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Researchers at MIT have developed a process that can produce ultrafine fibers β whose diameter is measured in nanometers, or billionths of a meter β that are exceptionall...
βThe city is a peopleβs art, a shared experience,β a Philadelphia architect and planner named Edmund Bacon once wrote, adding that any urban designerβs job was to βconcei...
Laura Schewel, CEO and co-founder of transport analytics company StreetLight Data answers some practical questions on the future of autonomous vehicles. Practicality Ther...
The worldwide quest by researchers to find better, more efficient materials for tomorrowβs solar panels is usually slow and painstaking. Researchers typically must produc...
Starklab, an innovative SMU in the field of energy and the Poujoulat Heating and Power division for industrial chimneys, have concluded an ambitious partnership for the d...
Palmer, Alaska has just under 6,000 residents, but as a commercial and cultural center for the region it draws visitors from well beyond its city boundaries. Come the end...
For the past 10 years, the Camera Culture group at MITβs Media Lab has been developing innovative imaging systems β from a camera that can see around corners to one that...
Highways England today paved the way for the future technology which will keep road users as safe and informed as possible on the countryβs motorways. The Government comp...
Komatsu, one of the worldβs largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, has selected NVIDIA as its partner to bring AI to jobsites, making them safer and...
Volvo Construction is a company with a keen eye on the future and is investing heavily in delivering that future with their Volvo Concept Labs. The research division is w...
The need to charge people for parking in the UK, whilst they or their relatives are ill remains a very emotive issue, both with the public and at a political level. Which...
Dr Alvaro Garcia, a lecturer with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, has hit on a recipe for success by drawing inspiration from the Spanish vers...
HxGN SMART Build has been awarded a grant under Singaporeβs Construction Productivity RD&D Grant Call for Building Information Modelling (BIM) and will serve as a col...
Highways England are adding more than 240 miles of extra capacity to the strategic road network by expanding the use of smart motorways and intelligent road markings. Sma...
GSSI, the worldβs leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be highlighting its latest GPR technology at the 2018 World of Concrete conferenc...
Power electronics, which do things like modify voltages or convert between direct and alternating current, are everywhere. Theyβre in the power bricks we use to charge ou...
EFKON GmbH of Raaba by Graz, Austria, a subsidiary of STRABAG SE, is a leading provider of intelligent road toll collection and enforcement systems. The enforcement syste...
From today, Victorians will be able to log on to a digital dashboard on the VicRoads website to track progress on road upgrades, pot-hole repairs and other maintenance ef...
Citilabsβ Streetlytics provides complete hour-by-hour origin-destination and road volume analytics for the entire United States. Leading mobility analytics solution provi...
Location Data can tell you where the sampled people are coming from and going to, when they are traveling and where they live and work. But Location Data by itself cannot...
A new traffic enforcement system has been introduced by Trading Standards in Oxfordshire to help protect one of the oldest river crossings on the River Thames at Newbridg...
STRABAG Infrastructure & Safety Solutions GmbH (SISS), a 100% subsidiary of STRABAG AG, has delivered its NGS3600 communication management system to the Grand Duchy o...
MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and...
A dash cam is a small camera mounted on the dashboard or windscreen of your car and facing the road, although for even better coverage you can also have dash cams with bo...
The Open Data Institute has called for open land data for a long time, both in the UK and abroad.Β By opening up mapping data β previously only accessible to large compani...
The ActiveCare alert came in on a sunny Wednesday morning in Florida: ‘Engine coolant critically low’. A technician sprang into action, temporarily halting a...
When bonding two pieces of metal, either the metals must melt a bit where they meet or some molten metal must be introduced between the pieces. A solid bond then forms wh...
The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has greeted the Chancellorβs, Philip Hammond, announcement that driverless cars will be on Britainβs roads by 2021 with som...
Training and access to resources are key The construction industry is dynamic β ever changing and evolving through technology. The way contractors work today is clearly m...
Unrivalled Performance Without aΒ trailer, the Tesla Semi achieves 0-60 mph in five seconds, compared toΒ 15Β seconds in a comparable diesel truck. It does 0-60 mph in 20 se...
The Spanish seaside town of Alicante recently played host to the start of the Volvo Ocean Race, a 9-month yacht race around the world that is held every three years. Form...
The Grayhill touch encoder is an exciting concept, which helps construction equipment and vehicle product development engineers simplify designs for equipment controls by...
a competition to advance the fundamental construction technologies necessary to create off-world habitats, NASA awarded first prize to team Foster + Partners. Out of 77 r...
The self-driving truck, driving autonomously from one hub to another, is part of a development project exploring how automation can contribute to increased productivity,...
MIT researchers create material for a chemical heat βbatteryβ that could release its energy on demand. In large parts of the developing world, people have abundant heat f...
Victoriaβs first driverless Autonobus, will transport students around La Trobe University in Bundoora. The Autonobus has brought together world-leading experts in automat...
Automated grade control using GNSS signals has transformed how earthmoving contractors get work done. Through the engineering efforts of its innovators and developers, ma...
Floating effortlessly and able to be positioned with great accuracy, drones β also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) β are becoming an increasingly popular t...
With the traditional catβs eye road stud set for a rebrand after councils reported complaints over βcats eyes removedβ warning signs, itβs important we understand the dif...
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