Engineering news
Road trains may be coming soon to Europe (w/ Video)
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Road trains linking vehicles together in a traveling convoy are planned for Europe. With only the lead vehicle being actively driven, the road trains would allow commuters to sleep, read a ...
Driver-less car in high-speed rally assault
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Imagine driving at top speed on a steep, winding mountain pass in the Alps, or the Himalayas, or the Rocky Mountains.
Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, ...
Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)
Nov 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.
Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...
Lasers put a shine on metals
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Polishing metal surfaces is a demanding but monotonous task, and it is difficult to find qualified young specialists. Polishing machines do not represent an adequate alternative because they ...
Nothing But Net: The Physics of Free-Throw Shooting
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pay attention, Shaq: Two North Carolina State University engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw - a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the ...
On the Crest of Wave Energy
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency, and the ...
Cellphone powers back pain chip in Taiwan
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Taiwanese researchers have developed a chip to treat backpain that is powered by mobile phone, a member of the team said Friday.
'Fingerprinting' RFID Tags: Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique ...
Underground mission to Mars
Oct 29, 2009 |
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The Netherlands is home to around 120,000 kilometres of underground gas pipelines. Researcher Edwin Dertien of Dutch University of Twente is working on a robot which can inspect the gas pipelines independently. ...
Ford to put air bags into back seat belts of SUV (w/ Video)
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Air bags have long been mounted in the steering wheel, dashboard and sides of vehicles. Now, they're in the seat belts. Ford Motor Co. plans to introduce seat belt-mounted air bags in the back seat ...
Intelligence inside metal components
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Up to now, extreme production temperatures made it impossible to equip metallic components with RFID chips during the operating process. At Euromold in Frankfurt (Dec. 2-5), Germany, Fraunhofer researchers ...
HP Enables Better, Faster Decision Making with Breakthrough Sensing Technology
Nov 05, 2009 |
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HP today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently ...
Perfectly proportioned: Working to improve dry compaction and sintering
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The manufacture of parts by compaction and sintering involves filling a die with metal powder. Research scientists have simulated this process for the first time to achieve an evenly distributed ...
