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Temperature-Sensitive SMD Fuse

Schurter’s (Santa Rosa, CA) USN 1206 chip fuse offers temperature sensitivity suitable for both overcurrent protection and protection against excessive ambient temperatures. According to Schurter, the USN 1206...

Continental Unveils New 3D Display Cluster

Continental is developing its innovative 3D instrument display cluster with the aim of bringing it to production within the next 24-36 months. The display, previewed by Automotive Engineering at a...

Time for Standard Naming of Safety Features

Smart cruise control. Intelligent cruise control. Adaptive cruise control. Radar speed control. As The Bard wrote so long ago, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Sadly that tale...

The Future on Stage at Frankfurt

Sourcing decisions are being based on demand for electrification and capability to attain SAE Levels 4 and 5 autonomy.

Federal-Mogul Reveals Cool Solutions for Downsized Engines

At the 2017 IAA motor show in Frankfurt, Federal-Mogul Powertrain plans to reveal advances aimed at cooling the valves of downsized boosted engines via significant heat transfer....

Sound-Off: Which Vehicle Power-Plant Choices Will Win in 2020?

Today's vehicles feature traditional internal combustion engines, hybrid, plugin, and electric drivetrains. A reader asks: "Which power-plant choice will take the lead in 2020?"

New Products

Fiber Optic Cables OFS (Norcross, GA) has expanded its AccuRibbon® DC Fiber Optic Cable product family to include fiber counts up to 864. Currently, AccuRibbon DC cables are offered in fiber counts up to 432. Super-absorbent...

Thin Photodetector Increases Performance Without Adding Bulk

In today’s increasingly powerful electronics, tiny materials are a must as manufacturers seek to increase performance without adding bulk. Smaller also is better for...

Single-Photon Emitter Holds Promise for Quantum Info-Processing

Los Alamos National Laboratory has produced the first known material capable of single-photon emission at room temperature and at telecommunications wavelengths. These carbon...

Laser Pulses Produce Sharp Images of Organs in Motion

Researchers have developed a photoacoustic imaging technique that uses lasers to create detailed ultrasound images in live animals. The method allows for complete internal body scans...

WABCO, Nexteer Collaborate to Develop Active Steering Systems for CVs

WABCO Holdings Inc. signed a long-term cooperation agreement in late August with Nexteer Automotive to collaborate on the development and supply of active steering...

Driverless Cars and Freeway Traffic Flow

The integration of driverless cars onto multilane freeways brings challenges for vehicle and infrastructure planners, not the least of which is ever increasing congestion. The threshold for serious...

Venturi Effect Powers Dayco's New Brake-Assist System

A unique twist on a basics physics principle provides a fuel efficiency boost to more than 188,000 full-size pickup trucks fitted with the innovative brake-assist technology, known as...

'ATHENA' Laser Cannon Shoots Drones Out of the Sky

In tests conducted with the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command in August, Lockheed Martin's Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA) prototype laser weapon system brought down five...

Introducing the 2017 OEM Photonics & Imaging Directory

Looking for new cameras, lasers, or optics? Our 2017 OEM Photonics & Imaging Directory, featured in the September issue of Tech Briefs, reviews essential vendors.

Navistar’s SuperTruck II Explores Composites, WiFi to Cut Weight

Lightweighting was one strategy pursued by SuperTruck teams during the first phase of the U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored initiative to improve heavy-truck freight...

Deep Learning How to Drive

Learning to drive as a teen is a rite of passage, my own experiences indelibly marked in my brain. But the “brain” learning to drive in the future won’t be blowing out sixteen candles, if Nvidia has its way....

Breakthrough Ink 'Recipe' for Printing Next-Generation Laser Devices

An international research team led by the University of Cambridge has developed Black phosphorus (BP) ink (a material similar to graphene) that is compatible with conventional...

A Piezoelectric Highway? Engineers Take Another Test Drive

Researchers from Lancaster University are looking to pave the next generation of smart road surfaces — with piezoelectric ceramics. When embedded in road surfaces, the tiles convert...

Modular Bots Share 'Nervous System' to Autonomously Merge and Split

An international team of researchers from universities in Lisbon, Brussels, and Switzerland have created a 'nervous system for robots' that allows a group of modular robots to...

Paper-Based TB Test Could Boost Diagnoses in Developing Countries

Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) early can allow patients to receive the medicine they need and also help prevent the disease from spreading. But in resource-limited areas,...

Miniature Microchip Technology Could Be Used to Track Smart Pills

A prototype miniature medical device could ultimately be used in “smart pills” to diagnose and treat diseases. A key to the new technology — and what makes it unique...

Better, Cheaper Bio-Ink Could Be Used to Create Artificial Organs

A new bio-ink may support a more efficient and inexpensive fabrication of human tissues and organs. Using techniques like 3D printing, scientists are creating bio-material...

Artificial ‘Skin’ Gives Robotic Hand a Sense of Touch

A team of researchers has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference between hot and...

Skin Patch Dissolves ‘Love Handles’

Researchers have devised a medicated skin patch that could be used to burn off pockets of unwanted fat such as “love handles” and treat metabolic disorders, such as obesity and diabetes. The patch...

3D-Printed, Soft Robotic 'Muscle' is Three Times Stronger than Natural Muscle

This self-contained soft actuator created at Columbia University is three times stronger than natural muscle, without the need of external power - signaling a...

New Piston Ring Engineered for Lower Emissions Targets

To meet Euro 6d CO2 emissions targets calling for a fleet average emissions limit of 95g/km, engine OEMs increasingly are calling on suppliers and research specialists for technical...

Dynamic Weighing System

The BinWeigh 03 dynamic onboard weighing system from VPG Onboard Weighing (Bradford, UK), a brand of Vishay Precision Group, Inc., is approved for Class Y(b) use on waste collection truck fleets. The system helps...

Level 3 Automation Not Attractive for Trucks

In his opening keynote address at SAE COMVEC 17 on Sept. 18, Dr. Johannes-Joerg Rueger, President, Commercial Vehicle and Off-Road, Robert Bosch GmbH, noted that a fully autonomous vehicle would have...