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Megastructures: a great-size solution for affordable housing. The case study of Rome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
During the 70’s and 80’s, affordable housing production in Europe faced the huge emergency caused by rising urbanization. In suburban areas of European main cities, megastructures appeared, drawing visible marks in urban fabric.
Diana, Lorenzo
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A Soft‐Tip Hydraulically Steerable Catheter for Enhanced Flexibility and Safety in Vascular Interventions

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study introduces a hydraulically steerable catheter with a soft tip in vascular procedures. The steering soft tip achieves a minimal diameter of 2.6 mm and supports a 180° bend. Real‐time shape and position tracking, facilitated by segmentation and endpoint detection techniques, improves navigation.
Jingyi Kang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the Internet-of-Things (IoT): A Systematic Mapping Study

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
Of recent, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become an influential paradigm for the development of better project delivery practices to improve construction and operational efficiencies.
Baydaa Hashim Mohammed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design of a Reconfigurable Microfluidic System Enabled by Magnetic Miniature Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Magnetic miniature robots are integrated into microfluidic chips to achieve real‐time reconfiguration. By external magnetic actuation, the robots perform sorting, mixing, flow regulation, and bubble removal on demand. This versatile platform eliminates the need for complex on‐chip hardware and enables adaptive control for biological and chemical ...
Yuanhe Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Code for sustainable homes: opportunities or threats for offsite manufacturing and mass-customization? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This study intends to, firstly, discuss current status of zero carbon homes in the UK, and secondly, to investigate the feasibility of using offsite construction methods to deliver mass customised zero carbon homes.
Hadjri, Karim, Hashemi, Arman
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AI Guided Protein Design for Next‐Generation Autogenic Engineered Living Materials

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Autogenic engineered living materials (ELMs) integrate biology and materials science to create self‐regenerating and self‐healing materials. This perspective highlights emerging strategies in protein engineering and AI‐guided de novo design to expand the capabilities of autogenic ELMs.
Hoda M. Hammad, Anna M. Duraj‐Thatte
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Artificial Ciliary Brush with Integrated Haptic Feedback for Efficient Airway Mucus Cleaning

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A fundamental mucus cleaning mechanism is reported, which utilizes both artificial cilia mechanical sweeping and suction‐based mucus cleaning. A novel haptic feedback interface for the artificial cilia provides touch feedback on tissue contact, enhancing operator control and safety.
Zhongming Lyu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety distance awareness system for Malaysian Driver [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
It is known that the risk of an accident increases exponentially with the speed of the vehicle and most collisions happen when the driver fails to brake at the required time and distance.
Pandak Jabo, Nurul Izzati
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