Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Robots in Emergency Rooms: Vanderbilt’s Innovative Assistants

A group of computer engineers at Vanderbilt University is convinced that the basic technology is now available to create robot assistants that can perform…

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Optimal Climate Control in Tram Boosts Energy Efficiency

As part of the Ecotram research project in Austria, Siemens is now looking for measures that deliver cost savings without requiring any sacrifices in terms of…

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Innovative Polymer Solar Cells Boost Efficiency with Light Trapping

“Our technology efficiently utilizes the light trapping scheme,” said Sumit Chaudhary, an Iowa State assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering…

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Conquering deep-water sites – start of EU project enlarges offshore potential for wind energy

Since pioneering activities in this field were so far privately financed, the existing knowledge is fragmented. In the HiPRwind project, cutting edge research…

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Silicon-Germanium Innovations for Space Electronics

Titled “SiGe Integrated Electronics for Extreme Environments,” the $12 million, 63-month project was funded by the National Aeronautics and Space…

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135,000 Laptops Tackle U.S. Energy Challenges Today

U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the largest ever awards of the Department's supercomputing time to 57 innovative research projects – using…

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Risø WindScanner part of EU joint research infrastructures

The Risø WindScanner will now, in collaboration with six European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) partners, be made available to EU sustainable energy research…

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UX:3 Chip Delivers 50% Brighter LED Flash for Smartphones

In combination with a new package the new UX:3 chip is 50 percent brighter than the precursor package. In combination with an optimized lens, the light is much…

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Ultrathin Silicon Alternative Set to Transform Future Electronics

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley, have…

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Delta Dore Introduces Wireless Heating Control to UK Homes

Delta Dore is a French company with 40 years’ expertise on the heating-control market in France, Germany and Spain, and is a recognised specialist in wireless…

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Immobilizing Enzymes: A Path to Sustainable Biofuels

Biofuels could provide a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels that are currently used to produce gasoline and diesel but their availability is hampered by…

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Plant Optimization: Boost Energy Efficiency and Reduce Waste

Can the coating dry more quickly? Is it possible to reduce the rejection rate? Does the plant use too much energy? Many companies ask themselves questions like…

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Nanogenerators Power Conventional Electronic Devices

In this case, the mechanical energy comes from compressing a nanogenerator between two fingers, but it could also come from a heartbeat, the pounding of a…

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Nanogenerators Powering Small Electronics: A New Breakthrough

Blinking numbers on a liquid-crystal display (LCD) often indicate that a device's clock needs resetting. But in the laboratory of Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia…

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New Long-Range Undersea Robot Redefines Ocean Exploration

Today's AUVs fall into two groups: 1) propeller-driven vehicles that can travel fast and carry lots of instruments, but are limited to expeditions of only a…

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Solar inverters improve the profitability of photovoltaic power plants

These four new models cover the 600 to 2400 kilowatt (kW) output range and enable operators of photovoltaic (PV) power plants to tune their inverters precisely…

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