Engineering

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.

Three-dimensional monitoring of high-speed fabrication

30 Apr 2013

Laser-based material processing to aid certainty in production

29 Apr 2013

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

Embedding photovoltaic modules more quickly

06 Apr 2013

Watching fluid flow at nanometer scales

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 01 Apr 2013

Improving technologies to reduce engine vibrations

25 Mar 2013

"Terradynamics" to aid designers predict how legged robots will move on granular media

23 Mar 2013

Research on wind turbines to reduce maintenance downtimes

22 Mar 2013

Teaming up with robots

22 Mar 2013

Robots to spur economy, improve quality of life, keep responders safe

21 Mar 2013

Insect cyborgs may become first responders to search, monitor hazardous environs

11 Mar 2013

Lessons from cockroaches could improve robotics

04 Mar 2013

Humans, robots work better together following cross-training

By By Helen Knight, MIT News correspondent | 12 Feb 2013

Spending a day in someone else’s shoes can help us to learn what makes them tick. Now the same approach is being used to develop a better understanding between humans and robots, to enable them to work together as a team

New purification technique reduces cost of oilwell water cleanup

06 Feb 2013

Cross-arms could speed up connection of new electricity supplies

28 Jan 2013

Molecular machine could hold key to more efficient manufacturing

12 Jan 2013

An industrial revolution on a minute scale is taking place in laboratories with the development of a highly complex machine that mimics how molecules are made in nature

Jumping droplets help heat transfer

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 05 Jan 2013

Rice uses light to remotely trigger biochemical reactions

14 Dec 2012

Machines made with built-in copy protection

06 Dec 2012

Pirated goods cost billions, and expensive industrial goods like machining systems are becoming a growing target. Scientists are turning the tables on the forgers by studying their methods and developing anti-counterfeit solutions.