Electrical Engineering and Electronics News
Go Solar, Wind Or Geothermal If You Want Renewable Energy With Life-cycle Efficiency
Posted on August 18, 2007 at 06:51:27 pm
Do the overall efficiencies of renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, and geothermal add up in terms of their complete life cycle from materials sourcing, manufacture, running, and decommissioning" Researchers in Greece have carried out a life cyc
Toward Real-world Star Trek Tricoder Devices
Posted on August 16, 2007 at 12:23:20 am
So you drop by the store tonight and buy the latest model of a Star Trek tricoder-type device -- a handheld instrument for scanning alien environments -- and use it to check your home air for indoor pollutants. As farfetched as that idea may seem, such de
New Technology Has Dramatic Chip-cooling Potential For Future Computers
Posted on August 14, 2007 at 11:43:31 pm
Researchers have demonstrated a new technology using tiny "ionic wind engines" that might dramatically improve computer chip cooling, possibly addressing a looming threat to future advances in computers and electronics.
Researchers Turn Everyday Paper Into Resilient, Rechargeable Energy Storage Device
Posted on August 14, 2007 at 12:50:59 am
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.
Computers Expose the Physics of NASCAR
Posted on August 11, 2007 at 07:45:05 pm
omputer scientists at the University of Washington in Seattle developed a new way to simulate and display complex situations very quickly. The algorithm made its high-profile debut this summer when the ESPN sports network used it to show air flowing over
New World Record For Superconducting Magnet Set
Posted on August 10, 2007 at 10:36:25 am
A collaboration between the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University and industry partner SuperPower Inc. has led to a new world record for a magnetic field created by a superconducting magnet.
Ultraclean Combustion Technology Developed For Electricity Generation
Posted on August 07, 2007 at 10:09:37 am
An experimental gas turbine simulator equipped with an ultralow-emissions combustion technology called the low-swirl injector (LSI) has been tested successfully using pure hydrogen as a fuel
Implantable Biochip Could Relay Vital Health Information If Soldier Is Wounded In Battle
Posted on August 02, 2007 at 10:24:12 pm
The Department of Defense has awarded $1.6 million to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development of an implantable biochip that could relay vital health information if a soldier is wounded in bat
Engineers Are Building Robotic Fin For Submarines
Posted on July 31, 2007 at 09:48:38 am
nspired by the efficient swimming motion of the bluegill sunfish, MIT researchers are building a mechanical fin that could one day propel robotic submarines.
'Smart' Fabrics Integrate Biosensors To Monitor Respiration Rate And Body Temperature In R
Posted on July 29, 2007 at 07:24:55 pm
Researchers have fabricated and tested two similar but slightly different biosensors that can measure important physiological signs. Integrated into “smart” fabrics – garments with wireless technology














