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Raytheon Completes Guided Flight Test of Seagriffin Missile with Dual-Mode Seeker

Raytheon Company successfully completed the latest guided flight test of its SeaGriffin™ missile.

15 Jul 2014

Robots Solve Complex Problems Faster

Jeff Clune and his students are not only getting robots to think, but to think creatively.

15 Jul 2014

Raytheon Standard Missile-6 Destroys Supersonic High Altitude Target Drone

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) used a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 to destroy a supersonic high altitude target drone (AQM-37). The test moves the program one step closer to full operational capability.

15 Jul 2014

Deformable Surgical Robots Could Move Through the Body

In the movie “Terminator 2,” the shape-shifting T-1000 robot morphs into a liquid state to squeeze through tight spaces or to repair itself when harmed.

15 Jul 2014

NASA Grant to Help Develop Advanced Remote-Sensing Techniques for Better Prediction of Snowmelt

It contributes to the rise and fall of dynasties and shapes both the landscape and the cycle of ordinary life. Too much can be ruinous and too little is always devastating. It’s water, the element that Leonardo da Vinci called “the driving force of all nature.”

14 Jul 2014

Analysis & Forecast Report on Global Electronic Toll Collection System Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Electronic Toll Collection System Market by Products, Technology, Applications, & Geography - Analysis & Forecast to 2013 - 2020" report to their offering.

14 Jul 2014

Drone Locates Victims in Natural Disasters Through Their Phones

SUMMER SERIES (2): During his semester project in Computer Science, Jonathan Cheseaux developed a system for locating a person via his or her mobile phone with a drone. This device could be used to find victims in natural disasters.

14 Jul 2014

Squadrons of Small Autonomous Robots Provide Appropriate Light for Photography

Lighting is crucial to the art of photography. But lights are cumbersome and time-consuming to set up, and outside the studio, it can be prohibitively difficult to position them where, ideally, they ought to go.

14 Jul 2014

SDG&E Granted FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate for Small UAS

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently granted San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) a Special Airworthiness Certificate for a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), allowing the utility to research, test and train flight crews on the UAS in a sparsely populated airspace in Eastern San Diego County. SDG&E is the first utility in the nation to be granted FAA approval for this technology.

14 Jul 2014

Humanoid Robot Paired with a Tablet Taught to Play Angry Birds

With the help of a smart tablet and Angry Birds, children can now do something typically reserved for engineers and computer scientists: program a robot to learn new skills. The Georgia Institute of Technology project is designed to serve as a rehabilitation tool and to help kids with disabilities.

14 Jul 2014

Micro-Epsilon Sensor Plays Pivotal Role in Innovative Robotic Weld Inspection System

A non-contact laser profile displacement sensor from Micro-Epsilon is playing a pivotal role in a new groundbreaking automatic inspection system specifically designed to inspect thin section steels and thin gauge welds on ships and other marine vessels.

11 Jul 2014

Mars Curiosity Rover Drives Out of Landing-Ellipse Boundary

NASA Mars rover Curiosity has driven out of the ellipse, approximately 4 miles wide and 12 miles long (7 kilometers by 20 kilometers), that was mapped as safe terrain for its 2012 landing inside Gale Crater.

11 Jul 2014

NASA Selects Four JPL Suborbital Technology Payloads for Flight on Reusable Launch Vehicles

From hopping/tumbling robots to gecko-inspired adhesives, a variety of technologies have been chosen by NASA for flight on commercial reusable launch vehicles and a commercial parabolic aircraft. The selections were made through NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.

11 Jul 2014

Axalta Sponsors First State Robotics of Delaware and MOE First Tech Challenge Team

Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, is sponsoring First State Robotics of Delaware and the Miracles of Engineering (MOE) First Tech Challenge team. Axalta awarded a scholarship to robotics team member, Noah Andrews. Noah recently graduated from high school and is looking forward to starting college in the fall as an information technology major, focusing on security.

11 Jul 2014

Stora Enso Acquires Siemens Integrated Pulp and Packaging Board Production Plants for Guangxi Project

Stora Enso is domiciled in Helsinki , and is one of the world's largest forest industry companies. It has awarded Siemens a major order in connection with the construction of a new plant in China. The order covers the drive technology, automation of the entire factory, the complete power engineering systems, and the power generation.

11 Jul 2014