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Combining Lithium Extraction and Geothermal Energy for Renewable Energy
Combining Lithium Extraction and Geothermal Energy for Renewable Energy Beneath the Earth’s crust, super-hot rock holds the potential to provide clean, renewable energy called geothermal energy. This resource is just waiting to be tapped. However, the development of geothermal energy over the past c...
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Light analysing Chip will lead to portable Spectrometers
Light analysing Chip will lead to portable Spectrometers Scientists including an Oregon State University materials researcher have developed a better tool to measure light, contributing to a field known as optical spectrometry in a way that could improve everything from smartphone cameras to environ...
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XCMG names Allison Transmission exclusive provider for new All-Terrain Cranes
XCMG names Allison Transmission exclusive provider for new All-Terrain Cranes Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional, electric hybrid and fully electric vehicle propulsion solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been named the exclusive provider of transmissi...
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Turning Carbon Dioxide into solid minerals underground
Turning Carbon Dioxide into solid minerals underground A new high-profile scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ultrathin films of water on underground rock surfaces. These solid minerals, known as carbonates, are b...
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Thinnest ever ferroelectric material will lead to new energy-efficient devices
Thinnest ever ferroelectric material will lead to new energy-efficient devices The discovery of intriguing material behaviour at small scales could reduce energy demands for computing. As electronic devices become smaller and smaller, the materials that power them need to become thinner and thinner....
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Gazelle Wind Power hybrid Offshore Wind Platform design verified
Gazelle Wind Power hybrid Offshore Wind Platform design verified Gazelle Wind Power, the developer of a hybrid modular floating offshore wind platform, has received the results of its basin model tests at the Environmental Hydraulics Institute – University of Cantabria (IHCantabria) facilities...
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ZPE Systems launches small Cloud Gateway for IoT, OT and IoMD
ZPE Systems launches small Cloud Gateway for IoT, OT and IoMD ZPE Systems announces the Mini SR, a smartphone-size, cloud-orchestrated gateway that solves the operational challenges of running security and connectivity at the network edge. Organizations must solve evolving business needs by deployin...
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Ouster’s new REV7 Sensors doubles Range with L3 Digital LiDAR Chip
Ouster’s new REV7 Sensors doubles Range with L3 Digital LiDAR Chip Ouster, Inc., a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries, announced the launch of its newest OS series scanning sensors, REV7, power...
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Miniature Magnets can now be printed on a 3D Printer
Miniature Magnets can now be printed on a 3D Printer Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are determining the optimal conditions for 3D printing of permanent magnets from hard magnetic compounds based on rare-earth metals. This will make...
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X-ray CT inspection of 3D-printed parts improved by Deep Learning
X-ray CT inspection of 3D-printed parts improved by Deep Learning A new deep-learning framework developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is speeding up the process of inspecting additively manufactured metal parts using X-ray computed tomography, or CT, while increasing...
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Smart materials and Metal Cations respond to Temperature
Smart materials and Metal Cations respond to Temperature Often referred to as smart materials, temperature-responsive or thermoresponsive polymers are gaining attention for their ability to respond to external temperature changes, allowing for an extensive range of applications. Making this smart ma...
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Storing Hydrogen in salts
Storing Hydrogen in salts Hydrogen gas could someday replace fossil fuels as a “clean” energy source, producing only water and energy. However, handling large quantities of gaseous hydrogen is cumbersome, and converting it to a liquid requires vessels that can withstand extremely high pressures. Now...
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What NOT to do after a Truck Accident
What NOT to do after a Truck Accident Being involved in any accident is a traumatic experience. But the stakes are even higher when that accident involves a commercial truck. These types of accidents often result in serious injuries or even death. If you’re ever unlucky enough to be involved i...
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Exodigo and Esri partner to Improve Underground Mapping
Exodigo and Esri partner to Improve Underground Mapping Exodigo, the breakthrough non-invasive subsurface imaging platform, announced a partnership today with Esri, the world leader in Geographic Information System (GIS) software, web GIS and geodatabase management applications, that will help gover...
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VolvoCE starts US deliveries of upgraded Electric Compact Wheel Loaders
VolvoCE starts US deliveries of upgraded Electric Compact Wheel Loaders Volvo Construction Equipment has upgraded its zero-emissions, low-noise L20 and L25 Electric compact wheel loaders just as deliveries are starting in North America, meaning every customer here will get the new versions of the ma...
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Cincoze DV-1000 Embedded Computer playing a key role in Predictive Maintenance
Cincoze DV-1000 Embedded Computer playing a key role in Predictive Maintenance With the evolution of IIoT and AI technology, more and more manufacturing industries are introducing predictive maintenance to collect equipment data on-site. Predictive maintenance collects machine equipment data and use...
