and not only provide context-appropriate assistance in the form of text, visuals or avatars on a virtual plane in the wearer's field of view,
such as fixing a bicycle or practicing yoga. The ADAMAAS project is being conducted at the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interactive Technology (CITEC) at Bielefeld University in Germany.
#Ford rolls autonomous and smart tech into new city/road/mountain e-bike Earlier this year, Ford previewed its Mode:
Pro electric bike concepts. The bikes were envisioned as key components of a multimodal transportation ecosystem that would also incorporate cars and public transit.
Recently, it added the Mode: Flex e-bike prototype, which uses the latest wireless and connectivity technologies to integrate further into a coordinated transportation system.
The Mode: Me folding commuter bike and Mode: Pro delivery bike concepts were born out of an internal e-bike design competition.
Ford revealed them at Mobile World Congress back in March and has continued its research in the area since then.
When compared to the narrow focuses of the original two bikes, the third prototype in Ford's ongoing research is designed for a broader demographic of bicycle enthusiasts.
Its multipurpose frame can be configured for urban commuting, mountain biking or road cycling, though Ford doesn't explain
or show exactly how the bike magically transforms between these different configurations. The new bike features a more traditional diamond-frame design
when compared to its predecessors, but things stray from the norm at the bloated seat tube, which houses the battery and electric motor drive.
Nothing about that bulky, electric-assist frame yells"fast, trail-hungry mountain bike, "and we're not sure that any bike should convert between road and off-road configurations.
Some tools are better left to stand alone rather than Swiss army knife. The Mode:
Flex design does seem optimized for urban commuting, where Ford sees it working as one of the modes within a smooth, seamless multimodal transportation system.
It doesn't fold, but it does break clean in half. The front triangle detaches from the battery cage,
splitting the bike for transport (another reason why we wouldn't ride it on anything rougher than a paved path).
low-cost public parking area outside the dense city center, pulling the Mode: Flex out of the trunk
Flex looks just like a bike designed by an auto manufacturer in other words, a bike sculpted by automotive folks that haven't actually ridden bicycles since childhood.
The fact that Ford is a car manufacturer dipping its toes into e-bike design isn't all bad, though.
It does use its automotive background to its advantage, equipping the e-bike prototype with some interesting auto-inspired features.
The Mode: Flex gets a bit of the autonomous tech that is taking over the auto industry. An ultrasonic rear sensor provides a warning
"The LED lighting is efficient and detailed in a way never before done in the bike world,
"explains Bruce Williams, the lead designer and engineer behind the bike.""The lens elements are very small,
Link app with the original two Mode e-bikes back in March and has added since a smartwatch extension.
which adjusts output of the bike's electric drive based upon the rider's watch-read heart rate,
Link app also provides on-bike eyes-free navigation, health and fitness data, and weather information.
To promote multimodal transportation, it includes information about public transportation, parking lot costs, traffic and more. It also syncs with the rider's Ford vehicle to provide parking location,
lock/unlock functions, and access to vehicle information including mileage, EV charge status and maintenance manual.
Ford revealed the new Mode: Flex last month as the latest update of the Smart mobility Plan it first announced in January.
We don't see any information about the bike's specific drivetrain, so we're left to assume that it packs the same 200-watt motor and 9 Ah battery as the Mode:
All three e-bikes are still just prototypes. The video below provides a little more information about Ford's e-bikes and its vision of multimodal transportation i
#First 7nm node test chips developed IBM Research has created successfully the first 7nm node test chip with functioning transistors,
Unfortunately, avoiding potentially dangerous situations before they pose a threat can be difficult on well sighted roads during the day, let alone at unlit junctions after the sun sets.
which works in tandem with GPS information to better illuminate bends and dips along a route.
The system will also remember route data so next time you drive along that same road the car will know how to best light the way.
The car's camera system is also able to directly spotlight hazards with two special LED lamps positioned next to the fog lights.
and it can receive traffic as soon it's done so. An MB4. 0 prototype was demonstrated at a symposium of the Japan Society of Civil engineers on June 23rd,
lightweight material for military and transportation applications, but Rabiei became curious about its potential in radiation shielding.
