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AI-powered digital twin enables real-time energy evaluation for smart buildings
Researchers at Kanzawa University in Japan have developed a next-generation building energy evaluation model that combines rule-based symbolic AI computing with VR technology. The model enables real-time visualisation and simultaneous evaluation of the energy-saving effects and indoor thermal comfort during the design stage of a zero-energy building (ZEB). According to the researchers, the approach will…
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TECHNOLOGY
Origami-inspired space structure is compact when launched, expanded in space
Using origami folding techniques as inspiration, researchers in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed several…
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Machine learning designs mirrors for high-power lasers
Plasma mirrors capable of withstanding the intensity of powerful lasers are being designed by researchers in physics and computer science at the University of Strathclyde using an emerging…
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Optimising robotic joints
Researchers in Harvard University’s John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have devised a new way to design knee-like joints in robots. Called rolling contact…
SUSTAINABILITY
AI-powered digital twin enables real-time energy evaluation for smart buildings
Researchers at Kanzawa University in Japan have developed a next-generation building energy evaluation model that combines rule-based symbolic AI computing with VR technology. The model enables real-time visualisation…
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New guide on design and construction using mass timber published
Two professors in the Building and Construction Technology programme at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, experts in wood engineering, have written a comprehensive new book, Mass Timber: Materials,…
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Turning seawater into drinking water via sunlight – without electricity
A research team, affiliated with the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea has unveiled a new technology that can convert seawater into clean…
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EDUCATION
New student design competition celebrates inclusive engineering practice
A new student design competition developed by the University of Huddersfield’s Department of Engineering celebrates inclusive engineering practice through a challenge to find innovative 3D-printed solutions to real-world…
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Language study is helping student engineers prepare for work in a global context
Engineers at the University of Cambridge are preparing themselves for work in a global environment with language lessons designed for their technical and cultural needs. The Centre for…
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Loughborough University partners with the Manufacturing Technology Centre to accelerate hydrogen-compatible systems
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), a research and technology organisation at the forefront of manufacturing innovation, has partnered with Loughborough University to fast‑track the development of hydrogen‑compatible systems…
MATERIALS
New guide on design and construction using mass timber published
Two professors in the Building and Construction Technology programme at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, experts in wood engineering, have written a comprehensive new book, Mass Timber: Materials,…
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3D printing soft robots
Engineers from Harvard University’s John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new 3D printing method for building soft robots that bend and…
Turning seawater into drinking water via sunlight – without electricity
A research team, affiliated with the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea has unveiled a new technology that can convert seawater into clean…
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MEDICAL
New device gives stroke patients their voice back
Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally and fluently following a stroke, without the need for…
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3D printing soft robots
Engineers from Harvard University’s John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new 3D printing method for building soft robots that bend and…
Optimising robotic joints
Researchers in Harvard University’s John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have devised a new way to design knee-like joints in robots. Called rolling contact…