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Inspired by Star Wars, BYU Researcher Floats 3D Images in Thin Air

A BYU professor and his team have found a way to take the 3D displays of science fiction and make them a reality.

SAE Government/Industry 2018: AT&T Reaffirms Mobile 5G Trials, DSRC ‘Still Alive’

In Washington, DC, at the 2018 SAE Government/Industry meeting this week, cellular-communications giant AT&T affirmed in a session on...

Star Wars-Inspired 3D Graphic Displays Float in Space

Brigham Young University engineers have developed a technique for creating a full-color 3D graphic display that can float in free space - and is visible from any angle. "This display is like...

Sound-Off: Do You Data Log?

In an increasingly mobile world, manufacturers want to keep an eye on their facilities and equipment – no matter how far away they are from their test fixture.

Smart Contact Lenses to Monitor the Glucose in Tears

Early attempts at 'smart' contact lenses used rigid and opaque embedded electronics. Researchers led by Jihun Park, a materials scientist at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and...

China Flies with ADS-B In

With air traffic in China steadily growing, efforts to update air-traffic-management systems are vital to maintaining air safety. The path to modernized, networked, NextGen air-traffic communications, aviation...

Sandia Computer Modeling Aids Solder Reliability in Nuclear Weapons

Solder isn’t the first thing that comes to mind as essential to a nuclear weapon. But since weapons contain hundreds of thousands of solder joints, each potentially a...

New Research Finds Cause of Alloy Weakness

Sometimes calculations don’t match reality. That’s the problem that has faced materials scientists for years when trying to determine the strength of alloys. There has been a disconnect between...

New Boeing Method Accelerates Turbulence Modeling Uncertainty Analysis

Boeing has long used computational tools as part of its aircraft design process, but now engineers at the world’s largest aerospace company are increasingly shifting...

'MilliDelta' Robot for Microsurgery, Microassembly and Micromanipulation

Because of their high precision and speed, Delta robots are used in many industrial processes like pick-and-place assemblies, machining, and food packaging. Delta robots...

Hand-Exoskeleton Moves With Enhanced Brainwave Control

EPFL scientists are developing a lightweight and portable hand exoskeleton that can be controlled with brainwaves. The device enhances performance of brain-machine interfaces and can...

Nissan's ProPILOT Assist Is More Than Lane-Keeping

An SAE Level 2 partial automation system helps a driver keep a Nissan car centered between lane markers at highway speeds and during stop and go traffic jams.

Osram and Vergence Automation Develop New Lidar and 4D Camera for Autonomous Vehicles

The pace of autonomous vehicle development is driving new opportunities for established auto suppliers to expand their technology portfolios. Recently...

Lights Communicate Hella's Autonomous Vehicle Messages

Imagine autonomously driven vehicles communicating with the human drivers of other vehicles by non-verbal, easy-to-understand messages. It’s a scenario that has lighting supplier...

Potential Brain-Machine Interface for Hand Paralysis

A brain-machine interface that combines brain stimulation with a robotic device controlling hand movement increases the output of pathways connecting the brain and spinal cord, according...

Biodegradable Sensor Monitors Pressure in the Body

A biodegradable pressure sensor could help doctors monitor chronic lung disease, swelling of the brain, and other medical conditions before dissolving harmlessly in a patient’s body.

Robot Helps Treat Rare Birth Defect

Researchers have created a revolutionary prototype robotic implant that encourages tissue growth in babies.

Researchers Develop First Synthetic Regenerative Cardiovascular Graft

Researchers have developed a game-changing technology to advance cardiovascular regenerative medicine with the development of a synthetic, small-bore, vessel that...

Nanoscale Robo-Arm Precisely Controlled by Electric Fields

DNA origami has been used to build many things on the nanoscale, but making a 3D shape is not the same as making a machine. Now, scientists in Germany have shown they can control a...

Aurora Proves Unmanned UH-1H Capabilities for Marines, Continues Orion UAS Work for USAF

In December, Aurora Flight Sciences conducted a successful demonstration of the company's autonomous helicopter system at the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)...

2018 Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4Matic+

It isn’t every car maker that introduces its new car with a session on a tight and slippery test track. But when it’s a 1955-kg (4090-lb) sedan with 450 kW (603 hp) and 850 N·m (627 lb·ft) of torque...

Design Considerations: How to Keep Wearers Wearing Wearables

In a Tech Briefs Q&A, professor and biosensor creator Albert Titus reviews the state of wearable sensor design.

FL Technics Completes Major Upgrade Project for Airbus A321s

FL Technics, which specializes in specializes traditional MRO areas such as line maintenance, component support, and engine management, has recently completed major modifications...

What We’re Driving: 2018 Toyota C-HR

Owing to its sharky-oddball styling, you’ll be in your share of gas-station conversions with the C-HR. Apparently originally meant to be a member of Toyota’s Scion youth brand, the C-HR striking to...

2018 Kia Stinger

The 2018 Kia Stinger is one of the year’s biggest new-vehicle surprises for me. It showed its mettle by earning a finalist spot in the 2018 North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year voting, of which I took part,...

Is 'Artificial Graphene' the New Wonder Material?

For the first time ever, Columbia University engineers created “artificial graphene” in a semiconductor device.

Oxygen-Sniffing Nanoparticles Could Help Treat Tumors

University of Michigan engineers have developed a nanoparticle that emits light in oxygen-deficient environments. By doing so, they hope that doctors are able to use these nanoparticles in...

Spools of Super-Strong Carbon Nanotube Fibers - In an Hour

Researchers are now able to quickly produce fibers from microscopic carbon nanotubes. The method developed by the Rice University lab of chemist Matteo Pasquali allows researchers to...