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Briefs Medical
SkinKit Offers Versatile, Wearable On-Skin Computing
The next generation of wearable computing technology will be even closer to the wearer than a watch or glasses: It will be affixed to the skin.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Nanoparticle-Based Sensors Can Measure Residual Herbicides in Food
The work shows the real-world viability of their easy-to-use and inexpensive methods of testing.
News Software
A Darker Side of the Chip-Shortage Story
The effects of the global semiconductor shortage on new-vehicle availability, and industry profits, are well known. But an even more significant effect of the “chip” shortage has been going...
Facility Focus Unmanned Systems
The Grainger College of Engineering
The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign was established in 1868.
Articles AR/AI
Accessibility: The Future of Mobility
In August 1975, I headed west from Michigan in my new Chevy Van, personally customized for living on the road. My destination was the University of California, Berkeley, where I was enrolled to...
News Unmanned Systems
Autonomous Transit Bus Nears Its First Year of Operation
Since May 2022, Michigan State University students, faculty and staff have been able to ride within campus boundaries on an autonomous electric bus, one of the largest...
Briefs Test & Measurement
Getting a Grip with ‘Necrobotic’ Spiders
An open-access study in Advanced Science outlines the process by which Preston and lead author Faye Yap harnessed a spider’s physiology in a first step toward a novel area of research they call “necrobotics.”
Facility Focus Design
Virginia Tech College of Engineering
From artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and manufacturing to health sciences, robotics, and more, the Virginia Tech College of Engineering offers an advanced engineering curriculum.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Teaching Drones How to Navigate Real-World Weather
For drones to autonomously perform necessary but quotidian tasks, they must be able to adapt to wind conditions in real time.
News Robotics, Automation & Control
SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...
Facility Focus Sensors/Data Acquisition
Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, Columbia, is the...
Briefs Energy
Photovoltaic Cell Increases Nighttime Power Generation
The device uses a thermoelectric module to generate voltage and current from the temperature gradient between the cell and the air.
News AR/AI
Racetrack Simulation Hits the (Public) Road
Simulation techniques have become a vital tool in vehicle development, enabling shorter development time, fewer prototypes, and reduced costs. When used in motorsport, the advantages gained...
Facility Focus Materials
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering
The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, more commonly known as Penn Engineering or SEAS, offers programs that emphasize hands-on study of engineering...
News Design
Making the Torque-Transfer Transition
A reckoning has arrived at suppliers whose product portfolios, engineering resources, and R&D activities are not aligned with the EV horizon. The challenge of pivoting their focus to...
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Dog Training Methods Teach Robots to Learn New Tricks
With a training technique commonly used to teach dogs to sit and stay, computer scientists showed a robot how to teach itself several new tricks including stacking blocks. With the...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Applying Friction Principles to Finger-Device Interaction Mechanics
High-fidelity touch has the potential to significantly expand the scope of what we expect from computing devices, making new remote sensory experiences possible. The...
Facility Focus Materials
University of Colorado Boulder
Founded in 1876, the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Bolder) is a public research university in Boulder, CO. The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder was founded in 1893. With an...
News Communications
Homing in on STEM Innovation
Constraints are sometimes just new ways to open doors. High school senior Victor Cai (above), an 18-year-old from Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, learned this lesson working on a short-range, narrow-bandwidth...
Facility Focus Energy
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
Established in 1961, PPPL's primary mission is research into and development of fusion as an energy source.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Full-Sized 3D-Bioprinted Heart Model
Surgeons can use the heart model as a tool for planning and practice.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Evaluation of Environmental Sensors in Training: Performance Outcomes and Symptoms during Airborne and Combatives Training
Investigating the feasibility and potential validity of using biomechanical environmental sensor technologies to improve the detection of potentially concussive events that could lead to mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Personal Aerial Vehicle Pilot Training
JetPack Aviation will begin training foreign military personnel in how to pilot and maintain their futuristic personal aerial vehicles.
Facility Focus Energy
Facility Focus: University of Michigan College of Engineering
Michigan engineers and collaborators are improving smart infrastructure, autonomous transportation, weather prediction, nuclear non-proliferation, and more.
Briefs Medical
Sustainable Silk Material Ideal for Wearable and Implantable Applications
The material is optically transparent and easily manipulated.
News Power
SAE Government/Industry Meeting — Back in Action
After pivoting to a Digital Summit in 2021, the SAE Government/Industry Meeting was back in action for 2022, bringing engineers, policy makers, students, and the Washington Auto Show...
Briefs Nanotechnology
Using Magnets to Toggle Nanolasers Leads to Better Photonics
A new control mechanism may prove useful in devices that make use of optical signals.
Facility Focus Unmanned Systems
Facility Focus: The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Learn about the aviation, space, cybersecurity, and engineering achievements happening at Embry-Riddle.
Facility Focus Energy
Facility Focus: North Carolina State University
Learn about the technologies being developed at NC State, including vehicle armor, a monitoring patch for plants, and origami-inspired materials.
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