Reporte #124
The Audi A8: the World’s First Production Car to Achieve Level 3 Autonomy
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
The 2018 Audi A8, just unveiled in Barcelona, counts as the world’s first production car to offer Level 3 autonomy.
Sustainable City 2017 realiza-se em setembro em Sevilha
Engenharia Civil
Entre 18 e 20 de setembro de 2017 realiza-se em Sevilha, Espanha, a 12ª Conferência Internacional Sobre Regeneração Urbana e Sustentabilidade (Sustainable City 2017) que abordará os diferentes aspetos do ambiente urbano construído e as melhores soluções para a sustentabilidade das cidades modernas.
How a One-Man Team from California Won NASA’s Space Robotics Challenge
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
NASA’s Space Robotics Challenge (SRC) took place last month, full of virtual Valkyries wandering around a virtual Mars base trying to fix virtual stuff. Anyone was allowed to participate, and since the virtual nature of the competition means there was no need for big expensive robots that mostly didn’t fall over, anyone actually could (and did) participate. Of the 93 teams initially signed up to compete, NASA selected 20 finalist teams based on their performance completing some tasks in the Gazebo 3D robot simulator, and each of those finalists had to program a Valkyrie humanoid to complete a repair mission on a simulated Mars base.
Wearable device reveals consumer emotions
MIT News – Engineering
Startup’s stress sensor tracks users’ unconscious responses to products and experiences.
NATO Unveils JANUS, First Standardized Acoustic Protocol for Undersea Systems
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Aquatic robots are busier than ever. They have seabeds to mine, cable pathways to plough, and marine data to gather. But they and their aquatic brethren—including submarines and scuba divers—still struggle to communicate.
Bitcoin study: Period of exclusivity encourages early adopters
MIT News – Engineering
Delaying access for the tech-savvy can stifle spread of new products, experiment with MIT students shows.
2D Material Could Make Pseudocapacitors Charge in Milliseconds
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Over two decades ago, researchers at Drexel University identified a new kind of material they dubbed Max phase (the M is for transition metal, the A for “A group” metal, and the X for carbon and/or nitrogen). At the time, the scientists believed the material could serve as a kind of primordial goo from which all things came—it contained all the elements but needed to be organized by scientists.
Study suggests route to improving rechargeable lithium batteries
MIT News – Engineering
Smooth surfaces may prevent harmful deposits from working their way into a solid electrolyte.
DARPA Wants Brain Implants That Record From 1 Million Neurons
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
DARPA is known for issuing big challenges. Still, the mission statement for its new Neural Engineering Systems Design program is a doozy: Make neural implants that can record high-fidelity signals from 1 million neurons.
Pavimentos sustentáveis e aeroportos mais seguros são os temas centrais de mais uma conferência da ASCE
Engenharia Civil
A Sociedade Americana de Engenheiros Civis (ASCE) promove, entre 27 e 30 de agosto, em Filadélfia, EUA, a Conferência Internacional sobre Pavimentos Rodoviários e Tecnologia Aeroportuária 2017. A edição deste ano do evento terá como mote “Pavimentos Sustentáveis e Aeroportos Seguros”.