Articles in the Category: Engineering
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Nanotechnology, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 10 10th, 2011 | 4 Comments
NanoArt Shows Beauty at Smallest Level
Every artist must draw inspiration from someplace. For Christian Orfescu that inspiration is found at his day job, working as a materials scientist for Caleb Technology, a Califorina-based company where he uses nanotechnology to design better lithium batteries.
Behold, the NanoArt.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Citizen science, Computer Science, Discoveries, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Video on 09 21st, 2011 | 3 Comments
Citizen Scientists Discover Key HIV Protein
For years, scientists have been saying that some of the biggest discoveries in science will come from non-scientists. And now that prediction is showing promise as two teams of online video game players have helped solve the structure for an important enzyme found in the HIV virus.
After medical researchers...
NASA Dips Toe in Deep Space Exploration
After months of speculation NASA unveiled its new Space Launch System to take astronauts further than they have ever gone before. While there is no destination yet for this new super-powered rocket, there is plenty of time to quibble over such details.
The Marshall Flight Center in Rocket City, more...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Computer Science, Engineering, Inventions, Video on 09 12th, 2011 | 5 Comments
MakerBot Prints Future of Manufacturing
Bre Pettis used to be a school teacher in Seattle. Then he began doing weekend projects and podcasting about them for Make: magazine. But when he found 3-D printing he found a home and turned that passion into a company, where he is bringing science fiction-style replicators a step closer to reality....
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Physiology, Video on 09 1st, 2011 | No Comments
A Breath of Medical Fresh Air
Starting in a couple of years you may be able to let out a big sigh of relief that medical diagnostics are moving away from needles and other invasive ways of figuring out what’s going on in the human body.
New technology that takes detailed readings from our breath are already being tested to...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Engineering, Video, Weird Weather on 08 30th, 2011 | No Comments
Skyscrapers Pose Danger in Hurricanes
When Hurricane Irene began tracking toward New York City, officials feared the worst. In a city full of skyscrapers a hurricane can become a bigger instrument of destruction. Flying glass as windows blow out create dangerous projectiles littering the streets. And the space between highrise buildings...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Citizen science, Computer Science, Discoveries, Geology, Marine Science, Math, Video on 08 17th, 2011 | No Comments
Project Shiphunt Puts Adventure in Science
What started out as an educational lesson turned into real-world adventure for five high school students from Sagniaw, Michigan. The students from Arthur Hill High School, near Michigan’s Shipwreck Alley on Lake Huron located two missing ships at the bottom of the lake.
In a science outreach collaboration...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Video on 08 15th, 2011 | No Comments
Electronic Tattoos
Ultrathin, flexible circuit boards that attach to the skin could replace conventional wired medical equipment, especially when it comes to monitoring vital signs.
New electronic tattoos, also known as epidermal electronics are taking state-of-the-art wireless medical technology and sticking it to a...
Sunny Outlook for Solar Energy
The Hawaii Electric Company (HECO) placed solar panels on the roof of the Easter Seals building on Oahu, making the non-profit agency the solar installation that pushed them over the 20 megawatt mark.
Each megawatt of electricity produced from photo voltaic cells powers about 800 homes. Cities around...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Evolution, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 07 19th, 2011 | No Comments
The Internet Is Rewiring our Brains
Psychologists have learned that the Internet is becoming a primary form of transactive memory, meaning the information is external or stored outside of the person.
For some it is becoming far easier to reach for a keyboard than to try to extract a piece of information from the brain. Google and Yahoo!...
Flying Car Cleared for Takeoff
Move over Jetsons. The first roadable aircraft or flying car has been cleared for road use.
The Terrafugia Transition is the now the first car-plane hybrid that has been approved for both flight and road use. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just approved the Transition for road...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Engineering, Nanotechnology, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 07 8th, 2011 | No Comments
Science + Art: The World up Close
Common, everyday things, from construction material to household items or even insects, look remarkably different up close. And the up close that a new art exhibition has in mind is mind-boggling.
