...
Digital avalanche rescue dog
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel geolocation system makes use of signals from Galileo, the future European satellite navigation system, to locate avalanche victims carrying an avalanche transceiver or a cellphone, to the precision ...
Intelligent blood bags
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Have the blood supplies got too warm? Do they match the patient?s blood group? In the future, these kinds of questions will be answered by intelligent radio nodes attached to blood bags. These ...
Traditional craft industry with a bright future
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Mary and Joseph, the angels, the manger -- at Christmas time, lots of people still decorate their homes with high-quality wooden figures depicting the nativity scene. Now, the wood carvers of South Tyrol are ...
Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, due to cutting-edge UK research.
Cellphone powers back pain chip in Taiwan
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Taiwanese researchers have developed a chip to treat backpain that is powered by mobile phone, a member of the team said Friday.
The goal of robot hockey: to become better engineers (w/ Video)
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It may be a long time before we see robots shooting pucks and making saves in professional hockey, but second-year mechanical engineering students at the University of Alberta put some pretty ...
Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...
Intelligence inside metal components
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Up to now, extreme production temperatures made it impossible to equip metallic components with RFID chips during the operating process. At Euromold in Frankfurt (Dec. 2-5), Germany, Fraunhofer researchers ...
Feeling the way: Robotic device can help visually impaired people
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, it has become routine to go online to check out a map before traveling to a new place. But for blind people, Google maps and other visual mapping applications are of little ...
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'Fingerprinting' RFID Tags: Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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Building the smart home wirelessly
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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On the Crest of Wave Energy
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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Counterfeit euros are detected with an optical mouse
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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Open shop for environmental data
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)
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Nov 14, 2009 |
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Road trains may be coming soon to Europe (w/ Video)
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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This smart wheelchair has laser vision
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Inventing language
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Ford to put air bags into back seat belts of SUV (w/ Video)
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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HP Enables Better, Faster Decision Making with Breakthrough Sensing Technology
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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Measuring distances in microseconds
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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Nothing But Net: The Physics of Free-Throw Shooting
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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New research could help protect frontline troops
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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A delicate grip
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Lasers put a shine on metals
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Nov 03, 2009 |
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Perfectly proportioned: Working to improve dry compaction and sintering
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Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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Driver-less car in high-speed rally assault
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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Modified Bluetooth speeds up telemedicine
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