The speed with which robots and software are becoming more intelligent and more capable threatens to eliminate humans’ jobs ranging from manufacturing to accounting to journalism and the law. But in a Ford Motor Co. plant in Cologne, Germany, robots and people have found a way to co-exist. The plant uses specially designed “co-bots” to...
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The “co-bot” idea is under consideration at several manufacturing companies as a way to move more gently into a future in which robots outperform, and eventually replace, humans on the job.
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Glass batteries: Lighter, more durable
Time to let go of lithium-ion batteries and get ready for lighter, longer-lasting lithium-air cells – especially now that a research team at MIT has figured out how to make them even lighter and get far more energy from them. Lithium-air batteries “inhale” air to use oxygen as part of their electrical reactions, eliminating the...
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Lithium technology will continue to dominate the battery industry but configurations are changing. A challenge for research will be to create new batteries compatible with existing devices.
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Pregnancy and pot
Pregnant women who smoke pot endanger their children in a variety of ways, according to a study of studies done on the subject by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. Sifting the literature, the scientists found evidence in animals – and limited evidence from the few studies that have been done among humans – that...
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A picture of energy
That photo of Mom and Dad you keep on your desk also could be charging your cellphone. Researchers at Aalto University in Sweden have pioneered a way to turn photos into solar cells. Inks absorb light; that’s why we can see print. But, in absorbing light, inks also generate heat, although usually in amounts too...
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Such a thing as too much solar?
The world is about to be awash in solar panels. Because of a glut of solar-electric panel manufacturing capacity, the price of panels is expected to plummet in 2017. Business ventures setting up solar farms, and individuals putting panel on their roofs, could see the price of panels fall from today’s average of more than...
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Fossil fuel economy’s “grand transition”
World energy demand will peak before 2030, according to a new report by the World Energy Council, a working group of 300 public and private organizations drawn from 90 countries. The report, called “The Grand Transition,” sites four “disruptive trends” that will level demand within a dozen years: slower population growth, government policies to curb...
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