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...Alamos National Laboratory is working with the University of California at San Diego to design and power small sensors to place on bridges - or on any piece of infrastructure for that matter - that would measure structural problems like strain, deflection, cracks, corrosion or the loosening of bolts, says Chuck Farrar, a civil engineer at the Los Alamos lab. Once the sensors identify a hazardous change in the structure's vitals, such as its dimensions or temperature, they would transmit the information to a computer, which would analyze the data to figure out what went wrong...
...idea is to partner with state departments of transportation or highway patrols to use the technology, Farrar says, because they could control the feedback, determining how often they want a reading of the sensors - once a minute, once a month, once a year. The sensors could eventually replace the jobs of inspectors altogether. Farrar argues that it would be more cost-effective in the long run because states could focus on sending a repair crew only when they already know there's a problem (and exactly where and what it is). "It would lead to much more continuous monitoring...
...find an inexpensive way of transmitting the sensors' data to computers. Sensors currently rely on batteries that often need to be replaced, and they require a fair amount of bulky hardware. "Right now, it wouldn't be a cost-effective way [to monitor changes] on structures like bridges," Farrar says. So his team is testing small, remote-controlled helicopters that would send a pulse to provide power to the sensor, take a reading and send it back to the helicopter's computer and then transmit the data to officials...
...finished 9-8-1 in the regular season, besting last year’s win-loss record, and reached the Eastern Championships for the third straight season.“I think overall we continued our success of the past two years,” Garcia said.With coach Erik Farrar at the helm in his third year at Harvard, the men posted respectable finishes in both the Northern and Eastern Championships, placing third and seventh, respectively. The men also notched a sixth-place finish in the ECAC Championships.“We got excellent leadership from Michael and Allessandro [Lazzarini...
...impressive rate. The only thing left to understand is that the rookie class is more than capable of bringing success to Blodget Pool in the near future. Yet, in a season that saw Harvard make it to the Eastern Championships for the third straight year under head coach Erik Farrar, the freshmen did not have to do it alone. Leading the way for the Crimson was junior two-meter and co-captain Lauren Snyder. Snyder scored 22 goals and tallied a team-leading 46 steals, but the numbers do not tell the whole story. Snyder, who was rarely rested, found...