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- Reduce traffic congestion: Wirelessly route drivers around congested roadways
- Engineers develop algorithms to switch out and recharge battery modules in electric cars
- Physicists heat freestanding graphene to control curvature of ripples
- Sharks' skin has teeth in the fight against hospital superbugs
- 'Smart material' chin strap harvests energy from chewing
- Recruiting bacteria as technology innovation partners: New self-healing materials and bioprocessing technologies
| Reduce traffic congestion: Wirelessly route drivers around congested roadways Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:54 PM PDT At the Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress last week, MIT researchers received one of the best-paper awards for a new system, dubbed RoadRunner, that uses GPS-style turn-by-turn directions to route drivers around congested roadways. In simulations using data supplied by Singapore's Land Transit Authority, the researchers compared their system to one currently in use in Singapore, which charges drivers with dashboard-mounted transponders a toll for entering congested areas. |
| Engineers develop algorithms to switch out and recharge battery modules in electric cars Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:18 AM PDT Imagine being able to switch out the batteries in electric cars just like you switch out batteries in a photo camera or flashlight. A team of engineers are trying to accomplish just that, in partnership with an engineering company. They have developed smaller units within the battery, called modules, and a battery management system that will allow them to swap out and recharge the modules. |
| Physicists heat freestanding graphene to control curvature of ripples Posted: 17 Sep 2014 10:16 AM PDT Physicists have discovered that heating can be used to control the curvature of ripples in freestanding graphene. The finding provides fundamental insight into understanding the influence temperature exerts on the dynamics of freestanding graphene. This may drive future applications of the flexible circuits of consumer devices such as cell phones and digital cameras. |
| Sharks' skin has teeth in the fight against hospital superbugs Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:32 AM PDT Transmission of bacterial infections, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus could be curbed by coating hospital surfaces with microscopic bumps that mimic the scaly surface of shark skin, according to research. |
| 'Smart material' chin strap harvests energy from chewing Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:32 AM PDT A chin strap that can harvest energy from jaw movements has been created by a group of researchers in Canada. It is hoped that the device can generate electricity from eating, chewing and talking, and power a number of small-scale implantable or wearable electronic devices, such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, electronic hearing protectors and communication devices. |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:32 AM PDT For most people biofilms conjure up images of slippery stones in a streambed and dirty drains. While there are plenty of 'bad' biofilms around, a team of scientists see biofilms as a robust new platform for designer nanomaterials that could clean up polluted rivers, manufacture pharmaceutical products, fabricate new textiles, and more. |
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