the construction of a pre-treatment facility for the removal and treatment of those hazardous materials from ships that raise'special concerns';
Once approved, the yards will officially meet the standards of the International Hong kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.'
'Japanese companies own 2000 out of the total 3000 major ships in the world'points out Keiji Tomoda, chairman of the Ship Recycling Subcommittee of the Japanese Ship Owners'Association.'
'Most of the Japanese-owned ships go to China for recycling after their life. But we want to sell end-of-life ships to India
because India offers better prices than China
#Better micro-actuators to transport materials in liquids Researchers have developed improved forms of tiny magnetic actuators thanks to new materials and a microscopic 3d printing technology.
and research ships. All those methods have their limitations (e g. buoys are only gathering info from a fixed location)
and a self-righting hull to enable it to remain at sea for long periods. Wave Gliderthe Wave Glider is an autonomous environmentally-friendly oceangoing vehicle developed by Liquid Robotics.
and cells forming tissues to ants building rafts to float on water and birds flocking to avoid becoming prey.
#Governmental funding of strategic robotic projects Many governments have determined that robotics will play a significant role in contributing to their economy
Most of the patents in the UK dataset are in the field of autonomous vehicles includingâ road vehicles unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned underwater vehicles.
#Students hope their ship inspection robot will significantly reduce dry-dock time for maritime transport industry,
and ZHDK have developed a prototype for a robotic ship inspection unit that is capable of conducting visual inspections of ship ballasts.
when they cannot operate their ships during the inspection period. Because robotic ship inspection can occur
while the ship is in operation it could significantly reduce dry-dock time. The Ship Inspection Robot (SIR) which was developed in conjunction with Alstom Inspection Robotics and
which uses magnetic wheels to navigate the I-beams and other awkward obstacles found inside ship ballast is relatively compact
and does not require any cables for power or communication and thus offers significant mobility improvements over other robotic ship inspection prototypes.
Cargo ships which transport everything from bananas coffee grain coal heavy equipment chemicals oil and gas are the backbone of intercontinental trade
According to the International Shipping#Facts and Figures report published by the International Maritime Organisation there were 103 392 commercial ships in service by January 2011.
This is especially true for a ship#s ballast tanks which are filled with seawater to compensate for weight changes as cargo is loaded and unloaded.
Located between the outer hull and the cargo holds and consisting of beams and stiffeners separated by bulkheads ballast tanks form much of a ship#s supporting structure.
The surface of ballast tanks is subject to saltwater exposure and algae accumulation and as a result must be inspected for damage every five years.
A standard visual inspection which can only be conducted with the ship in dry-dock after about a two-day venting period serves as a kind of triage for determining
Ship owners must pay for every day in dry-dock (16k to 25k per day) and in addition they face loss of income
Alstom Inspection Robotics proposed a project that would result in a lightweight low-cost robot for inspecting ships
In order to research the state-of-the-art of the ship inspection process we went to a shipyard in Rotterdam to interview ship owners inspectors
As part of a round-the-year continuous inspection the ship owner decides to use a four-day cruise to inspect part of the ballast tank.
The next time a ship is due for inspection the damage map is checked and necessary equipment and material are ordered before the ship even enters the dry dock.
 Once in dry dock the ship is vented and known repairs begin without delay at the same time as small
or complexly shaped areas (like the bow) are inspected manually. A full inspection is shifted to the end of the drydocking:
since the inspectors already have access to the data they can identify critical problems in advance
The prototypethe focus project resulted in a prototype for a relatively small cable-less robotic ship inspection system that we call the Ship Inspection Robot (SIR.
How it works SIR features four overlapping magnetic wheels which allow the unit to maintain continual contact with the ship#surface even as it navigates sharp angles vertical surfaces and overhangs.
The ability to climb all these additional obstacles is not only beneficial for ship inspection but also useful for many other robot applications such as power plant inspections.
or the decks of rocking boats. Touching down on uneven surfaces is something that today's helicopters are equipped just not to do, according to the Defense Advanced Projects Agency,
such as the deck of a rocking ship at sea. Watch the video below. The robotic system is very different from
and metal wires that ferry it alonghey bump into one another, slowing down and generating heat that must be siphoned away.