#Morphing tire concept adapts to suit driving conditions As the point of contact between a vehicle and the road,
Rather than a fixed tread, it is designed to switch between a number of different surface configurations to deal with everything from dry to snow-covered roads.
and road in wet conditions to prevent hydroplaning, the surface and circumference of the tire features specially-designed three-dimensional grooves.
."While Maxplo may not be hitting our roads in the near future, many of its concepts will flow into tire design over the next few years,
which cells cause the airways to narrow when exposed to irritants like pollution. Experiments showed that calcium-sensing receptor cells
which detect changes in the environment become overstimulated in asthmatics, causing airway twitching and inflammation.
$60 billion over ten years for students to attend community college for free $478 billion over six years for surface transportation improvements $146 billion for research and development $5 billion in start-up funding
These could include parking meters and monitors trash bins and traffic detectors, or air or water pollution sensors, to name a few of the systems most often talked about in the context of networking municipal assets and services.
they may want to talk to traffic lights and cameras, parking sensors and other devices that do need them,
he jumped on a plane from Rome to Boston for a meeting with Dr. Aziz, the battery project's director,
or better gauge the need for transportation and evacuation when local mass transit systems are affected by prolonged power outages, according to HHS officials.
Information in the empower Map is presented in a way that protects patient privacy, but in an emergency, additional information can be made available to a health department to facilitate lifesaving emergency response in a HIPAA-compliant manner."
and track bullets throughout hospitals'pneumatic transport tubes with RFID. RFID vs. barcode Despite the progress RFID has made in the hospital setting, the debate over
#lectric Highwayfor EVS in Nevada The Nevada Electric Highway, recently unveiled by Gov. Brian Sandoval
and NV Energy, is a network of charging stations planned along U s. Route 95 that would finally make it far easier to drive sparsely populated, mostly desert route between Reno and Las vegas with an electric vehicle.
Officials thought making charging easy along the only major highway connecting the state two largest cities would be a good place to start. ee all driven this road before
The Nevada Electric Highway initiative will kick off by adding five more by November. What makes those five stations especially crucial is where theyl be located.
the Electric Highway is expected also to link rural areas and bring business to those communities from EV owners who make the stop to charge their cars.
Potential sites include businesses near U s. Route 95 that are willing to host the charging stations
individual units of his personal rapid transit system that the Indian government is looking into. As opposed to mass transit systems,
personal rapid transit (PRT) systems use rail networks that frequently branch off the main route. Passengers take pods that are sized for individuals
or small groups to drop them off at precisely their destination. t a self-driving car, except it doesn move on the general network of roadways,
but on the dedicated, non-collision network of its own rail system, Mikosza says. Proponents of PRT believe that such systems can provide the personal convenience of cars with the dedicated infrastructure of mass transit,
avoiding congestion and getting people right to their destinationsll for a fraction of the cost.
According to Mikosza, Metrino pods could carry 10 times as many people as subway, buses, or light rail for the same construction and operation costs.
And because theye suspended above the ground, they don need to slow down in adverse weather
and traffic and can easily make steep climbs. More importantly they would help solve two major problems in big cities today:
Metrino pods are the individual units of his personal rapid transit system that the Indian government is looking into.
As opposed to mass transit systems, personal rapid transit (PRT) systems use rail networks that frequently branch off the main route.
Passengers take pods that are sized for individuals or small groups to drop them off at precisely their destination. t a self-driving car,
except it doesn move on the general network of roadways, but on the dedicated, non-collision network of its own rail system, Mikosza says.
Proponents of PRT believe that such systems can provide the personal convenience of cars with the dedicated infrastructure of mass transit,
avoiding congestion and getting people right to their destinationsll for a fraction of the cost.
