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Keeping electricity affordable on wireless charging highways

Blaine Friedlander, 20 October 2022 | Tech Xplore Efficient pricing will be crucial to minimize energy costs for private operators who provide on-the-highway wireless charging for electric cars—and for consumers who will use this service, according to new Cornell research in Applied Energy. Employing dynamic pricing strategies in the marketplace could save consumers as much as…
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Reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble

Rachel Gordon, 20 October 2022 | Tech Xplore While automated manufacturing is ubiquitous today, it was once a nascent field birthed by inventors such as Oliver Evans, who is credited with creating the first fully automated industrial process, in flour mill he built and gradually automated in the late 1700s. The processes for creating automated…
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Electrostatic atomization reduces tool wear and occupational health risks

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 18 October 2022 | Tech Xplore Scientists from Qingdao University of Technology for the first time summarized the development status and technical bottlenecks of electrostatic atomization minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) to further promote the green transformation of manufacturing industry. Publishing in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, the team led by…
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Swedish solar park gets battery back up

19 October 2022 | The Engineer UK Swedish solar-as-a-service provider Alight Energy and Tekniska verken are adding battery storage to a 12MW solar park in Linköping, Sweden. The 2MW/2MWh battery is said to make the solar park, which has 30,000 solar panels, the largest co-located solar-plus-storage plant in Sweden. Battery storage at the site will…
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Cross sector UK team to outline vision of common protocol for digital twins

20 October 2022 | The Engineer UK Since its launch last month (September 2022) the so-called Apollo Protocol has reportedly been enthusiastically welcomed by digital twin proponents across the manufacturing, construction and the technology sectors. According to the team behind the project – which includes the IET, The Construction Leadership Council, the High Value Manufacturing…
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Future of engineering on display next week

20 October 2022 | The University of Waikato News The annual event at the Hamilton campus brings all the university’s engineering years and disciplines together for two days of crazy activity. Civil, mechanical, mechatronics, chemical, environmental, electrical, materials and software engineers will showcase their multiple talents and ability to build stuff, automate stuff, fall off…
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NFT – Not a Fair Trade?

7 October 2022 | The University of Waikato News Promising get-rich-quick opportunities, the market for NFTs has boomed in recent years, reaching a peak of $2.7 billion in NFT transactions in May 2022. But NFTs are an exceptionally risky purchase and the bubble is very much at risk of bursting, according to Professor Shaen Corbet,…
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University signs MOU with Watercare

29 September 2022 | Faculty of Engineering, University news Having worked closely on a range of projects for a number of years, including student internships, education, research and innovation, the two institutions have formalised their working relationships with the signing of the collaboration agreement. Professor Kobus van Zyl holds the Watercare Chair in Infrastructure at…
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The city as laboratory

Amanda Yates, 20 Sep 2022 | AUT News In the aftermath of a series of earthquakes that devastated Ōtautahi Christchurch 12 years ago, impromptu and transitional organisations kickstarted the city’s recovery. On the many vacant sites in the demolished city, they supported pop-up shops, installations and events to keep city life and urban wellbeing going…
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Architectural wins at Best Awards 2022

AUT News | 17 Oct 2022 Master of Architecture (Professional) graduate Matangireia Yates-Francis, and School of Future Environments Associate Professor Dr Kathy Waghorn have added to AUT’s total haul at the Best Awards 2022. The Design Institute of New Zealand’s annual Best Awards recognises excellence in graphic, toitanga, digital, moving image, spatial and product design.…
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