MIT researchers John Klein and Michael Stern; and six others. Other groups have attempted to 3-D print glass objects,
#Breakthrough finds molecules that block previously'undruggable'protein tied to cancer A team of scientists at the University of Kansas has pinpointed six chemical compounds that thwart Hur,
Dr. Phillip Mast, asked in the interview:"'"'If you imagine there is a line connecting Socrates with Bertrand Russell,
Once the anchor point locations for the rope are known, all the connections and links of the bridge primary and bracing sections are without human intervention autonomously woven
MIT researchers John Klein and Michael Stern; and six others. Other groups have attempted to 3-D print glass objects,
Eyewire executive director, Amy Robinson, tells me its users are igh school students, grandmothers, tugboat drivers, animators, everything.
it ships this summer. The company is also looking to provide in-home and in-office filtration systems.
When it ships later this year Lily will feature both a 1080p,60 FPS camera and another 720p,120 FPS camera, both
Reuters quoted Roscosmos head Igor Komarov as saying that the Soyuz rocket's third stage separated from the cargo ship early,
New possibilities for design Specifically designed for automobile center consoles and dashboards, household machines, wearable devices, industrial user interfaces, commercial applications and consumer devices,
"The facility has been sponsored by The Anchor Society which supports elderly, frail and isolated people in Bristol.
or stop a boat but without the ability to steer it. So, the research team set out to find ways to steer the excitation waves,
'Kokoon costs $139 (£89) to pre-order from their Kickstarter page and are expected to ship in February u
A boat made of such lightweight composites will not sink despite damage to its structure. The new material also promises to improve automotive fuel economy
The new composite has potential applications in boat flooring, automobile parts, and buoyancy modules as well as vehicle armour. h
'Landing on a barge at sea level is a great demonstration, but landing at 12 miles (20 km) above sea level will make space flight more like taking a passenger jet.'
#Royal Navy could soon be using remote-controlled warships with'see-through'hulls Sleek and stealthy, it resembles something from Star wars. In fact,
could be a generation of largely remote-controlled seafaring beasts with peed of light weaponsand a hull that can make them invisible to the naked eye.
And the entire ship company could be as little as 50, which compares to the 200 needed for current vessels of this size.
Concept images of the ship have been released by a group of leading British electronic systems companies working with naval defence experts Startpoint.
The ship is fitted with speed of light weapons, while the ultra-strong acrylic hull, coated in a form of carbon called graphene, could be made see-through.
The triple hull design would allow the Dreadnought to cut through the waves at high speed, while the sleek lines above the surface, where there are no obvious gun emplacements,
also increase the speed. There would be an electromagnetic gun at the bow, capable of firing projectiles the same distance as today long-range cruise missiles.
At the stern would be a floodable dock area to deploy troops on amphibious raiding missions,
or release unmanned underwater vehicles to detect mines. Above that would be a large extendable flight deck and hangar for remotely piloted drones, many equipped with weapons,
which could target the enemy without putting the crew in harm way. And along the ship sides would be missile tubes for defensive hypersonic missiles directed energy weapons to stop small enemy craft loaded with explosives.
The outrigger hulls would contain tubes to fire special torpedoes which travel through water in a near frictionless air bubble that allows speeds of more than 345mph.
Muir Macdonald, from Startpoint, said: hese concepts point the way to cutting-edge technology which can be acquired at less cost
and moving boats Helicopters may be able to move in any direction in the air, but rigid landing gear means they are only able to land
boulder-strewn or otherwise irregular terrain Ship landings in violent sea states For example, the landing gear is designed to let a helicopter touch down on sloping terrain up to 20 degrees,
or stop a boat but without the ability to steer it. So, the research team set out to find ways to steer the excitation waves,
fire to the ships of the Roman enemies. Today such curved or parabolic mirrors are used in a host of technical applications ranging from satellite dishes to laser resonators,
Giulia Salzano and Federico Benetti) and a group coordinated by the University of Rome"La Sapienza",led by Paola D'Angelo.
Most of the goods we consume are delivered by ships and trucks mostly built of steel.
U s. Navy spends tens of millions of dollars each year dealing with the ramifications of biofouling on hulls.
a material that can heal itself to seal hull breaches. The International space station is the most heavily shielded craft ever built,
These bumpers are essentially thin layers of material that stand off from the hull of the station by at least several centimeters.
The result is a lower force spread over a larger surface area of the actual hull. If the bumpers were to fail
the station would have a weak spot that could lead to a hull rupture. The work by U of M scientists might offer an added layer of protection.
Should a projectile pierce the hull of a ship that includes this material, it will no longer be sealed.
The air on the inside of the ship reacts with the resin as it leaks out,
The plug only has to hold one atmosphere of pressure inside the ship, so it doesn have to be as strong as the undamaged hull.
