It's easy to forget that structures such as bridges, wind turbines and scaffolding are held together by screws which could loosen – with catastrophic results. The new Smart Screw Connection system is ...
Working to reduce the need for regular inspections of large structures, researchers from the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Internet Technologies CCIT have created a smart self-powered ...
My previous article, “Smoking Out the Main Causes of Electrical Fires,” featured in the November 2021 issue, explores why poor connections are the No. 1 cause of electrical fires in the United States.