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BMW Group reduces CO2 emissions in Europe again

www.press.bmwgroup.com March 13, 2018 Comments Off on BMW Group reduces CO2 emissions in Europe again

The BMW Group has reduced CO2 emissions from its new car fleet in Europe (EU 28) to 122 grams/kilometre. Compared to 2016, this marks a reduction of a further 2 gram/kilometre... Read More

Add-on clip turns smartphone into fully operational microscope

https://blog.cnbp.org.au February 23, 2018 Comments Off on Add-on clip turns smartphone into fully operational microscope

Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) have developed a 3D printable ‘clip-on’ that can turn any smartphone into a fully functional microscope. Reported in... Read More

Cutting-edge FRAMOS 3D System Supports Visually Impaired in Daily Life

www.framos.com February 20, 2018 Comments Off on Cutting-edge FRAMOS 3D System Supports Visually Impaired in Daily Life

In cooperation with the CDTM institute of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), FRAMOS® has developed an innovative wearable using real-time 3D technology to support visually impaired people in daily... Read More

Giving everyone a window into the human body

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office February 8, 2018 Comments Off on Giving everyone a window into the human body

Startup’s low-cost, portable scanner generates clinical-quality ultrasounds on a smartphone. utterfly Network, a startup co-founded by an MIT alumnus, aims to make ultrasound imaging as simple and ubiquitous as blood-pressure... Read More

WORLD FIRST US-AUSTRALIA BIOFUEL FLIGHT TAKES OFF

February 2, 2018 Comments Off on WORLD FIRST US-AUSTRALIA BIOFUEL FLIGHT TAKES OFF

The world’s first dedicated biofuel flight between the United States and Australia, QF96 from Los Angeles to Melbourne, is set to depart later today. The historic trans-Pacific 15 hour flight... Read More

Making lighter vehicles with magnesium alloys

actu.epfl.ch January 29, 2018 Comments Off on Making lighter vehicles with magnesium alloys

EPFL researchers have developed models of magnesium alloys to understand how to make the metal more pliable. Magnesium is the lightest metal on earth but cannot easily be shaped into... Read More

Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware

https://news.mit.edu January 23, 2018 Comments Off on Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware

When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can’t be beat. Packed within the squishy, football-sized organ are somewhere around 100 billion neurons. At any given moment, a... Read More