After an earthquake crippled Haiti in 2010, killing and injuring hundreds of thousands and destroying the country’s communication networks, Paul Gardner-Stephen found himself thinking about all the cell phones that had instantly become useless. With cell towers out of commission across the country, they would be unable to operate. “If the software on the phones was right,” he says, “they would keep working for at least localized communication, handset to handset.”
Hydrogen-powered vehicles have been out of the spotlight for years, but they’re about to make a surprising comeback. Toyota says it will unveil a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered sedan later this year that will go on sale in 2015; several other automakers, meanwhile, have announced partnerships to commercialize the technology (see “Ford, Daimler, and Nissan Commit to Fuel Cells”), including GM and Honda, which announced such a collaboration this week.
Most people generate enough power to continuously transmit data at a rate of 1 Kb/s, say researchers who have audited the harvestable energy from human motion.
The Internet of Things is the imagined network of data links that will emerge when everyday objects are fitted with tiny identifying devices.
The idea is that every parcel in a post office would transmit its position, origin and destination so that it can be tracked and routed more efficiently, that every product on a supermarket shelf would transmit its contents, price, shelf life and so on, that your smartphone would interrogate the contents of your fridge and cupboards every time you walk into the kitchen to warn you when the milk is running low. And so on.
This week I met an owner of an Tesla Model S electric sedan who raised the question of whether electric vehicles are really better for the environment when you including everything, including the resources that go into making the battery and the impact of disposing of it. He was feeling uneasy about his environmental bona fides.
Pasa den astean, ekainaren 26tik 28ra, Fabrikazio Ingeniaritzako V. Nazioarteko Kongresua burutu zen. Bi urtetik behin egiten den kongresu hori Espainiako Fabrikazio Ingeniaritza Elkarteak antolatzen du, eta aurten Zaragozako Unibertsitateko Paraninfoan burutu da. Kongresu horretan nazio guztiko 50 ikertzaile inguru bildu ziren, eta fabrikazio mekanikoaren arloan maila zientifiko handiko txosten ugari aurkeztu zituzten.
SORALUCE ha entrado a formar parte de la iniciativa Europea de sostenibilidad “Blue Competence” fomentada por la industria europea de máquina-herramienta para abordar la sostenibilidad a través de los aspectos ecológicos, económicos y sociales.
Arabako Diputatu Nagusia, Javier De Andrés, eta Nekazaritza arloko diputatua den Borja Monjek ordezkatu zuten Arabako Foru Aldundia eta Jose Mari Aizegak Basque Culinary Center. Bi erakundeen artean sinatu den hitzarmenaren helburua arabar produktuak bultzatzea da.
Kontuan hartuta, Basque Culinary Center fakultateak etorkizuneko gastronomoak prestatzen dituela, Arabako Foru Aldundiak egokitzat ikusi du bertako produktuak sustatzeko, hitzarmena hau sinatzea.
Los últimos avances en la fabricación del chasis para automoción, tanto en los nuevos materiales como en procesos, fueron el eje central de la jornada que tuvo lugar ayer 11 de julio, en el Polo de Innovación Garaia, en Arrasate.