It just needs to be good enough to keep everyone alive while they make proper repairs.
But considering that the low-end model might still only ship with 16gb of flash storage
it could be possible ferry quantum cryptographic information across real-world distances, across or even between continents in the networked way of regular digital internet traffic.
When it ships in fall 2015, it will retail for $299. Outside of the vehicle, Lyfelens users can access real-time data, footage and push notifications by participation in a monthly subscription plan.
while future uses may include larger endeavors like hiding ships, aircraft, and convoy vehicles from enemy radar r
among a raft of other conditions relating to safety and maintenance. These rules are consistent with a set of proposed guidelines around commercial drone flight that the FAA floated earlier in the year.
#ARC vibrating pen steadies the ship for people with Parkinson's disease The development of tight, cramped cursive as a result of degenerating motor control is a common symptom of Parkinson's disease.
According to Airbus, the craft is essentially a flying tanker with most of the fuselage made up of liquid oxygen and ecofriendly liquid hydrogen.
Forward of this is a passenger cabin for 24 people, with the cockpit in the bow.
These not only take on the tasks of a conventional tail's rudder and elevators, but also alter the center of pressure as the fuel
but once in the air, an open door in the stern of the plane reveals a rocket motor. When this fires, it sends the aircraft into a near vertical trajectory,
Wisconsin and was delivered to the ISS by a Spacex cargo ship in April 2014. In addition to the greenhouse
uses a touchscreen and helmet-mounted interface to visualize data collected from a host of sensors on the hull of the vehicle,
Innovus technology comes from Glacier Bay, a maker of diesel-electric marine propulsion systems, which Hoffman led as CEO.
About two dozen ships now run on Glacier Bay systems, but the company couldn make the business work due to the relatively small market opportunity.
and bottoms of boats thanks to their naturally endowed super stickiness. Now, researchers trying to better understand wet adhesion have turned to a molecule produced by bacteria.
very early calculations we think 20 kilograms 44 pounds of magnesium could get a 100 kilogram 220 pound ship to Mars and back.
and ship it to where you need it...You ship less of it and you create less damage along the way,
Underwater'robot'with 3d printed hull and elastic membrane demonstrates ultra-fast escape inspired from Octopus.
strengthening the seal that thwarts wetness s
#Information storage and retrieval in a single levitating colloidal particle Thanks to this new technique developed by scientists at the University of Zurich,
Other co-authors are Erin OBRIEN, Alexander Powers and Vivian Ferry. The solar energy industry in the United states is soaring with the number of photovoltaic installations having grown from generating 1. 2 gigawatts of electricity in 2008 to generating 20-plus gigawatts today, according to the U s. Department of energy (DOE). Still,
or landmarks to determine where their ship is on a map, and then, as the ship moves, will update its location on the map by observing only speed and direction.
The human brain uses grid cells, which provide a virtual reference frame for spatial awareness to handle this type of relative navigation.
Most of the goods we consume are delivered by ships and trucks mostly built of steel.
U s. Navy spends tens of millions of dollars each year dealing with the ramifications of biofouling on hulls.
Chang and his colleagues studied 182 participants who were shown negative photos (bodily injuries, acts of aggression, hate groups, car wrecks, human feces) and neutral photos.
and their electrons like a ship through water, producing a wake of oscillating electrons. This electron wave creates a trailing wave-shaped electric field structure on which the electrons surf and by
involving 11,000 Marines in ships floating off the coast of North carolina and the urban terrain training facility at Camp Lejeune.
simulated the electronic activity of thousands of innocent civilians as well as a criminal network working to buy a large weapons system to use on the ships.
but the design is written broadly enough that it can potentially protect everything from ships to submarines, offshore platforms, ground vehicles, buildings,
THAWT uses a stressed truss configuration with carbon composite hydrofoil blades. Put simply, as the water flows past the fence a head of water is produced that increases the turbine's efficiency.
and his van collided with a boat and a trailer. None of the boys was injured severely,
Instead of tackling the CO2 that pours out of factory smokestacks -because there are existing machines that do this pretty well-the Carbon Engineering'direct air capture plant'will deal with everyday carbon emissions from buildings, transportation, and agriculture."
no change in infrastructure will be needed to power big fuel-guzzlers such as ships, planes, and long-haulage trucks.
strengthening the seal that thwarts wetness s
#New aortic heart valve does not require open surgery A new aortic heart valve does not require open heart surgery.
