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News: Connectivity
Harman International’s $30 million investment in a new, three-story building in metro Detroit consolidates technical specialists from eight separate locations into one vast...
Product Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Sensata Technologies, Inc. has developed a line of smaller, lighter micro-fused strain gauge (MSG) pressure sensors for use in next-generation brake systems for hybrid, electric, and conventional...
Product Briefs: Software
Engine Simulation Tool
EngineLab’s EL129 control units for engine simulation and testing have a range of input and output options and can be adapted for flexible control system development. The hardware features 129 pins on two connectors with dual high-speed USB interfaces for communicating to a PC host as well as logging to any off-the-shelf...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
A new “route 66” is being established in the U.K. to create a real-world test highway for connected and autonomous vehicle technologies. JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) is one of the...
Global Vehicles: Propulsion
In the 1960s, the front-wheel drive Mini Cooper S famously won the Monte Carlo Rally, propelled by a 52 kW (70 hp) engine and clawing through snow and ice on...
News: Propulsion
Porsche’s decision to downsize the new generation Boxster’s engines from flat-6 to turbocharged flat-4 may shock purists, but power and torque are up, and fuel...
News: Transportation
GM’s European brands Opel and Vauxhall may have new minimalist sports cars in the pipeline. The brands will reveal a concept at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show that they describe as “a...
Videos: Aerospace
When New Horizons recently flew by Pluto, it recorded images of the surface using the LORRI and MVIC cameras. It recorded the plasma and dust environments with the...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
During natural disasters like high-magnitude earthquakes, areas most in need of assistance must be located as fast as possible. Researchers, led by Sang-Ho Yun at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,...
Product Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
High-performance optical liquid silicone rubber (LSR) from Proto Labs is a transparent, flexible material that can replace glass in many optical applications. The injection-molded thermoset does not discolor or...
Product Briefs: Software
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) such as collision avoidance, lane departure warning, parking assistance, and back-up alerts must adhere to a high level of safety requirements, and they are...
News: Electronics & Computers
A technology that uses acoustic signals to detect vehicle exterior damage can use the connected car network to inform the driver’s smartphone that the vehicle has...
Product Briefs: Software
An automotive platform solution from Renesas Electronics Corp. and TTTech Computertechnik AG provides an electronic control unit (ECU) development platform for advanced driver assistance systems...
R&D: Medical
Cornell University researchers have uncovered the process by which mollusks manufacture nacre: a hard, iridescent substance commonly known as “mother of pearl.” The development could lead...
R&D: Medical
An aqueous “Water-in-Salt” battery developed by researchers from the University of Maryland and the U.S. Army prevents risks related to fire, poisonous chemical exposure, and environmental...
R&D: Electronics & Computers
While electroencephalography (EEG) has been used for decades to measure voltage fluctuations in different parts of the brain to graph a person’s neural patterns, determine brain injuries, and...
R&D: Medical
An elastic water-based bandage created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin. The stretchy hydrogel can be embedded...
R&D: Medical
A laryngoscope — invented in the late 19th century — or other intubation tools currently available require human visual guidance to open airways. A team at The Ohio State University...
R&D: Medical
An instrument built at Colorado State University lets scientists map cellular composition in three dimensions, at the nanoscale. Researchers are able to watch how cells respond to new medications at the most...
Technical Innovation: RF & Microwave Electronics
When it comes to enablers for a variety of future technologies that will move the industry forward in terms of efficiencies and cleanliness of power and energy, it is...
Technical Innovation: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SKF recently launched two new "super-precision" cylindrical roller bearings series, targeted at the machine tool industry. The company says both of the new series deliver much...
News: Power
The big-rig tractor-trailer trucks that we see on the highway get only about 5.8 mpg of diesel fuel. In tests, the Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck—a U.S. Department of...
Articles: Power
Battery-powered vehicles still represent a small niche in most vehicle markets, but concern over higher fuel prices and tighter emissions regulations continue to spark investments in electrified...
Articles: Automotive
The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) contracted Scientific Expert Analysis Limited (SEA) to build a vehicle suspension parameter testing machine that...
Articles: Automotive
Cuneyt L. Oge was born in Turkey, spent time in the U.S. as a young adolescent, graduated high school in Europe, went to college in the U.S., learned to speak multiple languages, married a Greek, and...
Articles: Automotive
Consumer demands for connectivity open the vehicle up to the dark side of the Internet, making cybersecurity an important design requirement for vehicle providers. Automakers have several unique challenges as they...
Articles: Power
Engine history bonus question for 100 points: What technology has been shared by the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane, Oldsmobile’s 1962 Jetfire V8, the Saab 99 Turbo, and the 2016 BMW M4 GTS?
Articles: Automotive
As design teams work to continually improve operator efficiency and comfort, many are focusing on the critical role displays play in human-machine interfaces. HMIs are the link to the functions that actually do...
Product Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Endurica LLC announced the release of version 2.32 of its fatigue life analysis software Endurica CL, a computer simulation that can model the development of damage in an elastomeric part operating under...
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Ask the Expert
Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire
In collaboration with the Fort Wayne Metals Engineering team, Eric Dietsch focuses on supporting customers with material recommendations, product development, and education. Eric is available to help you and your company with any Nitinol-related questions or needs that you may have.
Webcasts
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Medical
Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
Podcasts: Design
Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices
Podcasts: AR/AI
Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Green Design & Manufacturing
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.