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Two graduates from technical faculties of the AGH University of Science and Technology, Paweł Kozłowski and Michał Łabęcki, have won internships in prestigious Polish companies from the space technologies sector. The competition...[more]

Professor Andrzej Kułak of the Department of Electronics heads a design and research team which has developed the WERA system, a new intercontinental radiolocation system, working within the ELF range and serving to...[more]

On 21-22 May, 2016, the MOTO SHOW fair in Krakow will host the premiere of an electric car with a hydrogen power bank. HYDROCAR PREMIER is a project conducted jointly by Riot Technologies – a spin-off company of the AGH...[more]

An innovative device for the recovery of energy from compressed air and its conversion into electrical energy has already been patented, has passed industrial tests – and what is even more important – it has already been enjoying...[more]

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]