Using a high-powered scanning electron microscope a scientist and a graphic designer combined forces...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Featured Articles, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 06 24th, 2011 | No Comments
Crowdsourcing Humanity
Now that we’ve been living in the Information Age for over 50 years, it’s safe to say we’ve become quite proficient at gathering data. We’ve built elaborate systems to collect and transmit data. We’ve also built elaborate systems to protect and encrypt personal information...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Consumer Safety, Engineering, Inventions, Video on 06 7th, 2011 | No Comments
Driverless Cars Take to French Roads
It sounds like something from science-fiction — but it’s actually the latest brainchild from town planners in the western French town of La Rochelle. Small electric cars without drivers steer themselves through the streets taking locals and tourists around town in the first driverless car...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Engineering, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 06 3rd, 2011 | 2 Comments
Vivid Light Show Illuminates Sydney
Sydney’s iconic Customs House, Museum of Contemporary Art and Opera House are being given a psychedelic makeovers as part of the city’s annual festival of light, music and ideas. To weather the winter doldrums of the Southern Hemisphere, Sydney, Australia came up with a bright idea —...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Engineering, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 05 13th, 2011 | No Comments
Robot Orchestra Makes Music
Students at the California Institute of the Arts have built an orchestra of interactive musical robots. Musicians use specialized computer programs to play the robotic instruments. The Associated Press sat in on a rehearsal for the group’s May 12 concert.
Tammy, BreakBot, NotomotoN, GlockenBot...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Inventions, Scientainment, Video on 05 2nd, 2011 | No Comments
Dean Kamen Uses Robots to Push Knowledge As Best Investment
Dean Kamen, founder of DEKA Research & Development Corp. and inventor of the Segway personal transporter went head to head in a robot battle with Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am, at the FIRST Robotics Championships in St. Louis. Kamen started the organization For Inspiration and Recognition...
The Next US Space Shuttle
In all likelihood, the next manned spacecraft that launches from U.S. soil will be one a spaceship built by one of four companies. Yes, companies. The federal government is getting out of the space business by contracting services from private companies with advanced designs and concepts for manned...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 04 15th, 2011 | No Comments
Navy Will Use Laser Guns to Fight Pirates
It sounds like the plotline for a young boy’s bedtime story. But real-life laser weapons are being tested by the U.S. Navy and their first target is modern day pirates who are tormenting shippers and sailors on the northeast coast of Africa.
A ship-based laser could seriously turn up the heat...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Consumer Safety, Earthquake, Engineering, Environment, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Video on 04 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment
Can Dancing Robots Help with Nuclear Clean Up?
Tokyo Electric Power is putting remote controlled machinery to use at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Helicopters mounted with cameras can safely survey the damaged reactors to give clean up crews a clear view of the mess without exposing them to dangerous radiation,...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Computer Science, Discoveries, Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, Video on 04 7th, 2011 | No Comments
Robot Bird Masters Winged Flight
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s SmartBird — the avian robot. German engineers claim they have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of bird flight.
For centuries man has tried to imitate nature by mimicking flight. Capturing the energy efficiency and subtlety of bird flight has proven...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Discoveries, Engineering, Marine Science, Oceanography, Podcast, SciLebs, Video on 04 6th, 2011 | 1 Comment
Billionaire Branson Heads for Murky Depths
Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson announced plans to travel to the deepest parts of the world’s oceans in a single-person submarine this week.
Sir Richard will pilot the one-manned Virgin Oceanic sub as he dives the Puerto Rico trench, located just off the coast of Puerto Rico, sometime in...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Computer Science, Engineering, Inventions, Podcast, SciArt, Video on 03 28th, 2011 | No Comments
Building Dreams from Scratch
A new membership-based, do-it-yourself fabrication and manufacturing space allows engineers and inventors to work on their gadgets using the latest in high-tech equipment. Tech Shop has opened facilities in California with plans to expand across the country.
It’s like your father’s workshop...
