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Energy & Green Tech Mar 27, 2014

Privacy determines whether new technology is accepted in the home

Three values determine most whether end users and other parties involved accept a smart electricity meter in their home: privacy, active consent for passing on data and the correctness of that data – in this order. For a ...

Engineering Mar 25, 2014

Virtual plant commissioning helps automation engineering

Virtual commissioning helps automation engineers build and start up production installations such as large plants in the chemicals industry. Long before the real installation is put into service, operators can test the automation ...

Nanomaterials Mar 21, 2014

Nanoparticle based coating for aircraft engines may triple service life and reduce fuel consumption

Researchers at University West in Sweden have started using nanoparticles in the heat-insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat. In tests, this increased the service life of the coating by 300%. This ...

General Physics Mar 18, 2014

New lens design drastically improves kidney stone treatment

Duke engineers have devised a way to improve the efficiency of lithotripsy—the demolition of kidney stones using focused shock waves. After decades of research, all it took was cutting a groove near the perimeter of the shock ...

Energy & Green Tech Mar 12, 2014

Automatic self-optimization of wind turbines

Siemens is "teaching" wind turbines how to automatically optimize their operation in line with weather conditions. The turbines are learning to use sensor data on parameters such as wind speed to make changes to their settings. ...

Business Mar 4, 2014

Apple finance chief retiring (Update)

Apple on Tuesday announced that the chief finance officer who served during the company's meteoric rise over the past decade is retiring later this year.

Telecom Feb 28, 2014

Spectrum bands combined on live network for more than 1 Gbps downlink

Optus, one of the leading mobile operators in Australia, and Nokia Solutions and Networks have attained an aggregate downlink of 1.7 gigabits per second (Gbps) from a single site on the operator's live network using commercially ...

Energy & Green Tech Feb 26, 2014

Report shows potential for job creation by wind energy sector

The potential job creation benefit of an expansion of the wind industry in Ireland is the subject of a new report authored by researchers from Trinity College Dublin. The report, An Enterprising Wind: An economic analysis ...

Internet Feb 25, 2014

South Korea's cyber-war ambitions could backfire badly

South Korea has made a suprisingly public announcement that it plans to develop cyber-weapons for potential use against North Korea. The decision to make its plans known is baffling and the potential consequences of taking ...

Energy & Green Tech Feb 17, 2014

Tests prove electrolytic cells are stable at 850 degrees

Siemens researchers have demonstrated the long-term stability of ceramic electrolytic cells that are used to produce hydrogen. The results represent a step in the development of new energy storage systems. The use of electricity ...

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