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15 May 23

Dutch students unveil ‘world’s most efficient’ hydrogen car

Computer & Information Technology

At the beginning of May, a student team from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands unveiled what could be the world’s most efficient hydrogen car. Dubbed ERXII, the vehicle is slated to cover over 2,000km on just 1kg of hydrogen fuel — equivalent to the distance between Amsterdam and…

15 May 23

Spain’s Crowmie empowers everyone to invest in green energy

Computer & Information Technology

This profile is part of the main prize of the Pitch Battle at TNW Valencia 2023 won by Crowmie. Want your company to get featured as well? You’ve only got a few days to join the startup contest at TNW Conference in Amsterdam on June 15 & 16! Valencia’s hottest…

14 May 23

James Wimshurst’s Electrostatic Immortality

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The British engineer James Wimshurst did not invent the machine that bears his name. But thanks to his many refinements to a distinctive type of electrostatic generator, we now have the Wimshurst influence machine. What does a Wimshurst machine do? Influence machines date back to the 18th century. They are…

14 May 23

Vint Cerf’s Career Advice for Engineers

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Vint Cerf, recipient of the 2023 IEEE Medal of Honor, has this advice to engineers starting out their careers:“If you really want to do something big, get help, and preferably from people who are smarter than you are.”“Be humble, because unless you approach things with the understanding that you really…

13 May 23

Big Players, Bigger Bets on eVTOLs and Air Taxis

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The aviation business is nothing new for Ohio. The state is a major supplier for Airbus and Boeing and is home to around 150 airports. Back in 2003, the House even passed a resolution acknowledging the role of Dayton in America’s aviation history—noting that the Wright brothers were from the…

13 May 23

U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The CHIPS and Science Act, aimed at kick-starting chip manufacturing in the United States, only began taking requests for pieces of its US $50 billion in March, but chipmakers were already gearing up beforehand. Memory and storage chipmaker Micron announced as much as $100 billion for a new plant in…

13 May 23

A Former Pilot On Why Autonomous Vehicles Are So Risky

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In October 2021, Missy Cummings left her engineering professorship at Duke University to join the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) in a temporary position as a senior safety advisor. It wasn’t long before Elon Musk tweeted an attack: “Objectively, her track record is extremely biased against Tesla.” He was…

13 May 23

Optimize Battery Pack Design via Simulation

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This webinar will show a workflow for sizing battery packs via simulation. Optimization is performed on vehicle-level metrics to identify an appropriate battery pack design. A battery model is then generated and analyzed for thermal behavior before being integrated back into the vehicle-level model for verification against the requirements. Speakers:…

13 May 23

6G: The Next Generation of Mobile Wireless Systems and Their Enabling Technologies

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

6G research and development aims to develop networks that are faster, more intelligent, and enable new applications. In this talk, you will get an overview of the goals and visions for 6G systems, the enabling technologies, and what design challenges are ahead. Speaker: Houman Zarrinkoub, Senior Product Manager, MathWorks Dr.…

12 May 23

Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Morris TanenbaumSilicon microchip inventor Fellow, 94; died 26 FebruaryTanenbaum’s research in the mid-1950s proved that silicon was a better semiconductor material for transistors than germanium, which was commonly used at the time. His discovery paved the way for more efficient transistors critical in technologies that ushered in the Information Age.He…