News tagged with engineering systems

J-2X engine continues to set standards

(Phys.org) -- Testing of the next-generation J-2X rocket engine continues to set standards. Last fall, the engine attained 100 percent power in just its fourth test and became the fastest U.S. rocket engine ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Graphene on boron nitride work may lead to breakthrough in microchip technology

(Phys.org) -- Graphene is the wonder material that could solve the problem of making ever faster computers and smaller mobile devices when current silicon microchip technology hits an inevitable wall. Graphene, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New Google data show Microsoft's piracy problems (Update 2)

(AP) -- Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing ...

Technology / Internet

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 6

New latent tuberculosis test promises to be cheap and fast

Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a microfluidic chip to test for latent tuberculosis. They hope the test will be cheaper, faster and more reliable than current testing for the disease.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WPI research team to conduct tests aimed at better understanding post-earthquake fires

A team of researchers from the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will conduct groundbreaking tests on May 23-25 aimed at better understanding the effects of earthquakes on ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individual typing style gives key to user authentication

Your typing style is as individual as your fingerprints. Being able to use typing style to identify a change in users could be a vital security and forensic support for organisations such as banks, the military ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Power generation technology based on piezoelectric nanocomposite materials

Professor Keon- Jae Lee's research team, KAIST (Korea), has developed a nanocomposite-based nanogenerator that successfully overcomes the critical restrictions existed in previous nanogenerators and builds ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

J-2X engine ready for second test series

(Phys.org) -- The next-generation engine that will help carry humans deeper into space than ever is back, bigger and better. The J-2X engine is currently on the A-2 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Smart bridges: Engineers load new bridge with damage-detection gauges

The new bridge over the Iowa River near downtown Iowa Falls is a major upgrade over the 1928 concrete arch structure it replaced last fall, once the longest arch span bridge in the state.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Engineering a safer world

Innovations in software and technology are creating increasingly complex systems: cars that park themselves; medical devices that automatically deliver drugs; and smartphones with the computing power of desktop ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US judge allows tech 'poaching' suit to proceed

A US judge has given a green light to a lawsuit charging Apple, Google, Pixar and other technology-driven firms with colluding to keep salaries in check by agreeing not to poach one another's software engineers.

Technology / Business

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Key to Netflix's future: better recommendations

(AP) -- Netflix executives John Ciancutti and Todd Yellin are trying to create a video-recommendation system that knows you better than an old friend. It's a critical mission as Netflix faces pressure from ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Kyoto prof rolls out omnidirectional wheelchair

(PhysOrg.com) -- A mechanical engineering professor has taken the wraps off his vehicle that is designed to become a next-generation wheelchair. As its formal name suggests, this is the Personal Mobile Vehicle, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Head for the clouds, feet firmly on the ground

Computer engineers in the US writing in the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems have reviewed the research literature to get a clear picture of cloud computing, its adoption, use and th ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution: study

The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution-secondary organic aerosols (SOA)-than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3