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Einride completes Autonomous Vehicle Pilot with GE Appliances
Einride completes Autonomous Vehicle Pilot with GE Appliances Freight mobility technology company Einride successfully completed a public road pilot of Einride’s autonomous, electric vehicle, in Selmer, Tennessee. After receiving the first U.S. approval for operations of this new type of vehicle fro...
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Sarcos trials Robotic Technologies for Maintenance, Inspection and Repair
Sarcos trials Robotic Technologies for Maintenance, Inspection and Repair Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation, a leader in the development of highly dexterous robotic systems that augment humans to enhance productivity and safety, announced today that the company has executed field trials dem...
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Scientists explore Batteries without critical raw materials
Scientists explore Batteries without critical raw materials The storage of ions when accompanied by their solvation shell in a crystal lattice is referred to as co-intercalation, up to this point, this concept was limited to the negative electrode of the sodium-ion battery. Now the researchers aroun...
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Custom AI Models for Construction Litigation and Workflows
Custom AI Models for Construction Litigation and Workflows Construction Discovery Experts, the eDiscovery firm custom built for the construction industry, and Reveal, the global provider of the leading AI-powered eDiscovery platform Reveal 11, announced today the significant expansion of the firms’...
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Scania and Rio Tinto developing Autonomous Haulage Solutions
Scania and Rio Tinto developing Autonomous Haulage Solutions Scania and Rio Tinto are developing more agile autonomous haul trucks at a mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region to pursue potential environmental and productivity benefits. The two companies have established a long-term research and...
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Bobcat celebrates new Manufacturing Facility Expansion in North Carolina
Bobcat celebrates new Manufacturing Facility Expansion in North Carolina Bobcat Company, a global leader in the compact equipment industry, today celebrated the completion of its Statesville manufacturing facility expansion with a ceremonial ribbon cutting attended by company leaders, employees and...
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The Construction sector must embrace Workplace Mental Health Support
The Construction sector must embrace Workplace Mental Health Support In England, one in six people will experience depression or anxiety in any given week. In recent years, a growing movement in favour of the destigmatisation of these issues has encouraged more open attitudes towards mental health,...
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Procore integrates with Willow to expand Digital Twin partnerships
Procore integrates with Willow to expand Digital Twin partnerships Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of construction management software, today announced its partnership with Willow, a leading provider of digital twin solutions for smart infrastructure and real estate. This partn...
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EPC shrinks Motor Drives with GaN ICs for eMobility, Power Tools, Robotics, and Drones
EPC shrinks Motor Drives with GaN ICs for eMobility, Power Tools, Robotics, and Drones EPC announces the availability of the EPC9176, a 3-phase BLDC motor drive inverter using the EPC23102 ePower™ Stage GaN IC with embedded gate driver function and two GaN FETs with 5.2 mΩ typical RDS (on). T...
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RoboSense signs strategic partnership with Pony.ai
RoboSense signs strategic partnership with Pony.ai RoboSense, a world-leading provider of Smart LiDAR Sensor Systems, announced a strategic partnership with Pony.ai, the leading global autonomous driving technology company. The cooperation will be carried out based on the combined strengths of RoboS...
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IEC Telecom partners with Intelsat to expand Satcom offerings
IEC Telecom partners with Intelsat to expand Satcom offerings IEC Telecom Group, an internationally renowned global satellite service operator and value-added digital IT integrator has officially announced a new partnership with Intelsat, a pioneer in global satellite communications. With digitalisa...
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Rampini launches Loop Energy powered Hydrogen Bus
Rampini launches Loop Energy powered Hydrogen Bus Loop Energy™, a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells for commercial mobility, joins Rampini Carlo SpA, an Italian bus manufacturer, in unveiling its first hydrogen-electric bus, the HYDRON, at the Next Mobility Exhibition in Milan,...
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Hardstaff Barriers speeds up VRS installation with Precast Concrete Foundation solution
Hardstaff Barriers speeds up VRS installation with Precast Concrete Foundation solution Hardstaff Barriers has developed a unique solution to manufacture precast concrete barrier foundations offsite, speeding up the installation of vehicle restraint systems (VRS) by more than three times. The innova...
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Extracting critical metals for Renewable Energy from Existing Mines
Extracting critical metals for Renewable Energy from Existing Mines Ramping up renewable energy products will require a range of critical metals. One of these elements, tellurium, is gaining in popularity for use in photovoltaics, or solar panels. As global demand for solar panels continues to incre...