According to Mikosza, Metrino pods could carry 10 times as many people as subway, buses, or light rail for the same construction and operation costs.
and traffic and can easily make steep climbs. More importantly they would help solve two major problems in big cities today:
The route would span 50 kilometers from New Dehli to Manesar, along one of the country busiest highways.
or subways while also avoiding the traffic on roadways today. The major catch for now is that investors haven seem have joined in.
or personal computers or airplanes or carsere laughed at by their contemporaries in every case, says Mikosza y
morphing aircraft, giant-range strain sensors, failure-free pacemaker leads, and super-stretchy charger cords for electronic devices.
The scientists were trying to take the long-winding road from genetics to biology, which proved to be tedious and difficult.
The machine, known as a ortex fluidic device was invented during a flight between Los angeles and Sydney."
#Self-healing technology one step closer after scientists produce aircraft wings which fix themselves Their research,
the strong but lightweight substances used increasingly widely in the manufacture of everything from commercial aircraft wings to sports racquets and high-performance bicycles.
if there was a way of preventing the tiny, almost undetectable cracks that form in an aircraft wings and fuselage.
just as strong after it has ealed raising the possibility of aircraft wings that can repair themselves iterally on the flyif a bird strike takes place in mid-flight,
The technology could also make airline safety checks far cheaper as a dye could be added to the healing agent causing any damage to an aircraft to stand out like a bruise.
and ensure that they do not miss anything as they examine the plane. Professor wass said a bruise was a ood analogybut accepted that the dye would need to be tweaked to cater for nervous fliers. e probably do it with something
which is invisible to the naked eye that you need to put an ultraviolet light on,
because you don want an aeroplane wing with a big red splodge on it showing that it been damaged. epending on the outside temperature,
The BMW i8 electric sports car has a carbon fibre passenger compartment to make up for the weight of its heavy battery Professor Richard Catlow of the University of London,
fishing rods and bike helmets could be just around the corner. The cosmetics firm Lréal has contacted also the team to register its interest in self-healing nail varnish.
*The BMW i8 electric sports car has a carbon fibre passenger compartment to make up for the weight of its heavy battery.
*The Airbus a380 passenger jet has a carbon fibre reinforced plastic fuselage for a lower fuel consumption. The researchers claim the new technology would allow wings to fix themselves in mid-flight,
and allow engineers to spot cracks more easily.**Offshore wind turbines could also benefit from self-healing technology,
*Carbon fibre bicycle frames are popular with cyclists as they are so light, but they are also liable to crack.
#Rotterdam may be first city to build roads from plastic bottles Rotterdam could be the first city to build streets with plastic bottles after the city council announced it is considering piloting a new type of road surface.
Construction firm Volkerwessels revealed plans on Friday for a road surface made entirely from recycled plastic.
which is responsible for 1. 6 million tons of global carbon dioxide emissions a year and 2 per cent of all road transport emissions.
The plastic roads could also be laid in weeks rather than months and have a life-span up to three times longer than traditional roads,
it is claimed. The company also suggest that they will require less maintenance and be able to withstand greater extremes of temperature.
The bottle roads will be lighter as well as hollow making it far easier to install cable and utility pipes below the surface.
Sections of the road will be made pre in a factory and then transported on-site, which means a shorter construction time, lower maintenance and less road works.
but the company aims to put down the first fully recycled road within three years. Rotterdam
is the first city to announce an interest in piloting the roads. Rolf Mars, the director of Volkerwesselsroads subdivision, KWS Infra, said in the Guardian:
both in laying the roads and maintenance. It still an idea on paper at the moment; the next stage is to build it
and it has said it is keen to work on a pilot
#Tiny working 3d human hearts grown from nothing and other organs could be coming Scientists have made tiny human hearts that can actually beat from nothing
officials said. e will set up a so-called self-navigation business conference so that we can discuss what measures we need to take,
a land and transport ministry official said, adding that they have yet to set the agenda.
As a first step, auto parts makers will standardise software for self-control navigation and for sensors that detect obstacles
so that traffic and accident information can be communicated from on-road systems, it said. The private and public sectors may invest 10 billion yen ($84 million)
Following the formulation of its Strategic Road Map for Hydrogen and Fuel cells in June 2014 the Japanese government has highlighted the importance of developing hydrogen station infrastructure as quickly as possible
and infrastructure companies with the aim of working towards achieving the aims of the abovementioned Road Map the source of the government's subsidy support.
or find your way to the cheapest parking garage. But soon, you may be able to use your device to plan your entire day from what bus you should catch in the morning to
which restaurant you should swing by on your way to the airport. A new software program that integrates with a phone's voice recognition system (such as Apple's computerized assistant,
or whether you have time to grab a cup of coffee on your way to the bus stop.
