Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

13 Oct 23

How One Technology Precinct Is Attracting the World’s Most Progressive Innovators

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Home to Atlassian, Canva and Afterpay and ranked #1 tech startup ecosystem in the southern hemisphere, Sydney’s Tech Central is redefining how large tech companies, startups, and academic institutions can work together to drive global change.Download tech & innovation ebook to learn moreAs the startup capital of Australia, Sydney is…

13 Oct 23

Households face higher bills due to relaxation of climate targets, experts say

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Last month, Sunak reduced ambitions on a raft of green policies, including pushing back the ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035; phasing out 80 per cent of new gas boilers, rather than all of them, by 2035; delaying the ban on off-grid…

12 Oct 23

Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

To find out about the latest technologies being used by the agricultural industry, I virtually attended the second annual AgTech Innovation Summit, held in February in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.The event was hosted by AeroFarms, an indoor vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J, that has an R&D facility.…

12 Oct 23

World’s first hydrogen-powered gas turbine run by European consortium

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The Hyflexpower consortium has successfully adapted a combustion system of a Siemens Energy SGT-400 gas turbine for hydrogen. The consortium was formed by Britain’s Centrax, French energy company Engie, the German Aerospace Center, Siemens Energy and European universities, with financial support from the EU. The test was carried out at…

11 Oct 23

2D Transistors, 3D Chips, and More Mad Stuff

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The 69th Annual IEEE International Electron Device Meeting is set to start on 9 December, and the conference teaser shows that researchers have been extending the roadmap for a number of technologies, notably those used to make CPUs and GPUs.Because chip companies can’t keep on increasing transistor density by scaling…

11 Oct 23

Cutting methane emissions ‘essential’ to achieve climate targets, IEA says

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The agency has highlighted the importance of reducing methane emissions – something now possible due to new and affordable technologies. The organisation has published a report named The imperative of cutting methane from fossil fuels. The document shows that, while a drop in fossil fuel demand would cut methane emissions,…

11 Oct 23

Where Are All the Solar-Powered Cars?

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

If you doubt that a car can absorb a lot of solar power, try sitting in one after it has baked for a while in a parking lot. Whether parked or on the road, our vehicles spend a lot of time in the sunshine. So why don’t more of them…

11 Oct 23

Scientists to assess radioactivity of ocean water samples near Fukushima

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In 2011, a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan resulted in a tsunami that wrecked the facility beyond repair. Since then, the plant has been producing around 100m³ of contaminated water as part of efforts to keep the reactors cool since the meltdown. In the following 12 years, the…

11 Oct 23

‘Modular’ dam system cuts cost of renewable energy storage

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Developed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in the US, the dam has been designed as an energy storage facility that can help to balance loads on the grid. The method, known as closed-loop pumped storage hydropower (PSH), uses off-peak, surplus power to pump water from a lower-elevation reservoir to…

10 Oct 23

The Net Neutrality Debate Is Back!

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

On 7 September, the U.S. Senate confirmed Anna Gomez as the newest commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), by a vote of 55-43. The successful confirmation returned the FCC’s count of commissioners to its normal five, filling a seat that had remained empty ever since former chairman Ajit Pai…

How One Technology Precinct Is Attracting the World’s Most Progressive Innovators

Households face higher bills due to relaxation of climate targets, experts say

Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

World’s first hydrogen-powered gas turbine run by European consortium

2D Transistors, 3D Chips, and More Mad Stuff

Cutting methane emissions ‘essential’ to achieve climate targets, IEA says

Where Are All the Solar-Powered Cars?

Scientists to assess radioactivity of ocean water samples near Fukushima

‘Modular’ dam system cuts cost of renewable energy storage

The Net Neutrality Debate Is Back!

Google won two major awards at MWC Barcelona 2025.

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