A team of engineers at Northwestern University in Illinois has developed a new lightweight smart sensor platform that can be attached to any N95, cloth or surgical face mask. Dubbed FaceBit, the sensor is about 25 millimetres in diameter and can be attached to the inside of face mask using a tiny magnet. It can sense the user’s real-time respiration rate, heart rate and … [Read more...] about Engineers design ‘Fitbit for the face’
Coventry student wins award in international design challenge
A Coventry University student has won an international award and £1,000 in funding for his design for a filter that makes washing machine water reusable. Twenty-year-old Joe Baker, was the only winner from Europe in the Planet category of RS Components International’s People.Planet.Product Student Design Challenge. The challenge has been set up in collaboration with the … [Read more...] about Coventry student wins award in international design challenge
Researchers use machine learning to create morphable materials
A team of researchers from the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has developed a platform that uses machine learning to programme the transformation of 2D stretchable surfaces into specific 3D shapes. Flat materials that can morph into 3D shapes have potential applications in areas as diverse as architecture, medicine and robotics; … [Read more...] about Researchers use machine learning to create morphable materials
Singapore Airlines opens state-of-the-art research and design lab
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have launched a new digital aviation corporate laboratory designed co-create innovative technologies and solutions to improve the experience for air-travel passengers. The S$45 million SIA-NUS Digital Aviation Corporate Laboratory is situated in the Innovation 4.0 Building on NUS’s Kent Ridge campus. … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines opens state-of-the-art research and design lab
HS2 releases ‘green tunnel’ images
HS2 has released artist impressions of the longest of three innovative ‘green tunnels’ that will be built in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire as part of the first phase of the high-speed rail line connecting London and the Midlands. The green tunnels are designed to help the new rail line to blend into the landscape and reduce disruption for local residents. Also known … [Read more...] about HS2 releases ‘green tunnel’ images