The quest to end lost airline luggage
Victor DaRosa stands under a scorching afternoon sun, loading bags onto a jet heading to Detroit.
Victor DaRosa stands under a scorching afternoon sun, loading bags onto a jet heading to Detroit.
Other
Aug 31, 2016
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Currently, factories work on a principle of "one size fits all" when it comes to replacing or regrinding tools such as drill bits, milling machines or planes after a specified period of time – whether they need it or not. ...
Engineering
Jun 9, 2017
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Individual operations on the shop floor of an industrial plant can be tracked using a sophisticated automated monitoring system that employs advanced mathematical techniques. To track work in progress, A*STAR scientists combined ...
Engineering
Jul 29, 2015
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Standing on top of a ladder several meters high, pad and pen in hand, just to count boxes? Inventories in large warehouses could soon appear quite different and proceed to take flight, in the truest sense of those words: ...
Robotics
Dec 1, 2014
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Trackside transit workers may soon be sporting RFID tags to improve their safety.
Engineering
Jan 21, 2010
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Computers are getting better with each day. They are becoming so energy-efficient that we can now think about cutting the final cord that connects them with the outside world: a power supply cable. A great example of such ...
Engineering
Apr 6, 2016
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Pressure to optimize is intense on the floors of motor vehicle manufacturers' factories: Variance is steadily increasing. Costs have to be contained. Fraunhofer researchers are now using RFID technology to introduce more ...
Engineering
Jan 3, 2018
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Organic photovoltaics (OPV) may cost less than their silicon counterparts, but their performance remains off-putting to this day. A consortium of European research groups and industries recently demonstrated free-form organic ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 24, 2017
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Fujitsu Semiconductor America has introduced a new FRAM-based device with the industry's highest memory capacity for a high-frequency RFID (radio frequency ID) IC.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Sep 21, 2012
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