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The students of the AGH University of Science and Technology, within the framework of the project “AGH Solar Boat”, are building a boat powered by solar panels, and they are also planning to take part in the prestigious...[more]

The scientists and students of the AGH UST Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering have built an autonomous vehicle, capable of recognising road signs and obstacles. The role of...[more]

Encoders “translate” information regarding the position of a construction into an electrical signal. They can be used, for example, in lifts, robotic manipulators or optical computer mice. Thanks to encoders, machines can be...[more]

In mid-October 2015, in the Lublin Voivodeship, the Department of Fossil Fuels at the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection began seismic works connected with experimental 3D seismic tests within the...[more]

Thanks to a geoinformation system developed at the AGH University of Science and Technology, the time of ambulance arrival in the Małopolska region will be shorter. It is the first application of this type in Poland....[more]

The title question is definitely not new and, depending on the context, it may have different answers. This article shows an engineering perspective on the problem. As we all know, engineers are very creative people (especially...[more]

A reason to write this article was the last hot summer, one of the hottest summers for a number of decades. If someone did not believe that global warming was a fact and thought it was just an ecologists’ way to threaten people,...[more]

Scientists and researchers from the AGH UST Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection have developed the first Polish geoinformation system, commissioned the Małopolska Voivodeship Office. The main developer of...[more]

“(…) followed by an escort of wheelchairs, manoeuvring skilfully. The sun is shining on nickel-plated spokes. Anyway, we are already producing nickel and we will be producing more of it.”Sławomir Mrożek “Żal” (story collection...[more]

On 30th September, 2015, Czernichów near Krakow hosted a presentation of the measurement capabilities of one of Europe’s most advanced experimental flood banks. The leader of the project is the AGH University of Science and...[more]