Reporte #131
Inspiring the next generation of engineers
MIT News – Engineering
The second annual Civil and Environmental Engineering Kids Camp exposes youth to accessible STEM activities.
Revelado novo sistema giroscópico urbano de transporte
Engenharia Civil
A consultora turca Dahir Insaat apresentou ao público o seu novo conceito de transporte urbano, que utiliza gigantescos veículos em forma de disco, que circulam, em vários níveis, acima do tráfego rodoviário existente. A reduzida largura das vias ferroviárias de monocarril utilizadas permite a minimização do espaço necessário à instalação, facilitando a possível adoção deste novo sistema de transporte.
Strength of global stratospheric circulation measured for first time
MIT News – Engineering
Estimate will help gauge hang time of greenhouse gases, water vapor, and ozone in upper atmosphere.
Dutch Will Use Wind Power to Green Airports, But Solar is the Future Elsewhere
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
All types of airport operations are going electric as efforts continue to cut emissions from internal combustion engines and other sources of pollutants at the world’s airports.
Making data centers more energy efficient
MIT News – Engineering
Flash-memory system could reduce power consumption of data center “caches” by 90 percent.
Elusive Majorana Particle Takes Major Step Towards Quantum Computing
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
An international team of researchers has fashioned a device from nanowires that may finally prove the existence of long-theorized quasiparticles known as Majorana particles. Once these Majorana particles are identified and isolated, they could form the basis of a quantum bit—or qubit—that would process information in a new kind of quantum computer with improved stability.
Robotic system monitors specific neurons
MIT News – Engineering
Success rate is comparable to that of highly trained scientists performing the process manually.
Concluída a construção da ponte mais alta do Reino Unido
Engenharia Civil
Ao final de 6 anos de construção, foi finalmente anunciada a conclusão da Travessia de Queensferry, considerada a ponte mais alta do Reino Unido e a mais alta ponte suspensa do mundo com três pilares. Com abertura ao tráfego prevista para esta quarta-feira, a obra-de-arte de 1350 milhões de libras, possui um tabuleiro rodoviário com 2,7 quilómetros de comprimento, vão máximo de 650 metros e altura de 200 metros.
Nanodiamonds May Help Make Lithium-Ion Batteries Better and Safer
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Microscopic diamonds added to lithium-based batteries could help prevent the fires and explosions that can bedevil the energy storage devices, a new study finds. This advance could also help lay the foundation for lithium-based batteries with pure lithium electrodes that can store up to 10 times more energy than today’s lithium-ion batteries, researchers say.
How We Won Gold in the Cyborg Olympics’ Brain Race
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
In October 2016, inside a sold-out arena in Zurich, a man named Numa Poujouly steered his wheelchair up to the central podium. As the Swiss national anthem played, organizers of the world’s first cyborg Olympics hung a gold medal around Poujouly’s neck. The 30-year-old, who became paralyzed after a bicycle accident in his teens, had triumphed in the tournament’s most futuristic event: a video-game-like race in which the competitors controlled their speeding avatars with just their minds.