by baharinmesir | Dec 10, 2016 | Teaching, Technology
Using educational technology to enhance student learning Improving educational delivery is a core focus of MIT, and also a priority for training new generations of teachers in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). On July 19, about 30 postdocs...
by baharinmesir | Dec 9, 2016 | Technology
Anyone who’s watched drone videos or an episode of “BattleBots” knows that robots can break — and often it’s because they don’t have the proper padding to protect themselves. But this week researchers at MIT’s Computer Science...
by baharinmesir | Dec 8, 2016 | Technology
Bridge collapses are rare, but there have been enough of them to raise concerns in some parts of the world that their condition is not sufficiently monitored. In Sweden however, researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology are taking a hi-tech approach to the...
by baharinmesir | Dec 7, 2016 | Technology
Cambridge is to get what the local authority says is the UK’s first Dutch-style roundabout. Cambridge is to get what the local authority says is the UK’s first Dutch-style roundabout. The proposed roundabout design in Cambridge has parallel priority crossings on...
by baharinmesir | Dec 6, 2016 | Technology
Swissboring, a subsidiary of Trevi, is undertaking foundation works for a new 54-storey tower in Dubai. Swissboring, a subsidiary of Trevi, is undertaking foundation works for a new 54-storey tower in Dubai. The project is a joint venture between the Investment...
by baharinmesir | Dec 5, 2016 | Technology
England spends nearly four times more on activities that may cause flooding than it invests to combat flooding, a think tank says. It says £1.5bn went on subsidies for farm management that ignores or increases flood risk, while help from the EU farm policy for land...