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Emerging methods for Recycling Plastics
Emerging methods for Recycling Plastics While less than 10 percent of plastics are recycled globally, new technologies for chemical recycling are emerging that may rapidly advance progress in the area. For decades, plastics have been incinerated, landfilled or disposed of where they can leach into t...
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Smart Automated Bus Lane Enforcement solution announced by Safety Vision
Smart Automated Bus Lane Enforcement solution announced by Safety Vision Safety Vision’s SABLE™ solution uses AI to help reduce bus lane congestion, increase average bus speeds and lower commute times for major urban areas. Smart AI bus-mounted cameras identify the license plate information,...
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CECE focusing on Telematics, Electrification and Expansion
CECE focusing on Telematics, Electrification and Expansion CECE’s new market intelligence tool, the Uptime Tracker, was one of the key topics presented at today’s CECE press conference at bauma 2022 in Munich. Telematics data has become a key factor for OEMs in analysing construction activity and pe...
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Bellwether reveals their next generation Flying Car Concept
Bellwether reveals their next generation Flying Car Concept Bellwether Industries, the London-based urban air mobility company, introduces the latest eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-off and Landing) aircraft model and demonstrates the ambition of revolutions in the industry. On October 26th, Bellwethe...
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Trimble drives autonomy with Horizontal Screed Control for Vögele Pavers
Trimble drives autonomy with Horizontal Screed Control for Vögele Pavers Trimble introduced today the Trimble® Roadworks Paving Control Platform version 2.10 with Horizontal Steering Control for Vögele Navitronic asphalt pavers. The addition of Horizontal Steering Control and automatic screed width...
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MB Crusher introduces new MB-HDS220 padding bucket at bauma
MB Crusher introduces new MB-HDS220 padding bucket at bauma MB Crusher brought the new MB-HDS220 padding bucket to bauma 2022, with 1-tonne weight and a load capacity of 0.6 m3, it is a versatile and reliable piece of equipment, suitable for loaders and skid steer loaders from 4.5 to 11 tons. Practi...
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Improving Vehicle Performance, Road Dynamics and Safety on a Budget
Improving Vehicle Performance, Road Dynamics and Safety on a Budget After several years of decline, the number of U.S. traffic fatalities rose in 2020 and has continued to trend upwards since then. This shift at first might seem odd. The number of drivers on the road actually plummeted in 2020 due t...
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Infrared Spectrometers Detectors integrated on a Microchip
Infrared Spectrometers Detectors integrated on a Microchip Miniaturization of infrared spectrometers will lead to their wider use in consumer electronics, such as smartphones enabling food control, the detection of hazardous chemicals, air pollution monitoring and wearable electronics. They can be u...
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Elematic reveals sustainable offerings for hollow core manufacturers at bauma
Elematic reveals sustainable offerings for hollow core manufacturers at bauma With a range of advanced floor-production solutions ready to be revealed at bauma 2022, Elematic is providing hollow-core manufacturers with even more ways to enhance production efficiency and working conditions, while red...
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FPT Industrial exhibiting Construction Equipment Engines at bauma
FPT Industrial exhibiting Construction Equipment Engines at bauma FPT Industrial is debuting engine models at bauma with proven bestsellers and environmentally friendly powertrain solutions are the highlights of a bolstered engine line-up. An extension to the Stage V line-up, a complete offering of...
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Bobcat unveils two tonne Electric Mini-Excavator at bauma
Bobcat unveils two tonne Electric Mini-Excavator at bauma The E19e is an electric version of Bobcat’s popular E19 internal-combustion (IC) model–offers zero emissions, low-noise operation and comparable levels of performance to its diesel-powered counterpart. The new machine was unveiled during a sp...
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Herrenknecht wins bauma Innovation Award for Machine Technology
Herrenknecht wins bauma Innovation Award for Machine Technology Herrenknecht AG started bauma 2022 with a highly coveted award and received the bauma Innovation Award 2022 in the category “Machine Technology” for the new development of continuous tunnelling. The award was given for the n...
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Peterbilt showcased Advanced Truck Technologies at ATA MCE Show
Peterbilt showcased Advanced Truck Technologies at ATA MCE Show Peterbilt Motors Company has showcased its advanced technology vehicles at the American Trucking Association’s (ATA) Management Conference and Exhibition (MCE) show in San Diego, CA October 22-25. For the first time, Peterbilt will disp...
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JCB Shredding Emissions
JCB Shredding Emissions Shred Station has switched from diesel to electric for its brand-new fleet of JCB materials handling machines. The company – which shreds over 55,000 tonnes of paper per year – is replacing six of its diesel powered JCB Teletruks with six new electric models. And...
