Posts tagged with ‘engineering’

04-14-09 | Making Robots Personal

Science Progress talks with Tandy Trower, general manager of Microsoft’s robotics group, about the future of robotics in the United States and around the globe.

03-24-09 | Every Building Is an Experiment

To reduce the massive carbon footprint of buildings in this country, we must re-envision their entire lifecycle, understand exactly how we use them, and adjust accordingly.

10-23-08 | The Future’s So Bright, You Need a Green Roof

In the general absence of defined heat island policies, more environmental construction enables heat island mitigation, but often as a byproduct. A look at how urban areas bake and how green building technologies can cool them.

09-18-08 | Sensor Technology Protects New Minneapolis Bridge

Early this morning, the new Minneapolis bridge on interstate 35W opened. What you can’t see in this CNN video is the network of electronic sensors that will monitor the bridge, allowing engineers to forestall major damage from future wear and prevent catastrophes like the bridge’s collpase that killed 13 people and injured 145 last August.
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