or stop a boat but without the ability to steer it. So, the research team set out to find ways to steer the excitation waves,
"We can now record the entire development of fruit flies from a couple hundred cells until a maggot hatches
and Marines a decisive tactical advantage. he recent demonstrations are an important step on the way to the 2016 ship-based demonstration of 30 rapidly launched autonomous,
the technology enables swarms of compact UAVS to take off from ships, tactical vehicles, aircraft or other unmanned platforms.
or water resistance. his is like going from building boats only out of wood, to the ability to build boats out of almost any kind of material,
Schroers said d
#Gamers feel the glove from Rice engineers Rice university engineering students are working to make virtual reality a little more real with their invention of a glove that allows a user to feel
Similar to boat planking, the individual epithelial cells in the tubules must be arranged precisely for the kidneys to function normally.
and heat Measuring the content of nitrogen oxides (NOX) in the exhaust gases from a ship is, in itself,
The emissions from ships of a number of substances are regulated by the international maritime organization, IMO. The limits are increased gradually,
In addition to Zhu and Rogers, the UW research team includes computer sciences professors Michael Ferris, Bilge Mutlu andstephen Wright;
or stop a boat but without the ability to steer it. So, the research team set out to find ways to steer the excitation waves,
or stop a boat but without the ability to steer it. So, the research team set out to find ways to steer the excitation waves,
are durable, reusable and easy to package, transport and ship. Unlike small chemical tablets that dissolve in water and leave a chlorine aftertaste, Madidrop is made of a continuously reusable ceramic that is simply placed in a water vessel,
Though Coin was the first to ship, it encountered delays along the way and is already fielding issues with its card.
The rumor mill says the new Tizen watch will ship with an Exynos 3472 dual-core chip, a 360 x 360 pixel display resolution, 768mb of RAM, 4gb of storage,
and rice hulls for removing arsenic from water but these so far have shown limited efficiency.
Vale received the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in 2012 for his discovery of molecular motors that ferry cargo around within cells.
The phenomenon of plasticity by interfacial diffusion was proposed first by Robert L. Coble a professor of ceramic engineering at MIT
and is known as Coble creep. What we saw is called aptly Coble pseudoelasticity Li says. Now that the phenomenon has been understood researchers working on nanocircuits
or other nanodevices can quite easily compensate for it Li says. If the nanoparticles are protected by even a vanishingly thin layer of oxide the liquidlike behavior is eliminated almost completely making stable circuits possible.
Britain is offering a prize of £10 million called the Longitude Prize 2014 (after the prize once offered for an accurate way to determine the longitude of ships at sea) for a rapid test that would allow health professionals to identify bacteria quickly
and if a third party has access to one of the telephone masts through which the call passes,
Like many aquatic invasive species it was transplanted by ships loading ballast in one part of the world and dumping it in another in this case the Great lakes.
The spiny water flea has an enormous spine with barbs that attach to all types of surfaces (fishing lines nets anchor ropes)
and unless boats and fishing gear are cleaned thoroughly they can carry spiny water fleas and their resting eggs between lakes infecting one after another.
It's famous among anglers for forming tangled sticky gobs on fishing gear and anchor lines.
Drain all water from bilge live wells ballast tanks etc. before leaving. Dry everything thoroughly before you put your gear in another lake.
If you want to use your boat sooner clean all surfaces with hot (over 104 degrees F.)water a high-pressure hose or a disinfectant like a household bleach solution.
and have installed spray units at public boat launches where boaters can clean their vessels and bait buckets.
and assesses fees based on boat size; the money goes to programs to fight exotic pests.
Unfortunately that doesn't stop the odd Typhoid Mary. In some places along Highway 41 in Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula every lake we tested with a boat ramp had Bythotrephes.
from the nanoscale to the macroscale. he applications and related impact of their novel method propels a huge variety of research fields investigating effects relevant from raft tectonics down to biological systems
a patent-pending technology that uses a growing organism and byproducts from food production (oat hulls from New york, cotton hulls from Texas and rice hulls from Arkansas) to create a strong composite material.
and are greater than those of all cars, trucks, planes, ships, and trains worldwide.""The program is in testing right now,
such as on ships and planes,"says Adams
#Monitor Diabetes From Your Smart Watch My son, Evan, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in August 2012.
