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Steer-By-Wire Stars on the New Lexus RZ 450e

Even while Toyota was being criticized about its electrification strategy and its pace in embracing BEVs, the company’s engineers were quietly prepping the Lexus brand’s first EV, the 2023...

Tapping into Wave Energy

A technology developed by Ocean-Based Climate Solutions is converting carbon dioxide to fish food using wave energy.

Army Integrated Sensor Architecture Modernization Effort Continues

Developers and engineers at the Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) Integration Directorate have been modernizing the US...

Tailoring the Optoelectronic Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Sensing and Electronics

A team of Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers partnered with Pennsylvania State University to publish an article in the...

MIT Report Finds US Lead in Advanced Computing is Almost Gone

A new report from an MIT researcher and two colleagues sheds light on the decline in U.S. leadership in the development of domestically produced advanced computing. The scientists...

How Much Do You Know About Desalination?

Desalination is an important source of good-quality water in many parts of the world. How much do you know about it? Take this quiz to find out.

Danfoss Targets Excavators with New Digital-Hydraulics System

Danfoss Power Solutions claims to increase the productivity of excavators while reducing their fuel consumption by up to 15% by swapping out the machine’s main hydraulic pump...

SAE Launches New Standards Document to Rate Power of Electrified Vehicles

In late February 2023, SAE International announced the release of a standards document to provide a common testing procedure to rate the maximum power of electrified...

Metal 3D Printing Provides Design Freedom in Geothermal Energy Application

Houston-based startup Downhole Emerging Technologies used direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) as the additive solution to 3D print durable materials necessary for geothermal energy applications.

Soft Robotic Wearable Restores Arm Function for People with ALS

Some 30,000 people in the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in...

Autonomous Robots to Help Modernize Grape, Wine Industry

This spring, a small army of Cornell University-developed PhytoPatholoBots (PPB) will be deployed to four grape breeding programs across the U.S. on a mission to guide the global...

Custom, 3D-Printed Robotic Hearts

The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.

3D-Printed AUV Aims to Thwart Climate Change

The Yonder Deep team installed an entire suite of sensors in its AUV, versatile enough to withstand the frigid Arctic waters as well as the coastal waters of Southern California.

Tesla’s FSD Recall Impacts AV Industry

On February 16, 2023, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that Tesla had voluntarily agreed to recall 362,758 Model S, Model X, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles – the entire...

Could This NASA Technology One Day Save Humanity?

Last September, equipped with a state-of-the-art imaging system that worked with a set of targeting, guidance, navigation, and control algorithms, NASA’s DART spacecraft autonomously...

Controlling Robots Smaller than a Flea

Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot. The tiny crabs can also bend, twist, turn, and jump — all without complex hardware, hydraulics, or...

Expediting Search and Rescue After Earthquakes

NASA-designed technology helps detect people trapped under several feet of rubble after earthquakes.

CrossControl Advances Virtual Fencing and Object Detection

Industrial vehicles such as forklifts, cranes and tractors have come a long way in terms of applying technology, enhancing performance with improved operation and safety. With the...

The Future of AI and Machine Learning in Avionics Systems

Luuk van Dijk, co-founder and CEO of Daedalean, joins the podcast.

DNA Biosensor Could Unlock Powerful, Low-Cost Clinical Diagnostics

A new biosensor chip that boasts an accurate and inexpensive design may increase accessibility to high-quality diagnostics. The biosensor identifies biomarkers by measuring...

Microneedle Bandage Stops Blood Loss from Wounds

A novel microneedle patch can immediately stop bleeding after injury, including secondary, uncontrolled bleeding from a traumatic injury. The hemostatic microneedle technology can be applied...

Sensor Detects Early Alzheimer's Disease

A new biosensor can be used to screen for Alzheimer’s disease and other diseases. The sensor works by detecting a particular type of small protein, in this case a cytokine known as Tumour Necrosis...

Groundbreaking Research in Water Power

Sandia National Laboratories is attempting to change the game with regards to research in water power — despite its desert locale. “Here at Sandia, we look for solutions to facilitate that...

It’s Alive! — and Must Stay so to Work

Researchers have been incorporating care-based interactions to change the user’s attitude toward an interactive device. The team investigated by engineering a smartwatch that includes a slime mold...

Testing the Thermal Limits of BNNTs

The first study on how purified boron nitride nanotubes remain stable in extreme temperatures in inert environments.

HD Hyundai Envisions Future of Sustainable Energy

HD Hyundai has lofty plans for the future of hydrogen propulsion and production. At CES 2023, the company made several announcements about its vision for “Ocean Transformation,” which...

5 Ws of a Wearable Haptic Glove

A haptic device provides finger tracking as well as textures, forces, heat, and cold in extended or mixed reality.

The Future of Avionics: Machine-Learned and Certified

The emerging advanced air mobility market is driving the convergence of airborne electronic systems that are highly integrated with unprecedented functionality. Legacy avionics systems...

Boeing to Develop Two New E-7 Variants for US Air Force

Boeing will begin development of two new U.S. variants of the E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft through a $1.2 billion "Undefinitized Contract Action."