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Reducing wind turbine operating costs through a statistical approach

27.06.2017 tribonet 1,117 Views

Summary Taking a statistical approach to the condition monitoring of wind turbines is helping wind energy operators control their operation and maintenance costs. SKF is using its wealth of knowledge and considerable database about thousands […]

Triboelectricity to collect wave power

01.06.2017 1,651 Views

Nature provides three sources of energy for free: sunlight, air and gravity. Solar and wind power are increasingly exploited, gravity less so. Hydraulic power plants harvest energy from flowing rivers. Tidal energy can be gathered [...]
In Situ Generation of Graphene

25.07.2016 378 Views

Graphene has unique properties and is being extensively used in various applications. It got a deserved attention in the field of tribology as well and was reported to lead to the states of superlubricity (see [...]
Feeling of a touch for robots through artificial intelligence and contact area patterns

06.06.2017 1,634 Views

Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object to provide a remarkably detailed [...]
Power generating floor from waste - thanks to triboelecric effect

12.09.2017 785 Views

Visitors to UW–Madison’s Union South walk across a section of floor designed and installed by College of Engineering researchers to capture the energy of footsteps and turn it into usable electricity. Photo: Adrienne Nienow As [...]
Evolving friction of graphene

28.11.2016 681 Views

Two-dimensional materials are defined as substances with the thickness less than few nanometers. While there may exist around 500 of various 2D materials, the first discovered 2D material is graphene. Graphene is flexible, transparent, possesses [...]