TU Graz supplies hospitals with 3D-printed medical shields
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The protection of medical staff is a major priority in the current corona crisis. ...
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Simple, low-cost ventilator builds on available resuscitation bags
Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances - and widely ...
Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online
ApolloBVM, an open-source bag valve mask automation device, could help patients in treatment for COVID-19Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
Representation of driving behavior as a statistical model
To accurately measure the effectiveness of traffic safety management technologyCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: ...
Scientists tap unused energy source to power smart sensor networks
Credit: Kai Wang The electricity that lights our homes and powers our appliances also creates small magnetic fields that are ...
$7.5 million study to develop operational plan for mixed truck fleets
Credit: Virginia Tech A new four-year study, led by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) in partnership with a 16-member ...
The Grainger College of Engineering and Carle Health demonstrate working prototype of emergency vent
The Illinois RapidVent emergency ventilator was developed in less than a week, and preliminary tests show performance equivalent to commercial ...
Engineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants
Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devicesCredit: Courtesy of the researchers The brain is one of ...
Multi-stage deformation process in high-entropy alloys at ultra-low temperatures revealed
Pave the way to design new structural materials with superior mechanical propertiesCredit: © Professor Wang Xunli / City University of ...
Bubbles go with the flow
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The ...
Stanford engineers find ankle exoskeleton aids running
Credit: Farrin Abbott/Stanford News Service Running is great exercise but not everyone feels great doing it. In hopes of boosting ...
New technologies aim to make 3D cameras easier to use
Credit: Song Zhang/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A 3D camera should be as easy to use as one found ...
How fire causes office-building floors to collapse
NIST tests could lead to stronger building codes, improved design toolsCredit: NIST Engineers and technicians at the National Institute of ...
VERA nuclear reactor simulation software licensed commercially for first time
Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 24, 2020 -- A software package, ...
Wearable strain sensor using light transmittance helps measure physical signals better
Credit: Professor Inkyu Park, KAIST KAIST researchers have developed a novel wearable strain sensor based on the modulation of optical ...
On-demand glass is right around the corner
A project to create colloidal glasses characterized by a unidirectional stressCredit: @GiulioMonaco UniTrento Glasses used for camera lenses or reading ...
Composite metal foams take the heat, move closer to widespread applications
Credit: Afsaneh Rabiei, NC State University North Carolina State University researchers have demonstrated that composite metal foams (CMFs) can pass ...
Lehigh University engineers unlock secrets to swimming efficiency of whales, dolphins
Findings of team led by MechE professor Keith W. Moored could influence the design of next-gen underwater robotsCredit: Fatma Ayancik/Lehigh ...
Stanford engineers create shape-changing, free-roaming soft robot
Credit: Farrin Abbott/Stanford News Service Advances in soft robotics could someday allow robots to work alongside humans, helping them lift ...
NUS invention: The world’s first aerogels made from scrap rubber tires
Patented technology cuts rubber waste; Novel rubber aerogels are ultra-light, highly absorbent, durable, and traps heat and soundCredit: National University ...