"I built each of these machines," the man said, noting, "if I bought them, they'd cost over a quarter-million to buy." ...

Here we describe an electronic system that uses a dedicated water-level sensor to switch off the pump motor as soon as the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a $16 million contract to continue work on software that aims to keep “constant custody” of large numbers of ...

The Colorado Department of Transportation is moving mountains — literally — as part of a $900 million project to rebuild an 8-mile section of Interstate 70 to improve safety and travel time ...

Ultrasonic sensors measure the distance between a target and the sensor using high-frequency sound waves that are inaudible to humans. The process is simple: the sensor emits ultrasonic waves, which ...

As the global energy industry pivots toward greener sources, natural gas has gained prominence as a reliable transition fuel. More than $37 billion is invested worldwide in enhancing gas distribution ...

For some, Halloween is starting to rival Christmas for setting up elaborate holiday decorations. Homeowners now spend many hours─and sometimes dollars─creating ghoulish displays of lit pumpkins, ...

Sprawled across much of the Arabian Peninsula, today’s Arabian Desert is known for brutal heat, dry, harsh winds and scarce water—hardly hospitable to human settlers unaided by air conditioning and a ...

A new category of sensing technology transforms mobile robot vision from 2D to 3D, improves safety performance and provides 50-80% cost savings compared to traditional, LiDAR-based systems and sensor ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Under a proposal headed to the Linn County Board of Supervisors, NextEra Energy would pay ...

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University It’s summer, and it’s been hot, even in northern cities such as Boston. But ...