infrastructure
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Smart Concrete Could Pave The Way For High-Tech, Cost-Effective Roads
Every day, Americans travel on roads, bridges and highways without considering the safety or reliability of these structures. Yet much of the transportation infrastructure in the U.S. is outdated, deteriorating and badly in need of repair. Of the 614,387 bridges in the U.S., for example, 39% are older than their designed lifetimes, while nearly 10%…
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Police Would Like A Word With Pilot Who Flew A Plane Underneath This Bridge
Both the Michigan State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard are looking for more information from the public to help catch a pilot who flew directly underneath the immense Mackinac Bridge on a busy day in June.
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‘Digital Twins’ Can Help Monitor Infrastructure and Save Us Billions
Urban infrastructure – bridges, roads, railways, pipelines, power transmission towers and so on – must be inspected regularly to operate safely. Imagine if we used advanced technologies available to us, such as wireless sensors, mobile apps and machine learning, to remotely inspect and maintain this infrastructure. This could eliminate the need for regular daily inspections,…
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Yellow Lights Need To Be Longer
If you’ve ever felt yellow lights aren’t long enough, you aren’t alone. The length of the light varies from place to place and it’s sometimes confusing for drivers driving somewhere new who are used to a certain duration at home. A Swedish engineer named Mats Järlström is fighting the good fight in trying to make…