News Digest 19 Nov 2014

૨,૧૨,૦૦૦ ગણો સંગ્રહ કરી DVDનો જમાનો આવી રહ્યો છે. સંશોધકોએ ડિવીડી રીઈટિંગને વધુ આધુનિક બનાવી. | Sandesh | 11 Nov 2014 | Read More

ભારતની ટોચની ૨૭ ટકા IT પ્રોડક્ટ કંપનીઓ બેન્ગલુરુંમાં | Sandesh | 11 Nov 2014 | Read More

JUST ARRIVED : IT, pharma, engineering and retail sectors display positive employment outlooks

The Times of India  | 12 Nov 2014

HAPPY TIMES AHEAD FOR JOB SEEKERS? TeamLease Services recently released the `Employment and Business Outlook Re port'for the half year (HY2) period from October 2014 to March 2015.The study, which covered 791 companies in the latest round had business and HR heads, senior managers with hiring mandates as well as employees across eight cities namely Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata and sector across the board. Read More

Printing electronics with a t-shirt printer

Ahmedabad Mirror | 19 Nov 2014

Researchers have created an eco-friendly way to make flexible but complex circuits using a t-shirt printer. The breakthrough may allow us to print low-cost disposable electronics. Nanyang Technological Uni versity, Singapore, has suc cessfully printed complex electronic circuits using a common t-shirt printer. The electronic circuits are printed using unique materials in layers on top of everyday flexible materials such as plastic, aluminum foil and even paper. Read More

Smart luggage that can do a lot more than just charge your phone

Ahmedabad Mirror | 19 Nov 2014

Smart technology is in our homes, cars and phones. And soon, it will power our lug gage, thanks in part to University at Buffalo engineering student Martin Diz. Diz, a student of aerospace engineering, is co-founder and head of engineering for Bluesmart, a company that's developing a carry-on that uses digital tech to solve some of the problems that frustrate many travelers. Read More

A billion holes can make a battery

Researchers have invented a single tiny structure that includes all the components of a battery that they say could bring about the ultimate miniaturization of energy storage components. Read More

New solar power material converts 90 percent of captured light into heat

A multidisciplinary engineering team developed a new nanoparticle-based material for concentrating solar power plants designed to absorb and convert to heat more than 90 percent of the sunlight it captures. The new material can also withstand temperatures greater than 700 degrees Celsius and survive many years outdoors in spite of exposure to air and humidity. Read More

Upgrading infrastructure could reduce flood damage

The severe flooding that devastated a wide swath of Colorado last year might have been less destructive if the bridges, roads and other infrastructure had been upgraded or modernized, according to a new study. Read More

Taxi GPS data helps researchers study Hurricane Sandy's effect on NYC traffic

The largest Atlantic hurricane on record, Hurricane Sandy, offered a chance for researchers to try out a new computational method they developed that promises to help municipalities quantify the resilience of their transportation systems to extreme events using only GPS data from taxis. Read More

Facetless crystals that mimic starfish shells could advance 3-D-printing pills

In a design that mimics a hard-to-duplicate texture of starfish shells, engineers have made rounded crystals that have no facets. Read More

Impact of offshore wind farms on marine species

Offshore wind power is a valuable source of renewable energy that can help reduce carbon emissions. Technological advances are allowing higher capacity turbines to be installed in deeper water, but there is still much unknown about the effects on the environment. Read More

Power of thorium for improved nuclear design explored by scientists

The development of a radical new type of nuclear power station that is safer, more cost-effective, compact, quicker and less disruptive to build than any previously constructed is underway. Read More

Discovery of a new way to make foams could lead to lightweight, sustainable materials

Researchers have developed a new type of foam – called capillary foam – that solves many of the problems faced by traditional foams. The foam could be used to make lightweight, sustainable materials. Read More

Football-size robot can skim discreetly along a ship's hull to seek hollow compartments concealing

Football-size robot can skim discreetly along a ship's hull to seek hollow compartments concealing contraband. Last week, at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, MIT researchers unveiled an oval-shaped submersible robot, a little smaller than a football, with a flattened panel on one side that it can slide along an underwater surface to perform ultrasound scans. Read More

Steel Plate Shear Walls: Study analyzes Seismic Force Resisting Systems for steel structures in high seismic regions

The Seismic Force Resisting Systems typically utilized for steel structures in high seismic regions are Special Concentrically Braced Frames (SCBF) or Special Moment Frames. Steel Special Plate Shear Walls (SPSW) are gradually gaining traction among structural engineers due to superb performance in laboratory tests and improved codification. This article is based on a study that sought to analyze and design a common structure using both the SCBF and SPSW systems and to evaluate the seismic performance and economy of SPSW systems in relation to SCBF systems. Read More

BIM Level of Development : Where’s the sweet spot for structural engineers?

In 2013, the BIM Forum published its BIM Level of Development (LOD) Specification to help the building industry clarify its scope with Building Information Modeling. Prior to this document, structural engineering contract scopes were often vague and poorly defined because of a lack of common terminology for defining and communicating the LOD between parties. The vague language used to describe LOD to which a structural engineer would take the model elements under contract often cost the firm dearly in time, profit, and personal satisfaction. Read More