Engineers look to toilets as diabetes detection tool
Dr Steve Mackay17 March, 2016
A junior in biomedical engineering, a graduate in biotechnology and a second-year biomedical sciences student are working on a project that would help people determine whether they are diabetic or not. Guarav Agrawal, Christlin Ponraj and Angelin Ponraj have created Integrated Latrine Technology for Early Diseases Detection according to the University of...Read More
Engineers look to toilets as diabetes detection tool
Dr Steve Mackay17 March, 2016
A junior in biomedical engineering, a graduate in biotechnology and a second-year biomedical sciences student are working on a project that would help people determine whether they are diabetic or not. Guarav Agrawal, Christlin Ponraj and Angelin Ponraj have created Integrated Latrine Technology for Early Diseases Detection according to the University of...Read More
Civil and environmental engineers come together for less C02 emissions for cement
Dr Steve Mackay16 March, 2016
Limestone, CO2 and 3-D printing. Those are the ingredients that researchers at the University of California are using and reusing to create concrete cement that could be more environmentally friendly than current cement. The team says that this is a brand new method of creating building material and has the chance...Read More
Self-driving cars are not ready to roll hears United States Senate
Dr Steve Mackay16 March, 2016
It was only two weeks ago that a self-driving car belonging to Google crashed into the side of a bus due to judgment calls the software deemed necessary. As we reported there would be some scrutiny of the engineering behind self-driving car technology and now a robotics expert from Duke University...Read More
Finger tracking with sonar technology tested on smart devices
Dr Steve Mackay16 March, 2016
The University of Washington's computer science and electrical engineering researchers are putting sonar into smartwatches and the likes in the latest attempt to improve smart device technology and how we interact with it. The researchers indicate that with the new sonar technology a person would be able to interact with mobile...Read More
Microrobots of the future pull a two-ton car
Dr Steve Mackay15 March, 2016
Like something out of Ant-Man, engineers from Stanford University have put their worker ant-robots to work. They have built six small robots that have mustered up the strength to pull a two-ton car. In their paper, Let's All Pull Together: Principles for Sharing Large Loads in Microrobot Teams, the researchers debut the MicroTug robots. The...Read More
GM mosquitoes ready to battle the Zika virus
Dr Steve Mackay15 March, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is about to give the thumbs up for releasing mosquitoes that have been genetically engineered. The intention behind this is to cause a reduction of the spread of the Zika virus. According to Forbes, the mosquitoes will have a "specially inserted gene" that will...Read More
GM mosquitoes ready to battle the Zika virus
Dr Steve Mackay15 March, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is about to give the thumbs up for releasing mosquitoes that have been genetically engineered. The intention behind this is to cause a reduction of the spread of the Zika virus. According to Forbes, the mosquitoes will have a "specially inserted gene" that will...Read More
Parkinson’s disease nearing its end?
Dr Steve Mackay15 March, 2016
Biomedical and chemical engineers from the University of Cambridge have made progress in the search for the answer to the question of how a person gets Parkinson's disease. As a result, the engineers hope the research could lead to an eventual treatment of the disease. The Parkinson's Disease foundation has...Read More
Chemical engineers around the world research the future of water
Dr Steve Mackay15 March, 2016
A new report on water scarcity and how to solve it, compiled by a group of chemical engineers and scientists will be presented at the 251st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. The report in question is titled Chemistry and Water: Challenges and Solutions in a Changing World. ...Read More