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Energy

Slim Wing Can Reduce Aircraft Fuel Use and Emissions by 50%

NASA and Boeing are designing a longer, thinner, and lighter wing that requires a brace, or truss, to provide it with extra support. The lower-drag wing will reduce both fuel burn...

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Data Acquisition

Material Sniffs Out Fuel Leaks and Fuel-Based Explosives

Alkane fuel is a key ingredient in combustible material such as airplane fuel. Yet it’s difficult to detect and there are no portable scanners available that can sniff out the...

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Aerospace

New Material Eliminates the Need for Aircraft Deicers

Scientists have developed a liquid-like substance that can make aircraft wings and other surfaces so slippery that ice cannot adhere. The slick substance is secreted from a film on the...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

IOP Tester for Ethernet ECUs

Automotive data communications company Ruetz System Solutions provides an interoperability test platform for Automotive Ethernet. The IOP tester operates within the framework of compliance tests for Automotive...

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Propulsion

Turbocharger Speed Sensors Aim for Light-Duty Applications

In the drive for greater combustion efficiency for light-duty vehicles, engineers are increasingly aided by faster and higher-fidelity sensors, computers, and algorithms. An...

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Automotive

2016 SAE Congress: Thermal Storage Is Solution to EV Winter Range Loss

Thermal storage, now coming into use as a low-cost method to maintain A/C cooling during idle stops in warm weather, has been identified by modeling studies and...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Small-Diameter Springs and Rings

Smalley’s newly expanded manufacturing capabilities now allow its engineers to design and manufacture Smalley Wave Springs and Spirolox Retaining Rings as small as 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter. The company...

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Power

Wireless, Batteryless Limit Switches

Steute Industrial Controls offers a comprehensive line of wireless, batteryless limit switches that feature an internal electrodynamic energy generator. Displacement of the actuator generates power to send...

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Connectivity

New Auto "ISAC" Is Framework for Improved Cybersecurity

The 2016 SAE Congress forum on Connectivity sounded like a meeting in a war room—peppered with terms like "notification of attack" and "assets deployed" along with talk of "new...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Next-Gen Electronic Controls: Open Source, Scalable and Integrated

All trends point to rapidly increasing levels of vehicle electronics. That’s forcing engineering managers to explore ways to consolidate hardware and improve software...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Intel's "Bumper-To-Bumper" Vehicle Security Approach

As vehicle connectivity becomes ubiquitous, the threat of being hacked rises. The longer a car is on the road, the more its access points become exposed. Thus the industry's feverish race...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Car Sickness, Occupant Seating and Politics Will Shape Autonomous Vehicle Interiors

The eventual arrival of autonomous vehicles will transform vehicle interiors, but engineers making the changes will have to consider issues as diverse as...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

2016 SAE Congress: Computers Will Amplify Human Creativity, Says DARPA Expert

New manufacturing methods are at odds with the human mind’s ability to envision innovative component shapes, but computers can help fill the creative void,...

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Manned Systems

Airbus Bring Four Dimensions to Airspace

As Airbus looks to launch new-engine option (neo) aircraft, it has announced it is also launching a new cabin brand it calls “Airspace by Airbus.” In essence, Airbus is hoping that its Airspace...

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Defense

Ground Testing Begins on the GE9X

In mid April, ground testing began on the first full GE9X development engine at GE Aviation’s Peebles Testing Operation in Ohio. The GE9X engine will power Boeing’s new 777X aircraft. According to Bill...

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Manned Systems

2016 SAE Congress: Innovation Stars at 8th Annual GAMIC Awards

Novel technologies from Michigan-based companies were standouts in the 8th annual Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge (GAMIC). The founders of these winning...

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Connectivity

2016 SAE Congress: Auto Industry Must Adopt Faster 'Clock Speed'

Nimble startup companies are racing giants Google and Apple at high speed to gain a role in the comparatively slow-moving auto industry. Automotive companies must adapt to the...

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Unmanned Systems

2016 SAE Congress: Fear of the Driverless Car as 2020 Approaches

What will connectivity and mobility be like in the 2020s? Although the start of the decade is less than four years away, an expert panel at the 2016 SAE World Congress cited...

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Automotive

Mustang Loses Scoops, Little Else in Transition to RHD

“One Ford” is a technological and commercial philosophy that the company is energetically pursuing to minimize market-specific modifications for a broad raft of products. The...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Wiring Harnesses Are Opportunity for Augmented Reality

Augmented reality (AR) has been used by transportation companies for years, but it’s gained few mainstream applications. That may be changing as manufacturing and service teams...

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Automotive

2016 SAE Congress: Engineering Education Gets Industry Boost

Deep Orange sounds like a top-secret code, but Clemson University engineering students have known it as their pathway to greater automotive knowledge and real-world experience....

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Electronics & Computers

Connected Vehicles Will Be Hackers' Trophy

Cyber security has swiftly gone from a loose concept to an issue that rivals quality, safety and other mainstays of design must-haves. It’s a multi-faceted challenge that extends from simple...

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Design

2016 SAE Congress: Is Biomimicry in Your Design Future?

Animals, birds, and mammals are natural-born innovators that can inspire automotive engineers to create novel technologies. The term for such an influence is biomimicry.

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Design

Caterpillar Unveils New Stage V, Tier 4 Final Industrial Engine

Designed for use in heavy-duty off-highway machines serving the construction, industrial, and agricultural sectors, the Cat C9.3B engine delivers 335 to 455 hp (250 to 340 kW)...

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Nanotechnology

2016 SAE Congress: Clemson University and Toyota Unveil UBox Concept

A concept vehicle engineered by Clemson University graduate students features a curved glass roof with a multi-material support structure produced by a novel manufacturing...

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Propulsion

Nautilus Claims Radical Advance in HCCI Engine Development

Claiming its novel base-engine design solves most of the intrinsic drawbacks that have slowed auto-industry development of homogenous-charge compression-ignition (HCCI) engines,...

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Connectivity

Cybersecurity Experts Confess Their Greatest Worries

What keeps you up at night? Cybersecurity experts at the SAE 2016 World Congress were asked about their deepest worries during a panel session on the levels and nature of cyber...

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Electronics & Computers

Electric Propulsion Is Now “Inescapable”

Though battery-powered vehicles haven’t yet met predicted sales levels, leading OEMs are bullish about the future, saying that newer generation vehicles now provide features and prices that...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

New Open Source Software Simplifies Remote-Access Communications

Design engineers who want to focus on high level functions are increasingly turning to open source software modules that can handle mundane tasks. The Genivi Alliance is...