says Richard Stern, an electrical and computer engineering professor at Carnegie mellon University, in Pittsburgh. Music-compression algorithms,
Stern says. The new EVS codec is a hybrid, containing algorithms for both voice and music,
said Brandon Hatch, executive director of Davis Behavioral Health, one of the local mental health authorities participating in the Utah Smartcare initiative. his data will allow us to better assess how our clients are doing between appointments
Waiting In The Wings Beyond Ondeck a slew of online credit businesses are waiting in the wings with aspirations to take their own bow on the IPO stage
making it difficult to fully batten down the hatches when one password makes it out into the wild.
and the kits are expected to ship in July t
#Datameer Heads To The Cloud With Latest Big data Product Datameer launched a new cloud service called Datameer Professional today that offers customers a Big data solution without the hassle of installing,
It easy to produce, easy to warehouse and inexpensive to ship. But if you want to produce large consumer goods
whether the ship is ready to receive the cargo or not. Sensors could let the system know a ship hadn docked yet
and communicate this to truckers before they drive into the port area. This could reduce congestion and pollution around the port.
As members of Michigan Autonomous Aerial Vehicles the APRIL laboratory and the autonomous boat team at the university of Michigan Skyspecs founding team met.
and is expected to ship to backers in the second quarter could revolutionize the way people track the makeup of the food
while working for a financial services client his company discovered that men who had been looking at boats in April
it would lift all boats. That not how it works anymore. And suddenly youe seeing a backlash
The company is even talking about how fusion reactors could one day power ships and planes.
and Plug ships into electricity grid so they dont idle in port reducing emissions equivalent to 12000 cars per ship.
It involves using a new material that strongly anchors a kind of liquid crystal that switches pixels on and off very quickly.
It is a major problem on cruise ships, in restaurants, and in elder care homes, where the disease is transmitted easily by environmental contamination,
and related impact of their novel method propels a huge variety of research fields investigating effects relevant from raft tectonics down to biological systems
For food processing companies that produce and ship large quantities of foodstuff daily, listeria contamination sources can be a moving target that is often missed by current technology.
Capasso's team designed a faster-than-light running wave of charge along a one-dimensional metamaterial--like a powerboat speeding across a lake.
The nanostructure also acts like the boat's rudder, allowing the wakes to be steered by controlling the speed of the running wave.
and using polarized light can even reverse the direction of the wake relative to the running wavelike a wake traveling in the opposite direction of a boat."
The armor provides multi-channel communications and advanced active protection for vehicles, ships and buildings.
and ships, making them less visible and identifiable in hostile situations. The armor-incased antennas also have jamming capability to block radio signals
Other researchers from the University of Hull, EPA, University college London and Wageningen University also took part in the research.
Reflection seismology involves ships towing arrays of"air guns"that explode every 10 to 15 seconds to produce loud sound pulses.
A loop of microtubules encircles the inner plasma membrane of the terminal and anchors mitochondria. Researchers have discovered a thick band of microtubules in certain neurons in the retina that they believe acts as a transport road for mitochondria that help provide energy required for visual processing.
Boats from the nonprofit collective Clean Seas also were providing help but were having trouble
Boats from the nonprofit collective Clean Seas also were providing help but were having trouble
More choice without borders Taylor with IDC says the growing selection of streaming content is another reason viewers are jumping ship from traditional TV.
Norsepower Oy Ltd. shared the successful trial of its Rotor Sail Solution, a wind propulsion technology for maritime ships.
Verified by ship design and operation software modeling firm NAPA and supported by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland,
The Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution is modernized a version of the Flettner rotor spinning vertical cylinder that harnesses wind power to propel a ship.
or retrofitted on existing ships without requiring the vessel potentially multi-million-dollar asseto be out of service,
including charterers (those that rent ships), banks, port authorities, and ship registries. With this growing prioritization, these parties are starting to shift money towards
and reward more-efficient vessels. For example, today charterers representing 20 percent of global shipped tonnage have policies in place to avoid using the most-inefficient ships based on the GHG Emissions Rating,
developed by maritime risk management specialist Rightship and Carbon War Room. That a 450-percent increase in the past 2. 5 years,
As a result, banks are recognizing the impact that ship efficiency has on assets on their books
and demonstrate to shipowners that efficient ships are more profitable, this financial lever in the industry will act as a powerful incentive for shipowners to retrofit for greater efficiency.
Bore is already looking ahead to the opportunity of two rotors on one ship. e are proud to be the first shipowner to install the Norsepower Rotor Sail,
and scaled quickly. odern wind systems are demonstrating measurable and meaningful fuel savings for ships.
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