Engineering
Nasa to launch 3D printer into space
01 Oct 2013
Nasa plans to launch a 3D printer into space next year to allow astronauts to manufacture spare parts and tools in zero gravity
Japan launches talking robot Kirobo into outer space
05 Aug 2013
Japan yesterday launched Kirobo, a 13-inch talking robot that can also recognise faces, into outer space to keep International Space Station crew company.
Driverless cars to debut on UK roads later this year
18 Jul 2013
Researchers at Oxford in the UK and Google in the USare independently engaged in developing driver-less vehicles
Auto engineering gets a helping hand from pickling tape for local pre-treatment of aluminum
13 Jul 2013
3D magnetic sensors improve machine performance
21 Jun 2013
Kone's fibre UltraRope makes light work of "lifting" to new heights
17 Jun 2013
Finnish lift manufacturer Kone says it would be able to reduce the weight of lift ropes by around 90 per cent with its carbon-fibre replacement, UltraRope, that could enable elevators go upto a height of a mile or more
Big data meets 3-D printing: big data to monitor laser-printed jet engine part
07 Jun 2013
GE’s new 3-D printed jet engine fuel nozzle involves workers building it as a single piece by welding together bits of super alloys dust with lasers.
Building more sustainable aircraft components
06 Jun 2013
Repairing turbines with the help of robots
04 Jun 2013
Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'
By By Thomas Sumner | 17 May 2013
Quality control in the manufacturing cycle
10 May 2013
Seahorse’s armour gives engineers insight into robotics designs
04 May 2013
The tail of a seahorse can be compressed to about half its size before permanent damage occurs, engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have found.
Drive technology moving towards electric future
26 Apr 2013
Wireless 'smart skin' sensors could provide remote monitoring of infrastructure
22 Apr 2013
Major bridge failures in recent years have focused attention on the need to monitor America's highway bridges and other infrastructure
An aircraft made entirely by a 3D printer takes flight
19 Apr 2013
Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world’s first ‘printed’ aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design
An aircraft made entirely by a 3D printer takes flight
19 Apr 2013
Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world’s first ‘printed’ aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design
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