SINTEF wins design award
For the sixth time, product designers Ole Petter Næsgaard and Tore Christian B. Storholmen have received the Award for Design Excellence by the Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture.
Extreme cold weather clothing
If the Norwegian oil and gas industry is heading into the Arctic, it must be dressed for the occasion. This requires unique specialist technical expertise.
Removing CO2 from the atmosphere
You may as well learn the expression “carbon-negative technology”, or Bio-CCS, right away, because it has become a talking point in technological circles. Gemini explains why.
Skaters – mind the ice!
Recent winters almost free of snow have encouraged Norwegians to get their skates on and venture out onto the frozen lakes. But what happens to your body if you fall through the ice, and what should you do if an accident occurs?
Better fish welfare means better quality
More gentle methods of catching and gutting fish on trawlers will benefit the fish, the environment and the bottom line.
Risk-takers are smarter
Do you often take chances and yet still land on your feet? Then you probably have a well-developed brain.
Making the most of waste heat
Can heat pumps be used to upgrade waste heat to 200 degrees? “No problem – in theory”, say researchers.
Smart help for phone users
The elderly may find that using a smartphone is difficult and incomprehensible, while the disabled may encounter problems because phone operation requires delicate motor functions. But one inventor saw no reason for it to be this way – and has found a solution to the problem.
Going for a geothermal world record
In Italy, researchers and drilling technologists are on the verge of making a geological breakthrough. They’re drilling deep enough to find what they call ‘supercritical’ water. If they succeed it will be a major technological breakthrough.
COPD sufferers prescribed most sedatives
New research has revealed that Norwegian COPD sufferers are prescribed even more sedatives than psychiatric patients. The researchers behind the study believe that this is problematic because the drugs in question are addictive and inhibit lung function.
Intelligent clothing for extreme weather
Norwegian laboratories are developing technical clothing that can “sense” how your body is responding. This will make working under extreme weather conditions safer.
Ecological food to have longer ‘life’
Have you heard about the method that keeps salmon fresh for a whole month, without the use of chemicals?
A drop in the ocean provides the answer
Oil droplets are providing clues about environmental impacts following oil discharges What really happens to the oil that ends up in the sea during a discharge, and how can we minimise the damage?
Future solar cells will be building materials
Solar cells will soon become integrated into roofing and exterior facade materials. We will save on construction materials and manpower – and save money on our electricity bills too.
Redundant egg layers can become food
Three million egg-laying hens are destroyed each year. Researchers believe that this practice is inadequately sustainable and want to see the hens exploited for food, oils and proteins.
Saving on oil well costs using everyday nails
Ordinary nails can reinforce oil wells. There’s no quicker or cheaper way.
What makes a concrete wall attractive or ugly?
Smooth and shiny. And without big pores. So much for the ideal concrete wall.
Hip protector saves you when you slip
Are you well used to wearing studded shoes in winter? If so, you’re probably ready for yet another step towards tackling the eternally icy winter streets.
Facebook use reflected in student grades
A recently published study reveals that the more time students spend on Facebook, the worse their grades. But Facebook is not the problem.
Cheaper heating using environmentally-friendly wood-burning stoves
Firewood is a key energy resource. Norway has about two million wood-burning stoves, with a little over half in regular use. For this reason, it’s important that they are efficient and environmentally-friendly.
Fishing vessel transformed into a wave power plant
Is it possible for a redundant fishing vessel to be used as a power plant? Absolutely! The first vessel of its kind is now anchored offshore in the Stadthavet area west of Ålesund, Norway, with the aim of generating electricity from the natural forces of the sea.
Using rooftop rainwater to make drinking water
Climate change will lead to water scarcity in large parts of Africa. But there is hope – on African rooftops.
Running fuel cells on bacteria
Researchers in Trondheim have succeeded in getting bacteria to power a fuel cell. The “fuel” used is wastewater, and the products of the process are pure water droplets and electricity.
Artificial heart with Norwegian sensor
France is going to test an artificial heart on patients. The heart will contain a Norwegian pressure sensor.
Prevent winter damage to your home
Every winter, many buildings collapse under the weight of snow. Climate change may result in more rain and greater volumes of snow, and many buildings have not been designed to cope with these conditions.
Using robots to get more food from raw materials
Can an industrial robot succeed both at removing the breast fillet from a chicken, and at the same time get more out of the raw materials? This is one of the questions to which researchers working on the CYCLE project now have the answer.
Machine vision for catch quality assurance
Robots equipped with machine vision enable us to classify catches on board vessels with high levels of accuracy – saving fishing crews time and money.
Reducing the salt in our food
Researchers have been looking into how we can reduce the salt content in foods without compromising on taste.
Testing the “safety alarm 2.0”
If scientists get their way, we will soon be able to measure grandma’s acceleration. If she has a fall, that is.
Culture in your pocket? Yes, please!
People of all ages get excited hearing stories about their home town’s cultural heritage. And finding them on an app is just about as cool as it gets.
Stealth medicine
Using nanocapsules containing cancer drugs, researchers have succeeded in attacking tumours with surgical precision. One of the ways to manufacture such capsules is with minute droplets of super glue.
Capturing false hormones
They damage our ability to reproduce, and they pollute the natural environment. Yet chemicals known as hormone mimics can be found in consumer goods. Eventually they end up in our water. But we now have a way of capturing them.