Twelve exciting engineering milestones worth looking forward to in 2022

Psyche's deep space laser
In August 2022, NASA launched the Psyche task to send a deep -space track to a strange metal asteroid running between Mars and Jupiter. Although the main purpose of the detector is to study the origin of Psyche, it will also carry an experiment to provide a reference for future deep -space communication. Deep Space Light Communication (DSOC) experiment to test whether the laser can transmit the signal outside the moon's orbit. Optical signals, such as signals in submarine optical cables, can carry more data than radio signals, but their use in space is hindered because it is difficult to accurately aim in the beam in long distances. DSOC will use a 4 -watt infrared laser with a wavelength of 1550 nanometers (the same wavelength used as many optical fiber). During the process of flying out of Psyche to the asteroid, optical signals are sent at multiple distances.
The electric aircraft competition
For the past century, the National Aviation Association (NAA) headquarters in the United States will host a multinational aircraft competition for the first time. However, unlike the national aviation competition in the 1920s, the Pulitzer Electric Aircraft competition scheduled to be held on May 19 will only include electricity to the aircraft. Both fixed -wing aircraft and helicopters are qualified to participate. The competition will be limited to 25 contestants, and each aircraft must have an airborne pilot. The competition will begin at Omaha, and four days later at the end of the Marto in North Carolina, where the Late brothers fly near the first place. The National Aviation Administration stated that the goal of multinational multi -day competitions is to force participants to face the logistics problems that still plague electric aircraft, such as voyage, battery charging, reliability and speed.
The Wi-Fi of Gigabitz has become the mainstream
The new spectrum of 1200 mezzzzzzhz in the 6 Gigzhz band, and increased in addition to the more familiar 2.4 Gigglehz and 5 Gigga Hzzz The third frequency band. This new frequency band is called Wi-Fi 6E because it expands the Wi-Fi capacity to the 6-GHz frequency band. Generally speaking, a higher radio frequency has high data capacity, but the range is short. Due to the high frequency, the 6-GHZ Wi-Fi is expected to be applied in a busy environment such as office and public hotspots. The Wi-Fi Alliance launched a Wi-Fi 6E certification plan in January 2021. The first batch of 6E routers appeared at the end of the year. In 2022, it is expected to see a large number of smartphones supporting Wi-Fi 6E.
In nano -chip came out
TSMC (TSMC) is planned to start producing 3 -nanometer semiconductor chips in the second half of 2022. At present, 5 -nanometer chips are standards. TSMC will use a long -tested semiconductor structure called FINFET ("Fine Farm Effect Crystal Pipe" for abbreviations to create its 3 -nanometer chip. At the same time, Samsung and Intel are turning to a different 3 -nanometer technology, called nano tablets. (TSMC's final plan to abandon FinFET.) TSMC was the only 3 -nanometer chip customer in 2022 was Apple, which was used for the latter's iPhone 14, but the supply chain problem made TSMC not be sure to produce enough chips: These chips promise to promise It has more design flexibility and can even meet this order.
Irlas to join the Yuan universe
The other technology companies have followed up after Facebook announced that they want to turn the Yuan universe into reality. The basic concept of the Yuan universe is to integrate virtual reality and augmented reality with reality, but their definitions are different. The South Korean capital Seoul also joined the ranks of the Yuan universe, which plans to develop a "Yuan universe platform" by the end of 2022. In order to establish this first public dollar universe, Seoul will invest 3.9 billion won (3.3 million US dollars). The platform will provide public services and cultural activities. First of all, the Metaverse 120 center, this is a virtual reality portal for citizens to solve the problem of previous needs to go to the city hall. Other planned projects include the virtual exhibition hall of school courses and the digital display of De Shou Palace. The city is expected to be completed in 2026.
IBM's bald eagles took off.
In 2022, IBM will launch a new quantum processor for the first time: it is the biggest to date, as a stepping stone to achieve 1,000 quantum bit processor by the end of 2023. This year's update iteration version will include 433 quantum bits, which is three times that of the company's 127 quantum bites launched last year. Following the theme of birds, 433 and 1000 quantum bit processors will be named Bald Eagles. There are already quantum computers with more quantum bits; for example, D-WAVE Systems announced the launch of a 5,000 quantum bit computer in 2020. However, D-WAVE computers are specialized machines used to optimize problems. IBM's bald eagle aims to be the largest general quantum processor.
