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.
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
Watching fluid flow at nanometer scales
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 01 Apr 2013
Teaming up with robots
22 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
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
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.
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