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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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UK’s Faraday Institution awarding $58M to four battery research consortia to accelerate EV adoption

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With Cambridge, university partners include University of Glasgow, University College London, Newcastle University, Imperial College London, University of Strathclyde, University of Manchester, University of Southampton, University of Liverpool and University of Warwick.

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Quantum Leap: Sydney’s Leading Role in the Next Tech Wave

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Renowned for collaboration, Australian scientists work across disciplines and with international counterparts to achieve impactful outcomes. As the country’s innovation hub and leveraging its robust scientific infrastructure, world-class universities and vibrant ecosystem, Sydney is making its mark on this burgeoning industry.

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DRIVEN consortium to test Level 4 autonomous fleet in UK in 2019

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The DRIVEN consortium—led by artificial intelligence company Oxbotica , which is developing next-gen autonomous vehicles—will test a fleet of fully autonomous vehicles in urban areas and on motorways, culminating in an end-to-end journey from London to Oxford. Source: SAE International. DRIVEN is supported by a £8.6-million

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Zinnov: automotive witnessing highest disruption among all industries; ~$6B invested in start-ups in FY 2015

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are now moving to context and areas of consumer experience with features like IoT and connectivity technologies are becoming the new core. Additionally, the report also discusses the massive changes in the traditional siloed innovation structures with its clear demarcations for internal and external collaborations.

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GKN to supply 500 electric flywheel hybrid drive systems to Go-Ahead Group for buses

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The Mk4 eFES has a separate inverter so that the flywheel and inverter combination connect directly to the vehicle’s DC bus. The Mk4 eFES also benefits from internal contactors on the DC bus to disconnect from the rest of the hybrid system and real time insulation monitoring of the HV circuit. Earlier post.).

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Default Passwords Jeopardize Water Infrastructure

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—Katherine DeEmidio Ledesma, Dragos A 2021 review of cyber vulnerabilities in water systems, published in the journal Water , highlights the converging factors of increasingly AI-enhanced and internet-connected tools running more and bigger drinking water and wastewater systems. It’s a very distributed network of critical infrastructure.

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