The new dark matter detector
The positive search experiment (FASER) of the European Nuclear Research Center is expected to start in July 2022. The exact date depends on when a large strong sub-collision machine reappears after three years of upgrades and maintenance. FASER will start looking for dark matter and other particles with extremely weak interaction with "normal" material. The European Nuclear Research Center is a basic physics research center near Geneva. It has four major detectors on its large -scale strong collision, but they are not suitable for detecting dark matter. FASER does not try to directly detect these particles; on the contrary, it will search for the standard model particles that are stronger when interacting with dark matter with other things. The new detector was built when the collision was closed from 2018 to 2021. FASER is located at the "downstream" of the ATLAS detector 480 meters. It will also search for a large number of neutrinos generated by the particles in the LHC ring. So far, other detectors of the European Nuclear Research Center have failed to detect such neutrinos.
The "Ping Pong" game is 50 years old
Adaly's first game "Ping Pong" in 1972 changed the process of video games. Although not the first video game, not even the first game that appeared in upright arcade cabinets, "Ping Pong" is the first game to succeed in business. This game was developed by engineer Allan Alcorn. It was originally assigned to him as a test project before he was hired and before he started actual project work. However, the executives of Atlli saw the potential from the simple gameplay of Ping Pong and decided to develop it into a real product. Unlike countless video games later, the initial "Ping Pong" did not use any code or microprocessor. Instead, it is built by a TV and transistor-crystal tube logic.
The booming of green hydrogen
The Portuguese Energy Corporation (EDP) located in Lisbon is preparing to start operating a 3 million kilowatt green hydrogen plant in Brazil by the end of this year. Green hydrogen is a hydrogen produced in a sustainable manner. The electrolytic use of solar or wind power to split water to hydrogen and oxygen. According to the International Energy Agency, only 0.1%of hydrogen is produced in this way. The factory will replace the existing coal -fired factories and use solar photovoltaic power generation to generate hydrogen: it can be used for fuel cells. The pilot project of about $ 7.9 million in Portuguese Energy Corporation (EDP) is only the corner of the iceberg of green hydrogen. Enegix Energy has announced a plan to build a $ 5.4 billion green hydrogen factory at the Portuguese Energy Corporation (EDP) factory. According to a report by Research Dive in November 2021, it is estimated that by 2028, the green hydrogen market will generate nearly $ 10 billion in revenue.
The permanent space station in China
China plans to complete its Tiangong ("Tiangong") space station in 2022. The space station is the first long -term space habitat in China. Before, there were Tiangong -1 and Tiangong No. 2 Space Station, which operated on the track from 2011 to 2018 and 2019 to 2019. The core cabin of the new station, Tianhe, was launched in April 2021. By the end of 2022, there will be 10 tasks, which will be delivered to other components and modules, and construction will be completed on the track. In addition to the core module in the final space station, there will be two laboratory modules. Tiangong will run at the same height as the International Space Station, but the quality is only one -fifth of the International Space Station.
The cool energy storage method
The low -temperature energy storage company HighView Power will begin operations at the Klinton factory near Manchester, UK this year. Low-temperature storage energy is a way to store power through cooling air until liquefaction (about -196). The most important thing is that the air is cooled when the power is cheaper, such as at night, and then stored to the peak of the power demand. The liquid air is then allowed to re -boil into a gas to drive the turbine to generate electricity. The Kailinton Power Plant of 50 MW/250 MWh will be the first commercial power plant to use its low -temperature storage technology (called) to use its low -temperature storage technology (called). HighView Power said it plans to establish a similar factory in Vermont, but it has not specifically explained the timetable.
Car carbon neutral
The startup NORI headquarters in Seattle will provide a cryptocurrency for carbon removal. NORI will cast 500 million tokens based on Ethereum (called NORI). Individuals and companies can buy and trade NORI, and eventually exchange the same amount of carbon credit limit with any NORI they have. Each carbon credit limit represents carbon dioxide that has been removed from the atmosphere and stored in the underground. When exchanged in this way, NORI will retire, so that the owner cannot try to "repeat the calculation" carbon credit limit, so it seems that the carbon they offset is more than they actually have. This startup has acknowledged that Ethereum and other blockchain -based technologies consume a lot of energy, so it can be imagined that the carbon it seal may come from the mining of cryptocurrencies. However, in 2022, Ethereum will also turn to a more energy -saving method to verify its blockchain, called a equity certificate, and NORI will use this method when launching.
In 2022, what else do you expect from the new outlook? With dreams, we will start again and move forward.