Reporte #107
Modular design to bridge gaps other bridges cannot reach
The Engineer
Arup and Mabey have launched the world’s first modular glass-fibre, reinforced polymer bridge, an advance that could improve safety at level-crossings or span areas where it is difficult to build such structures.
Worm-inspired material strengthens, changes shape in response to its environment
MIT News – Engineering
A bio-inspired gel material developed at MIT could help engineers control movements of soft robots.
Silicon Valley Computational Drug Startup Takes on Glaucoma
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
About a year ago I met two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs named Andrew Radin, whose matching names generated competition over an Internet domain, a connection, and eventually, a company…
Crash-resistant drone inspired by insects
The Engineer
Researchers from Swiss research institute EPFL have developed a crash resistant quad-copter design modelled on the dual stiffness properties seen in insect wings.
Projeto das incríveis pontes sobre o Rio Orwell
EngenhariaCivil.com
A proposta do gabinete de engenharia civil e arquitetura Foster + Partners foi a selecionada, no âmbito de um concurso internacional, promovido pelo Instituto Real de Arquitetos Britânicos (RIBA), para o dimensionamento de duas travessias rodoviárias, pedonais e cicloviárias sobre o Rio Orwell, na cidade de Ipswich, Reino Unido. O projeto da Foster + Partners prevê ainda a reabilitação de uma ponte existente e a requalificação dos espaços públicos envolventes às infraestruturas.
Hydraulic transmission aimed at easing emissions on non-electrified rail
The Engineer
Trials are underway of a new type of hydraulic transmission for diesel powered rail vehicles that could be applied to non-electrified rail routes.
X-rays Map the 3D Interior of Integrated
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
A team of researchers based in Switzerland is on the way to laying bare much of the secret technology inside commercial processors. They pointed a beam of X-rays at a piece of an Intel processor and were able to reconstruct the chip’s warren of transistors and wiring in three dimensions. Circuits
Testing times: study assesses next-gen nuclear materials built with nanoscale 3D printing
The Engineer
Nanoscale 3D printing techniques, developed to build optical devices such as those found in quantum computing, could be used to test materials for the next generation of nuclear power plants.
Disorder can be good
MIT News – Engineering
Researchers discover that chaos makes carbon materials lighter and stronger.
This Self-Poofing Fabric Transforms from T-Shirt to Parka
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Otherlab’s self-fluffing fabric changes its insulation in response to temperature.