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MYCRANE announces US launch at bauma
MYCRANE announces US launch at bauma On day two of bauma, MYCRANE announced its forthcoming launch in the United States, and that it has appointed Scott Wilkes to lead the new operation. Mr Wilkes studied Mechanical Engineering at the LSU (Louisiana State University) before starting work at Mammoet...
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Yotta acquisition by Causeway driving Asset Management synergies
Yotta acquisition by Causeway driving Asset Management synergies Construction technology provider Causeway Technologies has announced that it is leveraging its recent acquisition of Yotta, the UK’s leading provider of connected asset management software and services, to deliver synergies to co...
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Nearabl adopts the Bentley iTwin platform to expand infrastructure deployments
Nearabl adopts the Bentley iTwin platform to expand infrastructure deployments Today, Nearabl Inc., the metaverse of accessibility company, announced a partnership with Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, to expand the use of its technology within the glob...
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Nidec launches slim and simple Linear Position Detector Series
Nidec launches slim and simple Linear Position Detector Series Nidec Machine Tool Corporation announced today that it will launch the MPLS series, an inductive coupling principle-type linear position detector that determines a machine’s position and detects its feed digitally, on November 01. This p...
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Digital Construction Works announces JDLink Connectivity with DCW Platform
Digital Construction Works announces JDLink Connectivity with DCW Platform Digital Construction Works (DCW), a leading construction software integrations and solutions company, announces the availability of JDLink Connectivity, a John Deere wireless connectivity solution in its DCW Integrations Plat...
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Europe’s first fully licensed Lithium Mine to go Public
Europe’s first fully licensed Lithium Mine to go Public European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Lithium Ltd, and Sizzle Acquisition Corp, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agr...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Mixed signals hit Traders again
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Mixed signals hit Traders again Bitumen Report – October 25, 2022 The crude oil market acted uncertainly toward all the bearish and bullish factors in the market. But the uncertainty is not only for oil. Brent closed at $93.46 and WTI settled at $85.13 on Friday, 21 Octob...
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SRL announces first Adaptive Detection Haul Route Crossing
SRL announces first Adaptive Detection Haul Route Crossing SRL Traffic Systems has become the first company to supply the construction sector with a mobile haul route crossing (HRC) product with integrated adaptive detection technology, designed to keep road and construction traffic flowing smoothly...
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How to improve Road Safety in your organization
How to improve Road Safety in your organization Whether a large or small fleet of vehicles is part of your company, you often have employees on the road for work or you just want to make sure that your staff stays safe when they make occasional business trips, there are a number of things you ...
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Finalists named in Bentley Systems 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
Finalists named in Bentley Systems 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced several projects from the United Kingdom and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) as finalists in Bentley’s 2022 Going Digita...
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Komatsu signs Africa Framework Agreement with Eramet
Komatsu signs Africa Framework Agreement with Eramet Komatsu has signed a Global Framework Agreement covering a part of the Africa region and New Caledonia with Eramet S. A. resource company in France. Through the agreement, Komatsu will support safety and the maximization of productivity of mining...
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Liebherr wins bauma Innovation Award for their Hydrogen Excavator
Liebherr wins bauma Innovation Award for their Hydrogen Excavator Working on alternative drive solutions, Liebherr takes a technology-neutral approach. Hydrogen combustion engines are one technology being explored by the Group. The R 9XX H2, Liebherr’s first hydrogen-powered crawler excavator, has n...
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GSSI announces Asphalt Density Assessment Tool
GSSI announces Asphalt Density Assessment Tool GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces PaveScan® RDM 2.0 – an innovative asphalt density assessment tool that provides accurate real-time measurements to ensure pavement life and quality. GSSI unvei...
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Linarc launches cloud-based Construction Project Management Software
Linarc launches cloud-based Construction Project Management Software Linarc, Inc., the fastest growing collaborative project management platform in the construction industry, has launched a better way to deliver construction projects. Linarc solves the daily challenges that owners, design teams, and...
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JCB unveils world’s first mobile Hydrogen Refueller
JCB unveils world’s first mobile Hydrogen Refueller JCB, developer of the world’s first working construction machines powered by hydrogen, today unveiled another world first for the industry – a mobile hydrogen refueller. JCB is investing £100 million in a project to produce super-effici...
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TIP acquires ten ATLAS loader cranes
TIP acquires ten ATLAS loader cranes Ten 170.2 V ATLAS loader cranes have been acquired for the TIP fleet with 10.8 m boom length for handling building materials – in addition to standard trailers and motor vehicles, TIP rents out more and more customer-specific industry vehicles. The clamshell has...
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