Exploration into Technology

Exploration into Technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering...

Exploration into technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into technology, this week in engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in Engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering...

Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering...

Exploration into technology, this week in engineering

Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering

Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering...

ASME Presents Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering

ASME Presents Exploration into Technology, this week in engineering. 

FULL VIDEO EPISODES are available here:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgghAIopNZMYkOh5aZQfx7Qqu64J2GmJU    

SLOTH BOT In the factory and in the air...speed dominates. But just as slow animals have their niche, so do slow robots. When Magnus Egerstedt, the Georgia ech professor of electrical and computer engineering, was vacationing in Costa Rica he became obsessed with the sloth and was inspired to build really slow robots. He zeroed in on an appropriate application for a sluggish robot: persistent environmental monitoring. With funding from The National Science Foundation and the office of naval research, Egerstedt and his team created a solar-powered, wire-hanging robot. One of the researchers noticed that the robot’s two l-e-d's looked like eyes and the tube a rudimentary body, so she 3D-printed a sloth skin and soon the robot’s cuteness factor grew by several orders of magnitude. The robot is now hanging out in the Atlanta Botanical Garden, moving into the sun only when it needs to. Egerstedt now hopes to send a group of Sloth-bots into the trees of Costa Rica.  REUSABLE N95 MASKS As countries the world over are grappling with spikes in Covid-19, the shortage of N-95 masks continues to plague healthcare workers. A research team at “M.I.T.” and “Brigham And Women’s Hospital” in Boston is trying to address that and has designed a silicone replacement that is just as efficient as the N-95 at filtering out droplets of “Water-Vapor-Carrying-Pathogens". The masks are made of liquid silicone rubber that allows them to be manufactured at scale using injection molding. An added benefit of using  liquid silicone rubber is near-transparent masks which facilitate lip-reading and establish better patient-physician rapport. The team conducted various clinical trials and is currently working on a third version of the mask, applying lessons from field testing for a more comfortable fit. Resolving the N-95 mask shortage has been high-priority for the team that believes they are on to a scalable solution that checks off all the boxes.  ASME Presents Exploration into Technology This week in engineering  You can watch the full 1 hour event video from our main feature at this link: ASME Philanthropic Impact 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6NQCbN2qJg

ASME Presents Exploration into Technology, what you need to know this week in engineering

ASME Presents Exploration into Technology, what you need to know this week in engineering: 3D printing a nuclear core, how dairy farms are automating, the Innovate for Impact Design Challenge and more are all covered in the pilot episode of this new weekly video series from ASME called Exploration into Technology, which covers this week in engineering.  3D-printing is going nuclear. The design and materials of nuclear reactors have not changed much since the 1950s, never mind that we have seen only a few new ones in recent decades. Frustrated by the cost and time it takes to build a reactor; a team at the oak ridge national laboratory wanted to do things in a radically different way. They are following a data-driven approach to build a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core prototype that could enable nuclear plants to run more efficiently. The core is made of silicon carbide, a material that was costly to machine due to its hardness, but recent advances in additive technologies have allowed the ceramic to be 3D-printed. What is even better is that by building the reactor layer by layer, sensors can also be embedded in it that will allow a nuclear plant to run far more efficiently.  Robots are now being used increasingly to introduce flexibility and stability into the farming industry. The agriculture industry has faced several problems in recent years including food waste and labor shortages. These challenges have only gotten worse with covid-19. In response the industry has turned to automation as a solution. According to Agfunder’s 2020 farm tech investing report farm tech startups raised $4.7 billion in 2019. One of those startups is Iron Ox that has built an automated greenhouse to grow vegetables hydroponically all-year-round. Another startup root AI uses advanced AI to automate picking of delicate fruits. Automation is not only limited to produce farming, Netherlands-based Lely uses automation and AI for cows to feed and milk themselves. Ultimately automation in agriculture can provide greater and smarter control to the farmers. In a world struggling to feed many the ability to produce sustainable food for all is crucial.  62% of organizations with internet of things capabilities (or IOT for short) are implementing digital twins. According to the 2019 Gartner IOT implementation survey, recent global disruptions have proven that data-driven manufacturing organizations are increasing their competitive edge and on November 11th and 12th experts from Northrop Grumman, Ford, Booz Allen Hamilton, Siemens Energy, Newport News Shipbuilding, NIST, NASA, and more will share insights on their progress towards digitization and the proven strategies that are delivering results at ASME’s Digital Twin Summit. This event will be virtual and is set to showcase  why digital manufacturing is critical to future competitiveness and the steps organizations need to take to get started today. Collaborate with subject matter experts and industry peers  who are implementing a digital-first vision across their product life cycles.  registration for this event is now open.