The program, known as the Personal Transportation system, or PTS, was conceived originally as a joint project between the MERS group, the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford university and aerospace giant Boeing,
Boeing tasked the researchers with creating an interactive system for a so-called Personal Air vehicle essentially
an autonomous flying taxi. To create the PTS, Williams and his team, which included MIT graduate students Peng Yu and Cheng Fang, had to take both timing and safety into consideration."
This smart software understands what risks exist ranging from inclement weather to traffic jams as well as what kinds of risks a user is willing to take.
For example, people who plan routes for mass transit systems could use the program to help them come up with the most efficient ways around a city.
buses along a certain route need to reach their destination at 10-minute intervals), and then add what the researchers call"reliability thresholds."
and nanotechnology as well as the completion of a device that may improve quality of life in indoor settings, from hospitals to underground parking garages.
Video game Therapy Proving Powerful for Stroke Patients (Op-Ed) The critical advance of this technology is the navigation tool,
Adding navigation to TMS is the key to finding the exact location and orientation of the motor area in each person that needs inhibition, via the stimulation.
NASA Drone Advances Unmanned Craft A huge, 10-engine drone dubbed"Greased Lightning"successfully completed a series of flight tests recently,
The 62-lb. 28 kilograms) drone can take off vertically like a helicopter, but in the air it flies more like an airplane.
Future versions of the drone could be used for a variety of applications, the researchers said."
what we are testing now would make also a great one-to four-person-size personal air vehicle."
"Over the course of five flight tests, the drone was able to take off and hover like a helicopter,
before demonstrating that it can also fly like a conventional airplane. Now, the researchers are examining ways to make the drone more aerodynamically efficient,
Fredericks said. The GL-10 drone is the latest in a series of prototypes used to develop the concept.
25 kg), with each successive version getting closer to a real aircraft's weight and design."
the GL-10 is a quiet flier because its engines are powered battery. NASA describes the drone as quieter than a neighbor using a gas-powered-motor lawn mower in the yard next door.
#Bionic Arm Taps New Part of Brain for Natural Moves Mind-controlled prosthetic limbs have been a reality for a few years,
the Mirai is poised now to usher in a new era of efficient hydrogen transportation, said Jim Lenz, CEO of Toyota North america.
BMW said this week it will test a Toyota-enhanced fuel-cell car on public roads in July.
It plans to have the production version of that car on American roads next year.
#Wind turbines Without Blades It no longer surprising to encounter 100-foot pinwheels spinning in the breeze as you drive down the highway.
#Charting quantum signatures of electronic transport in graphene Over the last seven years, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi has built several hundred nanoscale stacked graphene systems to study their electronic properties."
Treating the surface of medical devices would have a greater impact on patients considered at high risk of infection such as trauma victims from road traffic collisions or combat operations,
like that produced by a Polaroid filter, vibrates in a single plane. When struck by such a light beam,
the amount of blue light the nano-spirals emit varies as the angle of the plane of polarization is rotated through 360 degrees.
which means the materials have different properties along x and y direction in the same plane.
When a duck paddles across a pond or a supersonic plane flies through the sky, it leaves a wake in its path.
