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Friday Funny: Are Engineers As Smart as Physicists?

The X2 Glasses from ThirdEye Gen feature 5G mobile edge computing capability and weigh less than a quarter of a pound.

Big Bang Theory, engineers are smart as physicists

September 20, 2019

Automation & Motion Control

Artificial Cells Sense and Respond to Their Environment for Drug Delivery

Rob Spiegel

The Big Bang Theory takes on the ageless question about whether scientists are as smart as engineers, only they get it backwards.

artificial cells, senses, chemical responses, Imperial College London, human cells, proteins

September 20, 2019

Materials & Assembly

Medical

New Way to Fabricate Porous Materials for Energy Storage, Sensors

Scientists at Imperial College London have taken a simple approach to designing artificial cells that can respond to their environment like natural human cells.

September 19, 2019

Materials & Assembly

Sensors

Metal Fluoride Cathodes Reduce Reliance On Costly Battery Materials

Researchers at Singapore University of Technology and Design have developed a 3D-printing process to control digitally how porous polymer materials are by controlling material deposit

September 19, 2019

Instead of Flying Cars We Have...

Materials

Kevin Clemens

A new battery chemistry and flexible polymer electrolyte may provide an alternative to costly and problematic nickel and cobalt in future lithium ion battery designs.

September 18, 2019

Automotive, Automation & Motion Control, Aerospace, Consumer Electronics, Electronics & Test, Automotive and Mobility

Ultra-Thin Rust Layers Generate Electricity from Water

Social media came together to bemoan all of the technologies we have instead of flying cars. Here are some of our favorite tweets.

September 18, 2019

Battery/Energy Storage, Sustainability, Alternative Energy, Materials

Here Comes the Tech Future for Design and Manufacturing

Researchers have devised a new method that uses a combination of saltwater and iron oxide, or rust, to generate a renewable source of electricity.

Tony Hemmelgarn, Siemens PLM, Siemens Digital Industries Software, simulation, IoT, additive manufacturing, design software

September 17, 2019

Automation & Motion Control

Design Hardware & Software

Rob Spiegel

Siemens PLM has changed its name to Siemens Digital Industries Software to reflect its wider technology range. Design News sat down with Tony Hemmelgarn, the CEO of the newly named company, to talk about the expansion of industrial technology.

New Automotive Sensor Captures Best-Quality Images in All Lighting Conditions

September 17, 2019

Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Electronics & Test, Automotive and Mobility

Novel Clean Fuel Cell Eyed for Next-Generation Vehicles

OmniVision combined its OX03A1Y image sensor with Arm's Mali-C71 to create a dual-mode sensor that captures images for humans and machine learning applications across all lighting conditions

September 17, 2019

Battery/Energy Storage, Automotive, Alternative Energy, Aerospace, Materials

The Battery Show – Novi, MI

Researchers have designed a novel fuel cell with greater durability and longevity with potential to break the barrier for widespread use of the clean fuel source for hybrid vehicles.

The Battery Show Wrap-up

September 16, 2019

Battery/Energy Storage, Sustainability, Automotive, Alternative Energy, Materials

Kevin Clemens

What we learned, what surprised us, and how the EV world is changing.

Nano Dimension 3D Prints Production-Grade Capacitors, PCBs

September 16, 2019

Materials & Assembly

Materials & Assembly, IoT, Electronics & Test, Design Hardware & Software

Novel E-Textile Powers Electronics, Protects Against Bacteria

Nano Dimension's DragonFly additive manufacturing system is capable of printing production-grade capacitors onto 3D-printed printed circuit boards.

September 16, 2019

Battery/Energy Storage, Alternative Energy, Materials, Medical

Can Apple Use Its Latest AI Chip for More Than Photos?

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new smart textile that they said can keep your phone charged and also help prevent you from catching a virus.

September 13, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics, Electronics & Test

Friday Funny: The Mysterious Life of Developers

Apple calls its new A13 Bionic chip the most powerful ever placed in a smartphone. But will the company ever use its machine learning chips for more than taking photos?

the mysterious life of the developer, Friday Funny, coding, project management

September 13, 2019

Automation & Motion Control

Design Hardware & Software

Rob Spiegel

Here’s an anthropologic look at the world of developers. Or, it’s a sad life when joy comes only in winning the debug race.

Printing Flatter Polymers Improves Conductivity, Optical Properties

September 13, 2019

Materials