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INSIDER: Aerospace
NASA and Boeing are designing a longer, thinner, and lighter wing that requires a brace, or truss, to provide it with extra support. The lower-drag wing will reduce both fuel burn...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Alkane fuel is a key ingredient in combustible material such as airplane fuel. Yet it’s difficult to detect and there are no portable scanners available that can sniff out the...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Scientists have developed a liquid-like substance that can make aircraft wings and other surfaces so slippery that ice cannot adhere. The slick substance is secreted from a film on the...
News: Electronics & Computers
Automotive data communications company Ruetz System Solutions provides an interoperability test platform for Automotive Ethernet. The IOP tester operates within the framework of compliance tests for Automotive...
News: Propulsion
In the drive for greater combustion efficiency for light-duty vehicles, engineers are increasingly aided by faster and higher-fidelity sensors, computers, and algorithms. An...
News: Automotive
Thermal storage, now coming into use as a low-cost method to maintain A/C cooling during idle stops in warm weather, has been identified by modeling studies and...
Product Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Smalley’s newly expanded manufacturing capabilities now allow its engineers to design and manufacture Smalley Wave Springs and Spirolox Retaining Rings as small as 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter. The company...
Product Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Steute Industrial Controls offers a comprehensive line of wireless, batteryless limit switches that feature an internal electrodynamic energy generator. Displacement of the actuator generates power to send...
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Researchers at Purdue University have created electrodes from a species of wild fungus called Tyromyces fissilis. Carbon fibers derived from the sustainable source have been shown to outperform...
News: Connectivity
The 2016 SAE Congress forum on Connectivity sounded like a meeting in a war room—peppered with terms like "notification of attack" and "assets deployed" along with talk of "new...
News: Electronics & Computers
All trends point to rapidly increasing levels of vehicle electronics. That’s forcing engineering managers to explore ways to consolidate hardware and improve software...
News: Electronics & Computers
As vehicle connectivity becomes ubiquitous, the threat of being hacked rises. The longer a car is on the road, the more its access points become exposed. Thus the industry's feverish race...
INSIDER: Imaging
In recent years, computer scientists have been investigating a range of techniques for removing reflections from digital photographs shot through glass. Some have tried to use variability in focal...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Terahertz radiation is a relatively unexplored slice of the electromagnetic spectrum, but it holds the promise of countless new imaging applications as well as wireless communication networks...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Nobody wants a laptop computer that stops working when a cloud passes by. Storing sunlight as fuel that can be later used to drive fuel cells requires new materials. Scientists...
INSIDER Product: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Imaging Technologies (Verrières le Buisson, France) introduces the NSC1401, a new analog wide dynamic range InGaAs sensor series in 320x256 pixels (QVGA). The NSC1401 uses a new generation of ROIC with 320x256 pixels...
INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Quantum Composers (Bozeman, MT) has launched a new touchscreen controller for simplified control of laser systems. The all new Smart Controller is an easy to use extension for manual repair systems that may include a...
INSIDER Product: Imaging
Vision Components (Ettlingen, Germany) has introduced the new VC Flash infrared area lighting for OEMs. The lighting module has been developed specifically for traffic surveillance applications. Fitted with 24 high...
INSIDER Product: Lighting
Gamma Scientific (San Diego, CA) now offers a range of light source and sensor calibration services from their ISO 17025, NVLAP accredited (NVLAP Laboratory code 200823-0) facility. Specifically, the company...
Question of the Week: Materials
Will you wear “e-textiles”?
This week's Question: Researchers at The Ohio State University have embroidered circuits into fabric with 0.1-mm precision — an ideal size to integrate electronic components, such as sensors and computer memory devices, into clothing. With the advance, the team has taken the next step toward the design of...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
The eventual arrival of autonomous vehicles will transform vehicle interiors, but engineers making the changes will have to consider issues as diverse as...
News: Defense
New manufacturing methods are at odds with the human mind’s ability to envision innovative component shapes, but computers can help fill the creative void,...
News: Defense
As Airbus looks to launch new-engine option (neo) aircraft, it has announced it is also launching a new cabin brand it calls “Airspace by Airbus.” In essence, Airbus is hoping that its Airspace...
News: Defense
In mid April, ground testing began on the first full GE9X development engine at GE Aviation’s Peebles Testing Operation in Ohio. The GE9X engine will power Boeing’s new 777X aircraft. According to Bill...
News: Energy
Novel technologies from Michigan-based companies were standouts in the 8th annual Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge (GAMIC). The founders of these winning...
News: Connectivity
Nimble startup companies are racing giants Google and Apple at high speed to gain a role in the comparatively slow-moving auto industry. Automotive companies must adapt to the...
News: Connectivity
What will connectivity and mobility be like in the 2020s? Although the start of the decade is less than four years away, an expert panel at the 2016 SAE World Congress cited...
Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Makers of 3D-printed prosthetic hands may come to rely on a printed palm Rice University students developed to help ensure that children get the most out of the devices. The...
News: Automotive
“One Ford” is a technological and commercial philosophy that the company is energetically pursuing to minimize market-specific modifications for a broad raft of products. The...
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Ask the Expert
Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.
Webcasts
Podcasts: Medical
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Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
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Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery
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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.