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Articles: Medical
MIFOLD
Jon Sumroy, Carfoldio, Ltd., Ra’anana, Israel
The mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat for children aged 4-12 is more than ten times smaller than a regular...
INSIDER: Automotive
A new material could one day speed up the charging process of electric cars and help increase their driving range. Researchers have combined a covalent organic framework (COF) – a...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers have devised a novel way to help keep a driverless vehicle under control as it maneuvers at the edge of its handling limits. The new technology is being tested by...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
An unexpected discovery has led to a rechargeable battery that's as inexpensive as conventional car batteries, but has a much higher energy density. The new battery could become a...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have created flexible silicone sensors that make it easier to steplessly control devices such as a multifunction steering wheel that lets the driver control music, light,...
News: Communications
In the past, automobiles were made up of many independent electronic systems. Even the assembly lines that were used to manufacture the vehicles required the operation and management...
Articles: Automotive
Standards for Comfortable Seats
In the beginning, safety trumped comfort in spacecraft designs for human space travel. Early space capsules were small and had a seat-driven design in which most of the flight...
News: Software
Two new systems for driverless cars can identify a user’s location and orientation in places where GPS does not function, and identify the various components of a road scene...
INSIDER: Motion Control
The automotive and aeronautic industries often rely on shape optimization, an approach that uses modeling to create a framework for making devices as smooth and efficient as possible....
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
For the past year, NASA’s Ames Research Center and Nissan have been collaborating on the development of autonomous driving technologies that could one day be used in future consumer vehicles,...
News: Automotive
Stanford engineers built an autonomous DeLorean capable of stable, precise drifting at large angles in order to study how cars perform in extreme situations, which could...
News: Data Acquisition
An electronic system was developed that acquires data in real time and exchanges it across borders of systems in a standardized manner. The system makes electric vehicles more reliable and economically...
Articles: Aerospace
Smart Coating for Corrosion Detection and Protection
Luz Marina Calle NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL
Researchers, at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC)...
INSIDER: Transportation
Nanogenerator Harvests Power from Rolling Tires
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction. The technology ultimately could provide automobile manufacturers with a new way to reuse energy and provide greater vehicle...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
An advanced driving simulator will be used to test a patient’s driving ability after cataract surgery. The trial will help determine if a newly developed artificial lens will be...
Question of the Week: Energy
Will hydrogen fuel cell vehicles ever achieve widespread use?
This week's Question: Today's INSIDER story highlighted a discovery in alternative energy production that may provide a breakthrough for hydrogen-fueled vehicles. According to researcher Joe Rollin, the technology "has the potential to enable the widespread use of hydrogen fuel cell...
Articles: Transportation
The SAE World Congress, presented by SAE International, assembles the best talent in the automotive industry. Experts, management teams, engineers, and executives gather to collaborate and address current...
INSIDER: Transportation
People have been making rubber products, from elastic bands to tires, for centuries, but a key step in this process has remained a mystery. Scientists from the Kyoto Institute...
News: Automotive
A new software system developed at the University of Michigan uses video game technology to help solve one of the most daunting hurdles facing self-driving and automated cars: the high...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
The United States government spends a lot of money on its defense programs, investing in the training and technology necessary to arm and prepare the most advanced fighting force on the planet. The price tag for...
News: Automotive
Nissan Motor Co., through its North American-based organization, and NASA today announced the formation of a five-year R&D partnership to advance autonomous vehicle systems and prepare...
Briefs: Automotive
Designing automotive electronics presents numerous technical challenges, including the need to protect against electrical hazards. The three major sources of electrical hazards in...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A new software system developed at the University of Michigan uses video game technology to help solve one of the most daunting hurdles facing self-driving and automated cars: the high cost of...
News: Automotive
Researchers have developed a new two-stroke engine notable for its low consumption and low level of pollutant emissions. The engine is the result of Powerful, a European project...
News: Automotive
A car powered by its own body panels could soon be driving on our roads after a breakthrough in nanotechnology research by a Queensland University of Technology (Australia) team. They developed...
News: Automotive
Researchers and engineers from the Singapore — MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) are deploying two driverless vehicles,...
Articles: Automotive
Steve Arnold Engine Systems Innovations, Inc. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Passenger car engines are sized to produce very high horsepower to suit the consumer’s demand...
INSIDER: Energy
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and German Aerospace Centre (DLR) have invented a 2-in-1 electric motor that increases the range of electric vehicles. The engine integrates...
INSIDER: Motion Control
More than 60 percent of the energy generated in vehicle engines by fuel is lost through the exhaust gas and the coolant. The biggest part of this simply slips off into the environment as heat. The...
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