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13 reasons graphene is a 'wonder material' [Add to Safe Senders List]( | If you can't view this email, please [click here]( 31 January 2019 [Share with a friend]( [IEEE SPECS & TECHS - Your Industrial Market Resource for Product, News, Technology & Applications] [IEEE SPECS & TECHS - Your Industrial Market Resource for Product, News, Technology & Applications] TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS [] [Using Computational Analysis for NIAR's Tailless Drone Project]( [Using computational analysis for NIAR's Tailless Drone project]( Mentor, a Siemens Business In [this video]( research engineer Harsh Shah, from the National Institution for Aviation Research (NIAR), discusses their Tailless Drone project and how the use of computational fluid and conjugate heat transfer analysis allowed them to perform many design iterations quickly and meet strict project deadlines. 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[Whether it’s our boots]( [our hardware]( or a [custom creation]( one of our products will solve your problem. [Ask the experts at APM Hexseal](. [Learn more]( R&D REPORT [13 reasons graphene is a 'wonder material']( [13 reasons graphene is a 'wonder material']( Ultra-lightweight, highly elastic, extremely flexible, and so thin as to be nearly transparent, yet 200 times stronger than steel and the most impermeable material ever discovered. Here's a [list of 13 areas]( where graphene is being put to wondrous use. For more on this subject, subscribe to the Engineering360 e-Newsletter [Materials Solutions](. [View now]( [Scientists develop robot capable of assembling IKEA furniture]( [Scientists develop robot capable of assembling IKEA furniture]( A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have created an autonomous robot that can [assemble furniture with relative ease](. In just under nine minutes, the robot assembled a wooden chair from IKEA. 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[] [Vaneaxial Adjustable Pitch Half Solidity Fans]( [View now]( TECHNOLOGY TRENDS [Chilean firm invents shopping bag that dissolves in 5 minutes, not 500 years ]( [Chilean firm invents shopping bag that dissolves in 5 minutes, not 500 years]( Plastic products remain in the environment between 150 to 500 years once released, continuously polluting seas and rivers across the world. A Chilean firm just announced the creation of a [non-plastic biodegradable bag]( that dissolves in water in just five minutes. More from [Environmental Technology](... [View now]( [New underwater drone prowling coastal waters]( [New underwater drone prowling coastal waters]( A new underwater drone for a variety of [environmental survey and military applications in coastal waters]( is now available. The Bluefin-9 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle is equipped with a variety of sensors to carry out survey, mapping, and detection missions autonomously. More from [Robotic Systems](... [Learn more]( CHALLENGE OF THE MONTH [The ol' bulb drop]( You're given 20 destructible light bulbs and a building with 100 floors. How do you determine the highest floor from which a light bulb may be dropped without breaking, using as few drops as possible? Extra credit: How do you solve this puzzle having only been given two bulbs? [Answer/Discuss]( TECH ARTICLE [] [Principles of laser scanning microscopes]( “One of the factors that contributes to the recent considerable reduction in size and high integration of electronics and other devices is miniaturization of the electronic components that make them up. In addition, new fine functional materials have been developed and widely used in industrial fields...” [Read this article in its entirety](. This article is provided by [Olympus America, Inc](. [Learn more]( Issue 6A | Vol 19 [Electronics360]( [Datasheets360]( [CR4]( © 2019 IEEE GlobalSpec. All rights reserved, 201 Fuller Road, Suite 202 Albany, NY, 12203 - 800.261.2052. 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