Engineering
MABEL bipedal robot, a novel ultralight metal, and an "around-the-corner" camera are NSF-supported technologies.
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A unique partnership has piloted a new adaptive traffic signal control technology — smart traffic signals — that promises to dramatically reduce harmful vehicle emissions and frustratingly long travel times through urban neighborhoods.
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Using a novel method of integrating video technology and familiar control devices, a research team from the Georgia Institute of Technology is developing a technique to simplify remote control of robotic devices.
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Problem: The bioprocessing industry is advancing the capability to monitor and control its manufacturing systems.
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For the first time, X-ray scientists have combined high-resolution imaging with 3-D viewing of the surface layer of material using X-ray vision in a way that does not damage the sample.
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The amount of damage that radiation causes in electronic materials may be at least 10 times greater than previously thought.
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Researchers have discovered yet another way to harvest small amounts of electricity from motion in the world around us.
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Using piezoelectric materials, researchers have replicated the muscle motion of the human eye to control camera systems in a way designed to improve the operation of robots.
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A University of Washington lab has been working for more than a decade on fusion energy, harnessing the energy-generating mechanism of the sun.
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If you hire a robot to help you move into your new apartment, you won't have to send out for pizza.
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Sealing cracks in roadways ensures structural integrity and extends the time between major repaving projects, but conventional manual crack sealing operations expose workers to dangerous traffic and cover a limited amount of roadway each day.
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Devices can survive work in space, damaged nuclear plants.
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