Engineer Devises "UFO Patents" For US Navy
Paul Ratner writes via Interesting Engineering: Theoretical inventions known as the "UFO patents" have been inflaming worldwide curiosity. A product of the American engineer Dr. Salvatore Cezar Pais, the patents were filed during his work for the U.S.....»»
Caltech ends $1 billion patent case against Apple and Broadcom
Caltech's seven-year legal battle over Apple and Broadcom allegedly using its Wi-Fi patents has now been settled.This is what the iPhone looked like when Caltech's legal case beganThe case was expected to be concluded after the California Institute o.....»»
Tesla engineer defends "Full Self-Driving" name at crash trial
A Tesla engineer in court on Wednesday rejected a lawyer's suggestion that the company named its driver-assistant feature "Full Self-Driving" because it wanted people to believe that its systems had more abilities than was really the case......»»
Q&A: New lymphedema-on-chip platform holds promise
In a new PNAS study co-authored by Boston University biomedical engineer Dr. Chris Chen, researchers say they're getting closer to understanding the mysteries of lymphedema—a condition characterized by the buildup of fluid in the body due to a malf.....»»
A more effective experimental design for engineering a cell into a new state
A strategy for cellular reprogramming involves using targeted genetic interventions to engineer a cell into a new state. The technique holds great promise in immunotherapy, for instance, where researchers could reprogram a patient's T-cells so they a.....»»
Brittany Cohen’s Fluid Based Wearable Art Is Mesmerizing
Sometimes a few very simple concepts can breathe new life into a project. It takes a very smart and persistent person to figure out what those simple things are and to see the project through. Brittany Cohen, an electrical engineer, has been sharing.....»»
Microsoft finally explains cause of Azure breach: An engineer’s account was hacked
Other failures along the way included a signing key improperly appearing in a crash dump. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft said the corporate account of one of its engineers was hacked by a highly skilled threat.....»»
A DNA assembly kit to unlock the CRISPR-Cas9 potential for metabolic engineering
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats (CRISPR) and Crispr-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) is now a well-known, revolutionary method to engineer microbial cells......»»
Liver-targeting drug delivered via nanogel carrier reverses obesity, lowers cholesterol in mice
A University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer has used a nanogel-based carrier designed in his lab to deliver a drug exclusively to the liver of obese mice, effectively reversing their diet-induced disease......»»
9to5Mac Daily: August 29, 2023 – Apple engineer pay, the latest on iPhone 15
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Ba.....»»
Scientists use quantum device to slow down simulated chemical reaction 100 billion times
Scientists at the University of Sydney have, for the first time, used a quantum computer to engineer and directly observe a process critical in chemical reactions by slowing it down by a factor of 100 billion times......»»
Notre Dame vs. Navy live stream: Watch college football for free
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish begin their college football season against the Navy Midshipmen in Ireland. Find out how to watch the game......»»
Notre Dame vs. Navy live stream: watch college football for free
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish begin their college football season against the Navy Midshipmen in Ireland. Find out how to watch the game......»»
Dallas sues Navy, again, with Hensley Field redevelopment plans in limbo
Dallas is once again suing to try to force the U.S. Navy to finish cleaning up a contaminated former Naval airfield after the military branch has blown its previous deadline to clear the site by seven years......»»
Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc
Windows Secure Time Seeding resets clocks months or years off the correct time. Enlarge A few months ago, an engineer in a data center in Norway encountered some perplexing errors that caused a Windows server to suddenl.....»»
Court sides with Apple in Bluetooth pairing patent lawsuit
Apple didn't infringe on patents relating to Bluetooth communications, a federal circuit court has ruled, with the court finding inconsistency in claims about device and user pairing.Apple has been in a patent lawsuit with hardware vendor One-E-Way s.....»»
Institutions with strong engineering operations are more efficient in producing patents, researchers find
When it comes to translational medicine, Robert Gourdie is among the 2% of "super-producers," National Institutes of Health-funded scientists at U.S. biomedical institutions who hold 10 or more issued patents......»»
Toyota ponders plug-in, fuel cell, even an electric Land Cruiser for the future
The chief engineer of the Toyota Land Cruiser talks about how to keep the hulking SUV mean and green in the carbon-reduction age. Toyota is already looking at plug-ins, fuel cells and even full-electric vehicles......»»
Caltech may finally settle $848 million patent case against Apple
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has disclosed that it has reached a potential settlement over its years-long dispute with Apple and Broadcom over the use of Wi-Fi patents.This is what the iPhone looked like when Caltech's legal case.....»»
Researchers engineer bacteria that can detect tumor DNA
Pushing into a new chapter of technologically advanced biological sensors, scientists from the University of California San Diego and their colleagues in Australia have engineered bacteria that can detect the presence of tumor DNA in a live organism......»»
LG buys patents to speed up bringing microLED to Apple Watch Ultra
LG Display has bought the rights to 14 patents that are all to do with the notoriously problematic microLED displays that Apple Watch Ultra is expected to gain by 2026.Apple Watch UltraMicroLED gives higher brightness and sharper images than OLED, an.....»»