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Ten automakers agree to make automatic braking a standard feature
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Ten automakers pledged Friday to make certain automatic crash-prevention technologies standard on all new cars. Federal officials said it was a "historic" agreement.
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Some Simple Slices Could Help Solar Cells Track the Sun
The vast majority of solar cells sit fixed in place on top of buildings — but that means they miss out on absorbing some energy, as the sun moves through the sky. Now, researchers suggest that a few simple cuts could help create simple solar cells that track the sunlight throughout the day.
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The World’s First 3D-Printed Titanium Rib Cage Is a Medical Marvel
It sounds like something straight out of a comic book, but after losing his sternum and part of his rib cage to cancer, a 54-year-old Spanish man received the world’s first 3D-printed chest prosthetic made from lightweight, but incredibly strong, titanium.
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Boeing and Jeff Bezos move closer to putting US rockets in orbit
United Launch Associates (ULA), the rocket enterprise from Boeing and Lockheed, has ramped up its commitment to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket engines. The two companies agreed to expand production capability of Origin’s BE-4 rocket motor, "an important step toward building (them) at the production rate needed for the Vulcan launch vehicle," said Bezos. Last year, the two companies formed a pact to develop an engine that that can replace the Russian-built RD-180 engines originally planned for Vulcan — ULA’s successor to the Atlas V. Due to a US congressional ban on Russian products, ULA can no longer purchase RD-180s.
The announcement comes just two days after rumors surfaced that rival Aerojet Rocketdyne — which is also building a rocket engine for the Vulcan — offered $2 billion to purchase ULA. However, ULA said that "the BE-4 engine offers the fastest path to a domestic alternative to the Russian RD-180." By contrast, Rocketdyne’s AR1 Vulcan engine is at least 16 months behind, so ULA regards it as a backup if the BE-4 doesn’t work out. The Vulcan will eventually launch satellites and carry astronauts into space aboard Boeing’s CST-100 capsule. The CST-100 will first launch on ULA’s existing Atlas V rocket in 2017, presumably with the Russian engines.
The agreement appears to refute speculation that Blue Origin would be out with ULA in the event of a RocketDyne takeover.
The agreement appears to refute speculation that Blue Origin would be out with ULA in the event of a RocketDyne takeover. If the engine deal works out as the companies expect, ULA will have a fully made-in-the-US rocket by 2019, giving it the same bragging rights as SpaceX. It also keeps two of the world’s most interesting billionaires — Bezos and Elon Musk — squarely in the private space game, a boon for tech journalists everywhere.
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NASA’s Wi-Fi Reflector Chip Speeds Up Wearables
Whether you’re tracking your steps, monitoring your health, or sending photos from a smart watch, you want the battery life of your wearable device to last as long as possible. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is working on microchips for wearable devices that reflect wireless signals instead of using regular transmitters and receivers. Their solution transmits information up to three times faster than regular Wi-Fi.
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Aggressively Lowering Blood Pressure Saves Lives, Study Finds
A huge federal study was halted early when a preliminary analysis of the results found clear evidence that lowering blood pressure can slash heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and deaths.
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