Volvo Trucks has developed a new I-See technology which operates as an autopilot and changes gears automatically and utilises gradients to save fuel. According to the truck maker, the new technology straps up the truck's own kinetic ...
KineMed has entered into a multi-year R&D collaboration GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to develop kinetic biomarkers. The collaboration will apply KineMed's biomarker discovery platform in therapeutic areas of interest to GSK. KineMed president ...
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Some most famous bridges in London are to retain the Olympic architectural lighting scheme following a detailed evaluation of costs. Brand experience company Innovision originally commissioned lighting designer Paul Cook and a handful ...
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Some of London's most famous bridges are to retain the architectural lighting schemes that were designed for this summer's Olympic Games. The lighting schemes were originally commissioned on a temporary basis but a decision was been ...
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Glass is strong enough for so much: Windshields, buildings and many other things that need to handle high stress without breaking. But scientists who look at the structure of glass strictly by the numbers believe some of the latest methods ...
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This study demonstrates that the anodic Fenton process could be integrated with a microbial fuel cell to develop a self-sustained system for energy-efficient electrochemical treatment of organic wastewater pollutants. ...
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Broad-based Chinese plastics firm Cosmos Machinery Enterprises Ltd. has closed an appliance and electronics molding factory in Wuxi, China, as tougher economic conditions sharply cut sales and pushed the company into a small loss in the ...
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UK-Black Light has been part of the team that has been working on the new Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow.This building,named in tribute to the athlete,is one of the most significant new sports venues in the UK. "The project highlights ...
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The ArcelorMittal Orbit has divided opinion and to some eyes cuts a rather ungainly figure on the Olympic Park skyline.But at night it is transformed by a dynamic lighting display that renders its bizarre geometry intelligible and breathes ...
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Imagine yourself in a lighting matrix of illuminated colors and shapes, mesmerized by colorful, active lighting. Synergetic installations by the design crew at WHITEvoid feature a flexible array of controllable light fixtures and LED ...
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Everyone's talking about energy harvesting–but what exactly is it?The term is often used as a paraphrase for the whole range of low-power applications,yet the"harvesters"themselves are only one part of a larger system,writes Ingo ...
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences(SEAS),collaborating with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel,have now demonstrated a drastically new way of achieving negative refraction in a metamaterial.For 20 ...
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The Market Research Society(MRS)has undergone a major re-branding programme to communicate the membership organisation's pivotal role as a dynamic global industry champion.Designed by London branding communications consultancy Purpose,the ...
What you probably know about McLaren is that it makes Formula 1 cars.What you might not know,is that it designs and makes embedded processor systems. Every car in Formula 1,every US Indy car,and every US NASCAR,has an engine control ...
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Hybrid car technology was coming to the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race at the weekend as variants of the speed-boosting Kinetic Energy Recovery System(KERS)used in Formula 1 get their first serious workout in another type of ...
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