Reporte #110
A maior plataforma do mundo de ensaios estruturais sísmicos
EngenhariaCivil.com
Chama-se E-Defense e é um dos mais avançados laboratórios de análise dinâmica de estruturas e ensaios sísmicos do Japão. Localizado nos arredores da cidade de Miki, é parte integrante do complexo NIED (“National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience”) e possui a maior plataforma do mundo de ensaios estruturais sísmicos. Este equipamento de testes está dotado de uma área de montagem de 20 metros de comprimento e 15 metros de largura, sendo dirigido ao ensaio, à escala real, de edifícios e outras estruturas com peso de até 1200 toneladas.
New technology could offer cheaper, faster food testing
MIT News – Engineering
Specialized droplets interact with bacteria and can be analyzed using a smartphone.
Google Details Tensor Chip Powers
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
In January’s special Top Tech 2017 issue, I wrote about various efforts to produce custom hardware tailored for performing deep-learning calculations. Prime among those is Google’s Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU, which Google has deployed in its data centers since early in 2015.
DARPA flies scaled-down electric model of VTOL aircraft
The Engineer
The X-24A experimental aircraft, propelled by 24 electric thrusters, completes flight tests of scaled-down model
Multi-university effort will advance materials, define the future of mobility
MIT News – Engineering
With support from the Toyota Research Institute, MIT faculty will focus on next-generation energy storage.
Concluída a construção do mega-arranha-céus Lotte World Tower
EngenhariaCivil.com
A empresa projetista norte-americana Kohn Pedersen Fox anunciou a conclusão oficial da construção da Lotte World Tower. O gigante de 555 metros de altura é agora o quinto edifício mais alto do mundo, destronando o One World Trade Center do Top 5 de mega-arranha-céus. Foi igualmente reconhecido, pelo Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), como o mais alto edifício da Coreia do Sul, ultrapassando em 250 metros o anterior recordista.
A faster single-pixel camera
MIT News – Engineering
New technique greatly reduces the number of exposures necessary for “lensless imaging.”
Neuroscientists identify brain circuit necessary for memory formation
MIT News – Engineering
New findings challenge standard model of memory consolidation.
Researchers “iron out” graphene’s wrinkles
MIT News – Engineering
New technique produces highly conductive graphene wafers.
From freight to fork – Farming’s urban makeover
The Engineer
The BBC is currently airing an excellent series on Radio 4 called 50 Things That Made The Modern Economy. Hosted by the FT’s Undercover Economist Tim Harford, the show has so far covered topics including Google, paper, antibiotics, insurance and the light bulb. However, one of the most fascinating to date has been the humble shipping container.