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ZF’s Latest Safety Advances Open Up, Tighten up and Double Down
ZF knows that the steering wheel remains one of the most relevant components in an automotive interior, because this is where drivers have direct contact to the vehicle. As...
Road Ready Unmanned Systems
Raptor Tops Fully Redesigned 2024 Ford Ranger Lineup
When Ford first reintroduced the Ranger to North America in 2019, it was welcomed largely because of its revered nameplate. But outside of a lauded 2.3-L four-cylinder turbo engine and...
Technology Report Software
BMW Takes Multi-Modal Route to Manufacturing
BMW’s Munich factory remains the fertile root of a century of manufacturing, including its first R32 motorcycle in 1923. But the Bavarian automaker’s oldest assembly site is transforming...
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Brembo’s Sensify Aims to Revolutionize Braking
SAE Media recently participated with Brembo in a demonstration of the company’s new braking technology on the skid pad at the Michelin Laurens Proving Grounds in Mountville, South...
Articles Manned Systems
Making the Strategic Move into AV Testing
Traditional powertrain testing can be full of challenges. But it doesn’t compare to the often-bizarre edge cases that confront those testing automated-vehicle systems. Just ask Tom Tasky. He cut...
Q&A Manned Systems
CMG Adapts ‘Proactive’ Seating for Commercial Vehicles
Comfort Motion Global (CMG) engineers have developed and refined a “proactive” Motion Seating software technology throughout the past 15 years that improves blood flow and...
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SAE 2020 Government/Industry Meeting: Level-2 Driver Assistance Systems May Be Working
Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) are designed to enhance safety and reduce driving stress. Based on the results of two recent studies meant to...
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Autonomous Construction Sites
In the construction world, some companies are not just looking to electrify and automate individual machines—they have their sights set on something much grander: the entire jobsite. And Doosan Infracore...
News Unmanned Systems
The Ford GT
As part of its sponsorship of this year’s annual auto-palooza known as the Woodward Dream Cruise, Ford invited media to sample its Ford GT supercar along Detroit’s famous avenue. With its sold-out production run of 1,350...
News Transportation
Volkswagen to Launch 2nd-Gen Car-Net Connected-Car Services for MY2020
The second generation of Volkswagen’s Car-Net connected car services for North America is set to launch for MY 2020. Built on a new Internet of Things (IoT) platform,...
Articles Design
German University Installing Advanced Simulator to Study Autonomous-Vehicle Handover
Researchers at Germany’s Kempten University of Applied Sciences plan to embark this year on autonomous vehicle (AV) and advanced driver-assist system...
News Unmanned Systems
New R&D Boss Details RoboSense’s LiDAR Strategy
LiDAR technology is one of the busiest areas of engineering for self-driving cars, and some people have been working on the technology for over a decade. Dr. Leilei Shinohara (below), for...
News Manned Systems
A Chat with 2019 Toyota RAV4 Chief Engineer Yoshikazu Saeki
Yoshikazu Saeki (above) is the chief engineer for the Toyota RAV4 and Toyota Highlander. Saeki (54) joined the company in 1987 as a suspension engineer on the Land Cruiser team...
Articles Defense
Validation of Ubiquitous 2D Radar
Seastema SpA, a company owned by Fincantieri (Genova, Italy), designs, develops, and supplies integrated automation systems for different areas of the marine industry. The company established an Innovation...
Articles Photonics/Optics
Laser Detecting Systems
Whether engaged in an asymmetric fight with an insurgent or a conventional battle with a “near-peer” adversary, today's battlefield presents combatants with significant challenges. Rapidly advancing technology and...
Articles Aerospace
Electronically Dimmable Aircraft Windows
That was the challenge posed to Gentex by Boeing. Window shades typically do the job on an airplane, but they’re cumbersome to operate, expensive to maintain, and do little to reflect the hightech...
News Energy
High-Speed Hydraulic Logic Valves
Sun Hydraulics Corp.’s (Sarasota, FL) solenoid-operated digital logic valve (DLV) paves the way for smaller, highly reliable solutions in demanding mobile applications where size, weight, speed and power...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Bio-inspired Airborne Infrastructure Reconfiguration (BioAIR)
Conventionally, most autonomous mobile nodes, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are operated remotely by human operators. As such, forming a mobile communication network to...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Non-Destructive Damping Measurement for MEMS Acceleration Switches
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) three-axis acceleration threshold sensors have been developed to measure acceleration threshold levels using voltage switching when the...
Articles Photonics/Optics
Stand-Off Scanning and Pointing with Risley Prisms
With the ever increasing threat of improvised explosive devices, both in the military arena and the civilian realm, there is a growing demand for technologies with the ability to detect...
Briefs Defense
Damping Measurement for Wafer-Level Packaged MEMS Acceleration Sensors
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) three-axis acceleration threshold sensors have been developed to measure acceleration threshold levels using voltage switching when the...
Articles Defense
Alleviating Memory and Cache Contention in Safety-Critical Applications
In safety-critical systems, the ability to guarantee that safety-critical tasks have sufficient time to execute is key for system integrity and safe operation. A big...
Q&A Transportation
Addressing the Needs of an Aging Population
With more than 75 million Baby Boomers (those aged 50-68) in the U.S., the automotive industry is now faced with the necessity to design products to meet the unique needs of this substantial...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Prognostic Health Management for Avionics System Power Supplies
Electronic systems such as electronic controls, onboard computers, communications, navigation, and radar perform many critical functions onboard military and commercial aircraft....
Briefs Physical Sciences
Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor for Organophosphate Chemicals
Detection of organophosphate (OP) compounds has attracted much attention in terms of safeguarding human health, owing to their frequent use as pesticides in agriculture and their potential use as chemical warfare agents. Among a variety of biological methods based on the...
Articles Aerospace
Middleware Offers Integration Framework for Dynamic UAV Applications
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) like the MQ-1 Predator have excelled in the theaters of war in which they have been deployed. However, the ability of those controlling the UAV...
Briefs Information Technology
Software Virtual Networks Integrate Training and Operation of Wireless Net-Centric Warfare Systems
Military planners are aggressively developing network-centric warfare platforms that use wireless communications as a force multiplier. The aim...
Briefs Materials
Testing Silver-Coated Nylon Fibers as Electrical Conductors
Tests have been performed in an effort to gain understanding of electrical and mechanical properties of silver-coated nylon fibers subjected to stresses and strains and exposed to...
Briefs Materials
Electrochromic Devices for Controlling Infrared Emissivity
Electrochromic devices that exhibited adjustable infrared emissivity were developed in a research program that was part of a larger effort to develop adaptive infrared camouflage....
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