AI approach takes optical system design from months to milliseconds

A team of researchers at Penn State have devised a new, streamlined approach to designing metasurfaces, a class of engineered ...
MassLive

The Green Line gone dark: Peek underground as the MBTA replaces wooden beams from the 1890s

The wooden beams that ran along the ceilings of the MBTA’s Green Line tunnels were installed when the line was built in the late 1890s, a decade before the Ford Model T was released and Oklahoma ...
PC Gamer

This cozy multiplayer co-working game is like going to an office in Animal Crossing and somehow it's actually made me more productive

Body-doubling is now 100% cozier. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Some people have a great fondness for working in an office. I ...
Geeky Gadgets

Vertical Turbines at Sea, Can SeaTwirl Make Floating Wind Finally Work?

Are we stuck in a rut when it comes to wind turbine design? For decades, horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) have dominated the renewable energy landscape, towering over fields and oceans as the ...
The Conversation

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Michael J. I. Brown receives research funding from the Australian Research Council. Matthew Kenworthy receives research funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Monash University provides ...
Engineering News-Record

Extensive Ground Work Lifts 18-Story Miami Beach Tower

Following extensive below-grade piling and foundation work, vertical construction is underway on the 18-story Aman Residences tower in Miami Beach. Located in the city’s Faena District, the project ...
EdSurge

Teachers Turn Toward Virtual Schools for Better Work-Life Balance

As Molly Hamill explains the origin of the Declaration of Independence to her students, she dons a white wig fashioned into a ponytail, appearing as John Adams, before sporting a bald cap in homage to ...
VentureBeat

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s rBio uses virtual cells to train AI, bypassing lab work

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced ...
Fast Company

New research shows why remarkably productive people don’t work nearly as hard (or as fast) as you might think

I’m a big fan of productivity bursts. Like choosing a task that will take 10 or 12 hours—a task you’ve long been putting off specifically because it will take 10 or 12 hours—and knocking it out in a ...
wwmt

West Michigan drivers frustrated but excited as MDOT sets beams for US-131 bridge

Downtown Kalamazoo McDonald's demolished to make way for new county admin building The golden arches have officially vacated downtown Kalamazoo to make room for a new, multi-million dollar investment.
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Understanding the Deflection of Beams

In this video I take a look at five methods that can be used to predict how a beam will deform when loads are applied to it. These are the double integration method, Macaulay's method, the principle ...