Engineering

Defeating cyberattacks on 3-D printers

16 Aug 2017

Print no evil: Three-layer technique helps secure additive manufacturing

16 Aug 2017

New optical method pinpoints weak spots in jet engine thermal coatings

10 Aug 2017

Simultaneous design and nanomanufacturing speeds up fabrication

05 Aug 2017

Musk’s Hyperloop One hits record speeds in Phase 2 testing

03 Aug 2017

All components of the system were successfully tested, including the electric motor, advanced controls and power electronics, custom magnetic levitation and guidance, pod suspension and vacuum system, and the company says it is ready for commercial launch

Nanoparticles for 3-D printing in water open door to advanced biomedical materials

02 Aug 2017

Stanford researchers develop a new type of soft, growing robot

21 Jul 2017

3-D printing sweeps toy manufacturing off the shelves

21 Jul 2017

Researchers 3-D print soft, silicone heart that mimics human heart

17 Jul 2017

Helping robots learn to see in 3-D

15 Jul 2017

Making telescopes that curve and twist

12 Jul 2017

A new tool for computational design allows users to turn any 3D shape into a collapsible telescoping structure

'Near-zero-power' temperature sensor could make wearables, smart home devices less power-hungry

06 Jul 2017

Electrical engineers have developed a temperature sensor that runs on only 113 picowatts of power — about 10 billion times lesser than a watt

New studies of ancient concrete could teach us to do as the Romans did

04 Jul 2017

New design improves performance of flexible wearable electronics

23 Jun 2017

Lightweight steel production breakthrough: Brittle phases controlled

21 Jun 2017

High-strength, lightweight steels can finally be processed on an industrial scale, thanks to a breakthrough in controlling undesired brittle stages from production

Printed sensors monitor tyre wear in real time

15 Jun 2017

Recycled tyres create stronger concrete

14 Jun 2017

Using the polymer fibres from tyres has the unique benefit of potentially improving the resilience of concrete and extending its lifespan

Robotic device engineered to help stroke survivors recover

10 Jun 2017

The robotic-assisted rehabilitation therapy, combined with standard rehabilitation, is expected to improve the mobility of patients surviving a stroke.

Alphabet to sell Boston Dynamics to SoftBank

09 Jun 2017

China’s CRRC unveils first railless, driverless train

08 Jun 2017

The 30-metre train, with three coaches, is equipped with sensors that can read the dimensions of roads and plan its own route – running on a virtual rail

Self-driving cars projected to create $7 trillion `passenger economy’

03 Jun 2017

The most nimble-fingered robot ever built

02 Jun 2017

Irregularly shaped items such as shoes, spray bottles, open boxes, even rubber duckies are easy for people to grab and pick up, but robots struggle with knowing where to apply a grip, a problem that researchers from University of California at Berkeley have now solved

A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environments

31 May 2017

Faster, more nimble drones on the horizon

30 May 2017

Engineers at MIT have come up with an algorithm to tune a Dynamic Vision Sensor camera, simplifying a scene to its most essential visual elements and potentially enabling the development of faster drones