Jan 28, 2013

Watch This Stretchable Wire Heal Itself

Watch This Stretchable Wire Heal Itself, Popular Science, Jan. 25, 2013. One of the biggest problem with wires? They break. Self-healing wires from NC State University have a liquid-metal core and polymer sheath and can reconnect at the molecular level after being severed. 

Jan 28, 2013

Practically Human: Can Smart Machines Do Your Job?

Practically Human: Can Smart Machines Do Your Job?, CIO Today, Jan. 25, 2013. The advance of technology is producing wondrous products and services that once were unthinkable. North Carolina State University introduced a high-tech library where robots — “bookBots” — retrieve books when students request them. Hunt Library featured. 

Jan 28, 2013

Light Friday: The Making of a Dodge Viper, Self-Healing Electric Wires…

Light Friday: The Making of a Dodge Viper, Self-Healing Electric Wires…, Managing Automation, Jan. 25, 2013. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed wires made of a liquid-metal core and polymer sheath that can be reconnected at the molecular level when damaged, allowing them to be used to create complex 3-D structures and reducing the need for wiring… 

Jan 28, 2013

Slideshow: Hundreds turn out for Innovate Raleigh

Slideshow: Hundreds turn out for Innovate Raleigh, Triangle Business Journal, Jan. 25, 2013. Slide 4: Photo Dennis Kekas, executive director of the Networking Technology Institute at North Carolina State University, poses with new hire Rodney Carson, director of strategic partnerships for Centennial Campus at NC State. 

Jan 28, 2013

Hoping to connect an inspiring North Carolina

Hoping to connect an inspiring North Carolina, News & Observer , Jan. 25, 2013. Students who get associate engineering degrees at Nash Community College are automatically accepted into the College of Engineering at N.C. State University. 

Jan 28, 2013

Town focuses on upgrading sewer system

Town focuses on upgrading sewer system, Mooresville Weekly, Jan. 25, 2013. You probably don’t think much about the sewer lines snaking their way from your home and around the streets of Mooresville. And that’s the point. When everything goes well, the city sewer system is designed to keep the unpleasant flowing out of sight. Joel Ducoste, civil construction… 

Jan 28, 2013

Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport boasts large economic impact

Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport boasts large economic impact, The Herald (Rock Hill, SC), Jan. 25, 2013. Michael Zimmer,  president of Cyril Bath Co., had a choice to make last fall to either expand his aerospace operations at the company’s Monroe site or move that work to Charleston, S.C.  He decided to stay put, retaining the company’s 45… 

Jan 25, 2013

THE FUTURE IS HERE: These Wires Repair Themselves

THE FUTURE IS HERE: These Wires Repair Themselves, Business Insider, Jan. 24, 2013. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed elastic, self-healing wires that could be used in technologies that are exposed to high-stress environments. Dr. Michael Dickey, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Jan 25, 2013

Practically human: Can smart machines do your job?

Practically human: Can smart machines do your job?, U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 24, 2012. North Carolina State University this month introduced a high-tech library where robots — “bookBots” — retrieve books when students request them, instead of humans. Hunt Library featured. 

Jan 25, 2013

THE FUTURE IS HERE: These Wires Repair Themselves

THE FUTURE IS HERE: These Wires Repair Themselves, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 24, 2013. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed elastic, self-healing wires that could be used in technologies that are exposed to high-stress environments. Michael Dickey, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Jan 25, 2013

Options for feeding harvested forage

Options for feeding harvested forage, Progressive Cattleman, Jan. 23, 2013. The 2011 drought and continued lack of rain during 2012 in many regions of the country have caused cow-calf producers to scramble for sources of harvested forage. Michelle Shooter, cooperative extension, featured. 

Jan 25, 2013

Parenting News: Third of Parents are Doubtful of Math Skills and Avoid Helping Kids with Homework

Parenting News: Third of Parents are Doubtful of Math Skills and Avoid Helping Kids with Homework, FemaleFirst.co.uk, Jan. 24, 2013. Last year a study of 10,000 children by researchers from North Carolina State University, Brigham Young University and the University of California, found that parental involvement was a more significant factor in a child’s academic performance than… 

Jan 25, 2013

IDEA Fund Partners invests again in ‘cloud’ security firm launched by NCSU grads

IDEA Fund Partners invests again in ‘cloud’ security firm launched by NCSU grads, WRAL Tech Wire, Jan. 25, 2013. IDEA Fund Partners has invested a second time in a year in Virginia-based Distil, which touts itself as the “first cloud-based, intelligent gatekeeper for website content protection.” Distil was founded by NC State University graduates Rami Essaid, the chief executive officer,… 

Jan 24, 2013

THE FUTURE IS HERE: These Wires Repair Themselves

THE FUTURE IS HERE: These Wires Repair Themselves, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 24, 2014. NC State researchers have developed elastic, self-healing wires that could be used in technologies that are exposed to high-stress environments. Michael Dickey, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Jan 24, 2013

Can smart machines do your job?

Can smart machines do your job?, Long Island Business News, Jan. 24, 2013. NC State University introduced a high-tech library where robots, “bookBots,”retrieve books when students request them, instead of humans. The library’s 1.5 million books are no longer displayed on shelves; they’re kept in 18,000 metal bins that require one-ninth the space. Hunt Library featured.