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Smart Meters Save $$$
Smart meters are small
computers that provide
real-time information on how
much electricity is being
used by each customer and
when, and can relay
information back to the head
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Cars of Tomorrow
Mechanical and electrical
engineers at
DaimlerChrysler, General
Motors and BMW have jointly
developed a hybrid-vehicle
technology that shuts the
internal combustion engine
off when the vehicle stops.
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Saving Electricity And Saving Money
A photosensor paired with a
dimming ballast controls
fluorescent lighting and
adjusts lights all over the
user's home. A
microcontroller
automatically calibrates
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Wind Farms Impacting Weather
Wind farms may have an
impact on local weather
patterns. As environmental
engineers have discovered,
wind farm propellers create
a lot of turbulence in their
wake, mixing air up and down
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Chemists Create Self-assembling Conductive Rubber
Polymer chemists have created a flexible, indestructible material, called metal rubber, that can be heated, frozen, washed or doused with jet fuel, and still retain its electricity-conducting ... > more -
Engineer Designs More Efficient, Quieter Bus
An engineer has designed an electric bus that runs on battery power. Putting motors in each wheel makes a transmission and driveshaft unnecessary, and allows the bus to ride closer to the ground for ... > more -
Materials Scientists Develop Light-up Tents
Material research scientists have made electroluminescent technology elastic and supple enough to be knitted and incorporated into canvas tent panels. An electric field is produced across the ... > more -
Biochemists And Engineers Create Fast-acting Pathogen Sensor
Engineers invented a device to bring air samples into contact with genetically engineered biosensors in the effort to detect dangerous biological agents. The technology uses multiple collections of ... > more -
Biological Engineers Generate Natural Gas with Bacteria
A new kind of waste digester uses two different strains of bacteria in different tanks. This would normally take place in the same environment, but microbiologists have now separated it into two ... > more -
Engineers Double Life of Alkaline Batteries
By packing batteries with twice as much energy-storing material, engineers have developed a new generation of alkaline batteries that can double the battery life of your MP3 players, digital cameras, ... > more -
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Mechanical Engineers Create High-tech Solar Panels
Photovoltaic panels have a new design: concentric circles that focus the sun's rays on miniaturized modules. Having the panels automatically sense sunlight and turn towards it also makes these ... > more -
Electrical Engineers And Meteorologists Devise Method To Measure Strength Of Lightning Strikes On Tall Buildings
Electrical engineers developed a mathematical equation to measure the electrical current strength of lightning as it strikes tall buildings. The researchers developed new ways to prepare estimates of ... > more -
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Civil Engineers Can Inspect Bridge Damage Quickly And Easily With Nanotube Skin
Engineers developed a spray or paint that coats bridges with carbon nanotubes, allowing inspectors to check for damages without depending on visual indications. The skin conducts electrical current. ... > more -
Physicists, Engineers Capture Lightning with Tethered Rockets
To study lightning, scientists use rockets connected to the ground by wires. They fire the rockets into clouds, triggering electrical discharges, and storing their power. They have found that ... > more
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