Sometimes advances happen when someone realizes that a common sense approach isn’t the optimal one. Take radio. Success in radio requires bigger antennas and more power, right? But cell phones exist ...

The automotive industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by the need for enhanced driving experience, fuel efficiency, and engine performance, and growing importance of ...

Evaluating the performance of 3D printers and component upgrades is a more difficult than it may seem at first glance, and subjective observations can lead to incorrect conclusions. To objectively ...

In today’s fire service, there are a multitude of nozzles available to firefighters that are capable of delivering various stream types and fire flows. Some have been around a long time, some are ...

The basic operating principle of a wet scrubber is to pass a gas flow through an atomised spray which then interacts with the gas flow and knocks out contaminants. Those contaminants can be liquid ...

Recent advances in flow sensing have resulted in more accurate, durable, and economical meters. Increasingly important is the ability to interface meters with a computer for instantaneous flow readout ...

When advancing the initial handline that will be used to make the attack on the fire, there are many considerations and decisions that must be made within seconds. Some of these considerations include ...

Municipalities across America face an ongoing challenge when maintaining large diameter sewer pipes. As time passes, mud, sludge, sand, and gravel can accumulate along the bottom of the pipe, ...