News tagged with automation system

Engineers develop novel system for producing conductive films

(Phys.org) -- Yale engineers have developed a novel automated system for generating strong, flexible, transparent coatings with promising uses in lithium-ion battery and fuel cell production, among other applications.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Comcast enters smart thermostat game

Big news in the world of energy-saving home automation:

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Twitter unveils self-service advertising system

(AP) -- Buying ads on Twitter is about to get easier for small businesses as the online messaging service adds a key piece to its moneymaking model.

Technology / Business

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing

Not long ago, MIT political scientist Suzanne Berger was visiting a factory in western Massachusetts, a place that produces the plastic jugs you find in grocery stores. As she saw on the factory floor, the ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Benefits abound with recently patented system that reduces phosphorus in wastewater

A team of bioprocessing engineers with Kansas State University's Advanced Manufacturing Institute has been issued a patent for a system that removes phosphorus from wastewater and addresses environmental regulations.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Chicago's Joe and Rika Mansueto library make book retrieval a robotic affair

(PhysOrg.com) -- Visitors to the Grand Reading Room of the Joe and Rika Mansueto library at the University of Chicago will be in for a bit of a surprise. The books are not on shelves for the reader to peruse, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Smart software for self-regulating smart grid

Siemens and the utility company Allgauer Uberlandwerk (AUW) in the city of Kempten, Germany, are testing the smart grids of the future. The tests focus on optimized power distribution and the use of a self-organizing ...

Technology / Software

created May 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: Google ad inquiry focused on pharmacies

(AP) -- Google Inc. recently set aside $500 million to cover a possible settlement of a U.S. government investigation into the Internet search leader's distribution of online ads from illegal pharmacies, according to a report ...

Technology / Internet

created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imaging system controls baking process on production line to improve sandwich bun quality

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) may possess the secret to baking perfect buns every time. Its researchers have developed a production-line system that automatically inspects the quality of sandwich ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google backs climate-change weather insurance startup

Google on Monday was among investors pumping $42 million into a climate change inspired technology startup that calculates the chances of crops being ruined by weather.

Technology / Other

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Researchers working toward automating sedation in intensive care units

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Northeast Georgia Medical Center are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forensics: A call for evidence

Many people today rely heavily on instant messaging services such as AIM, Windows Live Messenger and Google Talk for communications, and an increasing number of users are accessing these online chat services ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World's first transcontinental anesthesia

Videoconferences may be known for putting people to sleep, but never like this. Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team of McGill's Department of Anesthesia achieved a world first on August 30, 2010, when they ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New models for optimizing mission control of unmanned aerial vehicles

With funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, engineers at Boston University are working on a theoretical approach to improve automated mission control and decision-making for fleets of unmanned ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Habit-Learning Device will Lower Energy Bills Under New Clean Energy Cashback Scheme

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smart control units that learn householders' energy habits and provide immediate feedback on consumption could give home energy savings of up to 20% without compromising comfort.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0