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EPA DEF Investigation: Automakers May Need To ‘Fix’ Diesel Engines Already On U.S. Roads

EPA demands DEF failure data from diesel makers. Investigation could force recalls and software fixes for engines already on U.S. roads. 30-day deadline set.
CNET

A Cheap Soil Sensor Saved My Fragile Houseplants. Here's How

Could a cheap soil sensor help me rescue the orchid on my kitchen table that's been struggling for weeks? Common capacitive soil moisture sensors rely on the electrical properties of the materials ...

Your car's tire pressure sensor can fail. What to do if it does.

Your car's tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) can fail, but you can still drive. Learn why sensors break and what to do when they stop working.
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Is your smart thermostat inaccurate? Here's how to fix it

Make your system smarter, or brute force it.
IEEE

Piecewise Linearization and Neighborhood-Structure-Based Heuristic for the Sensor-Weapon-Target Assignment Problem

Abstract: Sensor-weapon-target assignment (S-WTA) problem is a widely known combinatorial optimization problem extended from weapon-target assignment (WTA) problem. There has been few research on how ...

EPA targets truck engine makers on DEF system failures

The Trump administration is demanding warranty and failure data from top manufacturers in an effort to end truck engine ...
IEEE

Solving Sensor Placement Problems In Real Water Distribution Networks Using Adiabatic Quantum Computation

Abstract: Quantum annealing has emerged in the last few years as a promising quantum computing approach to solving large-scale combinatorial optimization problems. We formulate the problem of ...