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Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads (REAP) Pod

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has completed a flight demonstration of the Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads (REAP) pod on an MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft (RPA).

Critical Manufacturing Expands Operations into Mexico

Critical Manufacturing, a developer of manufacturing execution systems (MES) for global, multi-site operations, has expanded into Mexico, reinforcing its commitment to delivering...

Intricon to Open Costa Rica Facility Dedicated to Sensor-Driven Medical Devices

Intricon plans to open the first facility in Costa Rica dedicated to the development and manufacturing of medical devices that incorporate microelectronics,...

FDA Updates Catalog of Tools to Assess Medical Devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its Catalog of Regulatory Science Tools by adding four new tools and updating nine others. The catalog is a peer-reviewed resource...

TÜV SÜD Receives UKAB for Medical Devices

TÜV SÜD has received approval as a UK Approved Body (UKAB) for medical devices. With this approval, medical device manufacturers can implement UKCA certification for the UK market and CE...

Guest Blog: AI, Robots, and Nanotech — Study Examines What's Acceptable in Healthcare

A new study provides interesting insights into the public's perception and acceptance of AI, robots, and nanotech in the healthcare industry, shedding...

An Energy-Efficient, Battery-Free, Wireless Underwater Camera — Powered by Sound

MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, wireless underwater camera that is about 100,000 times more energy-efficient than other undersea cameras. The...

Flexible + Breadboard = FlexBoard: Interaction Prototyping on Curved and Deformable Objects

A flexible breadboard with upwards and downwards bending capability and customizable dimensions, FlexBoard offers the rapid prototyping capabilities of...

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Microelectronic Devices

Crucial and essential to our lives, microelectronic devices — e.g., the microchips in computers and cell phones — process and store information. The building block of any...

Ford’s Latest Mustang Improves the Breed

Ford’s seventh-generation Mustang continues the tradition of improving the breed with each iteration. While the changes under the skin may seem incremental, the latest Mustang has been bred to...

Modified EEG Measures Brain's Electrical Activity During Immersive VR Interactions

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have modified a commercial virtual reality (VR) headset, giving it the ability to measure brain activity and examine how we react to hints, stressors, and other outside forces.

Intelligent Gateway Connects Aircraft to Space Force Unified Data Library in Northern Edge Exercise

During the latest demonstration in the U.S. Indo Pacific Command's 2023 Northern Edge exercise series, an intelligence data gathering and...

Air Force Awards JetZero $235 Million to Develop Blended Wing Body Demonstrator

The Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded a $235 million contract to JetZero for the "next phase of a blended wing body (BWB)...

AI Algorithms Fly Uncrewed XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone for Three Hour Sortie

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) engineers and researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) agents or algorithms to fly an unmanned XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft on a...

New Transatlantic Partnership Targets Hall Thrusters for Spacecraft Electric Propulsion

Pulsar Fusion has announced a new trans-Atlantic partnership funded by the U.K. Space Agency (UKSA) between the space propulsion system manufacturer and...

Fully Charged in Six Minutes?

Battery technology company Nyobolt and UK-based design and engineering consultancy Callum are collaborating on a demonstration of new lithium-ion battery tech that would permit the full charge of a vehicle in...

How Much Do You Know About Sensor Fusion for Navigation Systems?

Sensor fusion is an important element of navigation systems especially with the rapid growth of driving automation. At each step of the levels of driving automation from ADAS toward driverless vehicles, sensor fusion becomes more critical.

A Green Approach to Reducing Flood Impacts

Penn State researchers are exploring green stormwater infrastructure to manage severe urban flooding and pollution. They are studying ways to improve the existing green stormwater infrastructure in Lancaster, PA, as a pilot project for other cities as well.

The DOE Office of Electricity: Revolutionizing the Future Electricity Grid

The DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage program works to improve storage reliability, resilience, and safety for our Nation’s future grid. It aims to reduce...

Argonne’s Upgraded APS will Enable Advances in Battery Design

Argonne is building two new research tools. One is an upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), while the other is an addition to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility —...

Developing the Battery Data Genome

The battery data genome has two major challenges: There’s a diversity of battery data that is collected, which makes it difficult to manage all the differences, and the second is scale. Venkat Viswanathan...

Hitachi-Astemo and the Electrified Future

Tim Clark became Hitachi Astemo’s CEO and president of the Americas in April 2023 after seven years as the company’s head of European operations. During a recent SAE Media interview, Clark...

The Pouch Cell Batteries Powering Joby's eVTOL

In this video, we summarize some of the latest eVTOL battery technology and performance updates released by Joby Aviation.

Army Makes Progress on New Bomb Suit Helmet Development

U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are helping the Army improve state-of-the-art combat helmets to better protect them on high-stakes missions.

Department of Defense Establishes New Generative AI Task Force

The Department of Defense has established its new generative artificial intelligence (AI) task force, Task Force Lima, according to an Aug. 10 press release. The new task force...

New Synthetic Quantum Nanostructures Program Targets Synthetic Metamaterial Development

Current approaches for quantum computing, sensing, communications, and signal-processing rely on superconducting electronic devices that can manipulate or...

AI-Enabled Detection System Set To Replace Aging Airspace Awareness System

Execution of new fielding and funding strategies will lead to the delivery of a cutting-edge surveillance, identification, and tracking system that monitors and...

AI in Healthcare: BioSig Partners with Reified Labs

BioSig Technologies, Inc. announced a new collaboration agreement in June with Reified Labs, a technical advisory service specializing in advanced artificial intelligence (AI). Together,...

SHOW PREVIEW: BIOMEDevice Boston

BIOMEDevice Boston brings engineers, business leaders, disruptive companies, and innovative thinkers from the region’s top start-ups and medical device OEMs together to inspire the next life-changing medical device. The event will focus on key advances in robotics and 3D printing among other cutting-edge technologies.