Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient wind sensor for use on drones, balloons and other autonomous aircraft. Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient ...

With aspirations to claim 80 percent of its power from renewable sources by the 2050, it follows that Germany is taking a proactive approach to its clean energy transformation. Wind farms, while set ...

Wind turbines are getting bigger and bigger and so do their slender, flexible blades. As these blades need to last ever longer, there is an increased need to monitor their load and fatigue build-up, ...

Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV) and Wind River, an Aptiv company and global leader in software for the intelligent edge, is ...

I just survived my fifth winter in Alaska, and one of the most fascinating things about living here is the weather. A few years ago, I bought myself a fancy home weather station with a rain gauge, ...

With more focus on renewable energy, wind power—including the turbines and the technology behind them—continues to receive more attention. Vibration is a critical factor in their performance, and MEMS ...

The increasing demand for energy as well as the rapid rise of greenhouse gas emissions due to the use of fossil fuels have made us invent new ways to generate renewable energy. The production of ...

Curiosity has two finger-like probes that hold sensors to measure wind speed and direction Nasa has reported its first setback in the Curiosity rover mission to Mars. A sensor on the robot's weather ...