Wakes occur whenever something is traveling through a medium faster than the waves it createsn the duck's case water waves, in the plane's case shock waves,
providing a route to higher efficiencies. his 550-nanometer light can be absorbed by any solar cell material,
providing a route to higher efficiencies. his 550-nanometer light can be absorbed by any solar cell material,
Membrane could lead to fast-charging batteries for transportation March 18th, 2015display technology/LEDS/SS Lighting/OLEDS Engineers create chameleon-like artificial'skin'that shifts color on demand March 12th, 2015breakthrough in OLED technology March 2nd,
Membrane could lead to fast-charging batteries for transportation March 18th, 2015drexel Univ. materials research could unlock potential of lithium-sulfur batteries March 17th,
Membrane could lead to fast-charging batteries for transportation March 18th, 2015news and information 30 years after C60:
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#NC State researchers create'nanofiber gusher':'Report method of fabricating larger amounts of nanofibers in liquid A simple process for batch
and sensors that can detect otherwise imperceptible defects in buildings, bridges, and aircraft.""This is the first time anybody has made a flexible chameleon-like skin that can change color simply by flexing it,
or the wings of airplanes.""This is the first time anyone has achieved such a broad range of color on a one-layer, thin and flexible surface,"concluded Change-Hasnain."
2015automotive/Transportation Glass coating improves battery performance: To improve lithium-sulfur batteries, researchers added glass cage-like coating and graphene oxide March 2nd,
"Moreover, the conductive Fe-Ni core provides a highway to accelerate the transport of electrons to the current collector,
but we hope that it could potentially be used as a diagnostic tool further on down the road,
an orientation well suited to the transport of electron holes through the material. Takamiya says,
A route to developing ultimate superconducting nanodevices A research group at Tohoku University has succeeded in fabricating an atomically thin,
but also opens a route to developing an ultimate superconducting nanodevice consisting of atomic-size electronic parts.
where the displays allow pilots and drivers to receive key navigation data and information in their line of sight.
For consumers, smart glasses or nomadic projection devices with augmented reality provide directions, safety updates advertisements and other information across the viewing field.
and Technology to tap into organic chemistry and conducting polymers to fabricate a three-dimensional (3-D) polypyrrole (PPY) aerogel-based electromagnetic absorber.
In terms of applications, based on the combination of low adjunction and a"wide"effective bandwidth, the researchers expect to see their 3-D PPY aerogel used in surface coatings for aircraft.
like that produced by a Polaroid filter, vibrates in a single plane. When struck by such a light beam,
the amount of blue light the nano-spirals emit varies as the angle of the plane of polarization is rotated through 360 degrees.
We are pleased very that our recently introduced flame transport synthesis method on the basis of zinc oxide now enables the simple synthesis of interconnected 3d networks from tin oxide
Development of such 3d network materials from tin oxide, with geometry determining defects made by flame transport synthesis at Kiel University is a very interesting step forward into the future of nanostructure growth and applications."#
These new phenomena rely on the transport of thermal energy, in contrast to the conventional application of magnetic fields, providing a new,
A route to developing ultimate superconducting nanodevices June 2nd, 2015self Assembly Researchers simulate behavior of'active matter'June 3rd, 2015engineering Phase changes in Nanoparticle Arrays:
and fault isolation solution that reduces analysis time from days to just hours June 4th, 2015centre for Process Innovation pilots Beneqs breakthrough roll-to-roll ALD system for moisture
2015automotive/Transportation Researchers analyze the structure of bird feathers to create hues without dye June 8th, 2015environmental Issues to Hamper Growth of Global Nanocomposites Market June 4th,
Hydrogels block harmful oxygen June 15th, 2015automotive/Transportation A protective shield for sensitive catalysts: Hydrogels block harmful oxygen June 15th, 2015slip sliding away:
ranging from the catalysts used for the generation of energy-dense fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide, to how bridges and airplanes rust."
Bhargava's laboratory used vibrational spectroscopic techniques to identify the molecular structure of the nanoparticles and their cargo."
Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data; wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by up to 30 percent June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data; wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by up to 30 percent June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data; wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by up to 30 percent June 18th, 2015$8. 5m Grant For Developing Nano Printing Technology:
Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data; wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by up to 30 percent June 18th, 2015a new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale:
Inside each chip are millions of tiny wires to transport data; wrapping them in a protective layer of graphene could boost speeds by up to 30 percent June 18th, 2015$8. 5m Grant For Developing Nano Printing Technology:
"We have demonstrated now an entirely new class of electromagnetic metamaterials that are fabricated from separate atomic planes of Van der waals materials,
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