Tag Archives: Mechanical Engineering
A Historic Moment in Space
A historic moment: a lens was fabricated in space for the first time earlier this week, using innovative technology developed at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. The fluidic shaping method, developed by Prof. Moran Bercovici's research team, in collaboration with NASA, could revolutionize space optics by overcoming the current limitations due to the… Read More
Encouraging Excellence in Science
Four young researchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology recently won European Commission for Research (ERC) Consolidator Grants. This is a record number of winners in one year for the Technion in this track. The prestigious Consolidator Grants encourage excellence in science under the Horizon European Research and Development Framework Program, and are… Read More
World Braille Day
Today, January 4th, is World Braille Day, marking Louis Braille's birthday. Although the Braille tactile writing system was invented about 200 years ago, there have been many technological challenges in adapting it to the computerized age. A recent breakthrough published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) heralds a new generation of… Read More
Materials from the Future
Who hasn’t sometimes wished for an invisibility cloak? When looking at an object covered by an invisibility cloak, one would see the things behind it, as if light were passing through it, rather than hitting it and bouncing back to the viewer’s eye. The object would thus be rendered invisible. Acoustic cloaking is similar, except… Read More
Clear Vision for Optics
Researchers have developed a way to create freeform optical components by shaping a volume of curable liquid polymer. The new method is poised to enable faster prototyping of customized optical components for a variety of applications including corrective lenses, augmented and virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, medical imaging and astronomy. Common devices such as eyeglasses or… Read More
Safer, More Affordable Desalinated Water
Approximately 80% of drinking water in Israel is desalinated water, coming from the Mediterranean Sea. Now, scientists from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, the Wageningen University, and Wetsus (European center of excellence for sustainable water) in the Netherlands have developed a way to improve the quality of desalinated water, while reducing the costs… Read More
Revving Up
This year’s Technion team is the largest ever. This month, three universities will participate in the inaugural Israeli Formula SAE Race: The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The Technion Formula Student Team has been led by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering since 2013. Academic guidance… Read More
New Synergy: Bucharest & Technion
The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology last week signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Romania’s Politehnica University of Bucharest, establishing collaboration between the two academic institutions. The MOU will support educational and scientific cooperation, as well as promote student exchange. Prof. Alon Wolf, Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development, who signed the… Read More
Israeli to Take Technion Experiments to Space
Three Technion projects will be tested onboard the International Space Station, as part of the Ramon Foundation and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology’s “Rakia Mission.” The projects selected for the mission were announced today at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. Speaking in the name of all winning projects, Prof. Moran Bercovici… Read More
Is it Safe to Eat?
Early warning systems for food contamination are taking a leap into a safer and healthier future with lab-on-a-chip monitoring technologies for the food industry being developed by Technion researchers within an EIT-Food Consortium. Food safety is crucial for food-producing companies from farm to fork, and fundamental to public health. Every year, over 23 million people… Read More