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Articles: Software
The enormous complexity of today’s vehicles is well recognized. Not only are automakers turning to simulation as a cost-effective means to enhance physical test, it is becoming a fundamental tool in the design...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
As Deposition Science and Technology Group Leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Ryan Dehoff facilitates the development of additive manufacturing of components,...
INSIDER: Materials
Sturdy, lightweight carbon foam has many structural and insulating applications in aerospace engineering, energy storage, and temperature maintenance. Researchers have developed a strong, lightweight, environmentally...
INSIDER: Energy
Texas Tech University scientists have brought the wind power industry one step closer to its potential with the creation of a system to measure wind flow and control...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A research team from Adelphi University in New developed a new device that can detect ultra-low concentrations of gases like nitrogen dioxide accurately and nearly instantaneously....
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user’s environment, heart rate, and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing...
Videos: Motion Control
Levels of debris in low orbits are inexorably rising, mainly driven by collisions. As the number of individual items of debris increases, further collisions are bound to follow. The...
Product Briefs: Automotive
Michelin Auto Inflate is a wheel-mounted tire management solution that allows fleets to automatically maintain optimal tire pressure. The system, powered by Halo in association with Aperia Technologies, can save...
News: Power
Texas Instruments aims to simplify the design process for the growing number of electric motors used in hybrids and in applications like electric power steering. TI recently unveiled a...
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
ZF has initiated the “Wind of Change” campaign to reinforce its supplier base in the Indian market. In an announcement on ZF India Supplier Day, the company said it aims to reach EUR100 million worth of...
What's Online: Automotive
“The continuing challenge facing automakers is very simple: They need to understand the difference between process improvement and work relations improvement. Some OEMs don’t...
News: Automotive
Road testing of a new variable-compression ratio (VCR) combustion system in Europe has been “very successful to date” as OEMs validate the FEV-developed technology, reports...
What's Online: Test & Measurement
A rear-wheel-drive sports car’s estimated triple-digit mpg and predicted 5.7-s 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) acceleration time are the prime performance cues...
News: Software
Stepping into the back seat of Chevrolet’s 2017 Bolt EV, one attribute of the car is immediately evident: the designers and engineers didn’t neglect the outsized physical...
Product Briefs: Aerospace
Based on Stanyl polyamide (PA) 46, Royal DSM’s new high performance Stanyl HGR1 reduces frictional torque in automobile engine timing systems. The new material will provide OEMs with a cost-effective...
News: Propulsion
Unique Piston Design Aids HD Diesel Waste Heat Recovery
Federal-Mogul will show its new Envirokool piston at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover in September. It’s designed to withstand higher temperatures by incorporating a sealed-for-life cooling chamber within the piston crown. The chamber is filled with a specifically formulated...
INSIDER: Energy
Scientists Simulate Bacteria-Powered 'Windfarm'
A team of scientists from Oxford University has shown how the natural movement of bacteria could be harnessed to assemble and power microscopic "windfarms."
Videos: Imaging
Imagine a future spacecraft following New Horizons' path to Pluto, but instead of flying past its target, the next visitor touches down. Made from over 100 New Horizons images taken over...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Bosch has developed a comprehensive connectivity platform that can reduce a vehicle's fuel consumption, foresee when maintenance is needed and display all information on the owner's...
Videos: Aerospace
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission launches in September 2016 and plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023. This video profiles a student-built instrument aboard the OSIRIS-REx...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Researchers Develop Self-Healing, Shape-Changing Smart Material
Washington State University researchers have created a multi-functional smart material that changes shape when subjected to heat or light; the material then assembles and disassembles itself.
Videos: Aerospace
Measurements of unprecedented detail returned by Japan's Hitomi satellite have allowed scientists to track the motion of X-ray-emitting gas at the heart of the Perseus cluster of...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
Georgia Tech researchers have created what they say is the most efficient-walking humanoid ever created. While most current machines are hunched at the waist and plod along on flat feet, their...
Articles: Automotive
You see them at the side of roads, in parking lots and pull-off areas of highways—Class 8 over-the-road trucks with their diesel engines idling...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a robotic arm prototype and its control algorithm using myoelectric signals. The mechanical limb will independently recognize the...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Strands of cow cartilage substitute for ink in a 3D bioprinting process that may one day create cartilage patches for worn out joints. A cartilage strand substitutes for ink in a 3D...
INSIDER: Medical
Handheld, mobile phone-based microscopes can be used in developing countries after minimal training of community laboratory technicians to diagnose intestinal parasites quickly and...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
A modern twist on an old technology could soon help detect rogue methane leaks, hidden explosives and much more. A Duke University team is using software to dramatically improve the...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
A team of engineers from Washington University in St. Louis is looking to capitalize on the sense of smell in locusts to create new biorobotic sensing systems that could be used in...
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Ask the Expert
John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.
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Inside Story
Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.