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Four SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts undock from space station, head for early Friday splashdown off Florida

5May

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Four SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts undock from space station, head for early Friday splashdown off Florida

Four long-duration space station astronauts bid their lab crewmates farewell and undocked from the International Space Station early Thursday, setting off for a scheduled pre-dawn splashdown off the coast of Florida on Friday morning to close out a 176-day mission.SpaceX Crew-3 commander Raja Chari, pilot Thomas Marshburn, submariner-turned-astronaut Kayla Barron and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer strapped into their ferry ship — the Crew Dragon Endurance — and backed away from the outpost at 1:05 a.m. EDT Thursday. The Crew Dragon Endurance, carrying commander Raja Chari, pilot Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, undocked and backed away from the International Space Station early Thursday, setting up ...

“It Does Change Cities” – VanMoof Chief of Product Design & Technology

5May

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“It Does Change Cities” – VanMoof Chief of Product Design & Technology

Listen to this articleReading Time: 5 minutes“I’m a bit biased because I’m in Amsterdam,” says Job Stehmann, VanMoof’s Chief of Product Design and Technology, “but the demand went crazy everywhere. “I think at the time, we were in a really good position because we were right in the heat but we had something new to bring to the world and we had our supply chain under control.”If you haven’t already worked it out, Stehmann is speaking about the start of the coronavirus pandemic and, while the times were seriously challenging for many businesses, the Netherlands-based luxury e-bike manufacturer seemed to ride over the challenges better than most.Two years on, the company has just revealed two “re-engineered from scratch” e-bikes – the straight frame S5 and cross frame X5 – and has another...

Dartmouth Names New Technology Center for Class of 1982

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Dartmouth Names New Technology Center for Class of 1982

Dartmouth has capped the largest construction project in its history by naming the new West End District’s epicenter of technology and entrepreneurship in honor of the Class of 1982, whose members’ generous giving made the interdisciplinary academic building possible. The Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center, as the new facility will be known, will have its formal dedication next Friday, May 13, in a public ceremony as part of the Dartmouth Innovation and Technology Festival.The Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center is fueling collaboration among Dartmouth schools and redefining how to deliver a technology education within the institution’s distinctive liberal arts experience. The 160,000-square-foot building and related investments in engineering and compu...

Indra announces plans for the world’s largest V2H technology trial

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Indra announces plans for the world’s largest V2H technology trial

Indra, a British smart energy technology business, has announced plans to conduct the world’s largest V2H trial later this year. Based in the UK, the R&D project will involve more than 500 participants and will further strengthen Indra’s position as a pioneer of domestic bi-directional electric vehicle (EV) charging. V2H technology allows energy stored in the battery of an electric vehicle to power domestic electricity supply. Credit: Indra Indra’s pilot data indicates that V2H technology can generate average savings of up to £200 per month on a household energy bill, with higher energy users able to save more, and the trial will collate real-world data for a minimum of 12 months. EV drivers can register their...

Effectively Treating Heart Failure: New Technology on the Horizon

4May

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Effectively Treating Heart Failure: New Technology on the Horizon

The current standard of care for heart failure (HF) is guideline-directed medical therapy combined with device-based interventions in eligible patients. However, many patients experience progressive deterioration in their HF status that warrants additional intervention. Consequently, each year, the lack of efficient treatment options for more than 75% of new heart failure patients leaves about 200,000 waiting for their disease to worsen while their health and quality of life deteriorate. While there have been many advances over the years, it is becoming increasingly clear that medical devices, including mechanical circulatory support (MCS), will enhance HF management and improve patient outcomes. The development of new device technologies associated with tailored medical management will l...

Four space station astronauts prep for overnight undocking, early Friday splashdown

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Four space station astronauts prep for overnight undocking, early Friday splashdown

Four long-duration space station astronauts packed up their Crew Dragon capsule Wednesday, bid their lab crewmates a formal farewell and set their sights on an overnight undocking and splashdown off the coast of Florida early Friday to close out a 176-day mission.Pending a final weather check, SpaceX Crew-3 commander Raja Chari, pilot Thomas Marshburn, submariner-turned-astronaut Kayla Barron and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer planned to strap into their ferry ship and undock from the outpost around 1:05 a.m. EDT Thursday.Because of the station's position in its orbit relative to the Gulf of Mexico landing zone, the astronauts will have to spend nearly a full day cooped up inside the SpaceX capsule before they'll be in the right place, at the right time, to drop ou...

Western Carolina University – WCU names Randy Collins dean of College of Engineering and Technology

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Western Carolina University – WCU names Randy Collins dean of College of Engineering and Technology

WCU Stories May 4, 2022 By Benny Smith The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees appointed Edward R. (Randy) Collins Jr. as dean of the College of Engineering and Technology as part of its special-called meeting May 3. Collins will start in his new position effective Aug. 1. “Dr. Collins is a distinguished engineer who has long experience combining student work in the classroom and collaboration with industry...

Hearing Technology Innovations : The Hearing Journal

4May

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Hearing Technology Innovations : The Hearing Journal

With ongoing innovation and technological advances, there is no shortage of new devices and resources at audiologists’ disposal. These tools have the potential to not only benefit patients, but also help the audiology community continue to grow and optimize the hearing care they provide. Below we discuss the features of just a few of the many new hearing technology innovations now available, all of which were named honorees in the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovation Awards.www.shutterstock.com. Hearing technology, hearing aids.OTICON MYMUSIC PROGRAM Typically, hearing aids have utilized the same sound processing for both speech and music. As a result, some of the nuances of music can be lost. Compared to speech, music has a larger dynamic and frequency range. There i...

Twitter confirms it’s considering adding an edit button

4May

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Twitter confirms it’s considering adding an edit button

Twitter confirmed on Tuesday that it is exploring adding an edit button. The company said it's been working on the idea since last year."We're kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn't, and what's possible," a tweet from the social media site's communications team said.According to a video from the account, the edit button would appear in the dropdown menu on an already-published tweet, alongside the delete and pin buttons. On April 1, which happens to be April Fools' Day, the official Twitter account tweeted "we are working on an edit button." The communications team's account retweeted it on Tuesday, adding "ps: we weren't joking."Jay Sullivan, the head of consumer product at Twitter, also twe...

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter in $43 billion takeover bid

4May

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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter in $43 billion takeover bid

Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter for $43 billion, saying the social media company "needs to be transformed as a private company."The billionaire and founder of electric car maker Tesla, who earlier this month disclosed he owns a 9.2% stake in Twitter, proposed in a regulatory filing on Thursday to buy all of the company's outstanding common stock for $54.20 per share. "I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy," he said in the filing. "However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form." In a statement, Twitter said it has r...