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Electronics & Computers

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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Aerospace

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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Aerospace

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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Defense

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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Unmanned Systems

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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Electronics & Computers

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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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

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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Energy

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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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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Design

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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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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Propulsion

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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Power

Perkins Syncro 2.8- and 3.6-L Engines Launched at Bauma 2016

Perkins launched a new family of 4-cylinder, 2.8- and 3.6-L diesel engines that deliver 60 to 134 hp (45 to 100 kW). Citing modularity as a key element of this new engine platform, Ramin Younessi, President of Perkins, unveiled the Syncro 3.6-L engine in the company’s booth at bauma...

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Transportation

Farthest-Reaching Articulating Boom Lift Among New JLG Products Showcased at Bauma

JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corp. company and global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, introduced several new...

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Electronics & Computers

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...

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Design

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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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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Software

Digital Dummies in Virtual Collisions Augment Traditional Crash Tests

A car crash takes half a blink of an eye. Detailed knowledge of the crucial split-second when the crash impact energy flashes through a vehicle’s body and then onto the...

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Automotive

V-CR, Water Injection, New EGR Methods Top SAE Engines Symposium

Powertrain experts detailed the technologies they see as most promising to enable light-vehicle engines to meet global CO2 regulations through 2025, at the 2016 SAE...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

DSD, Solvay 'Sink Their Teeth' into Plastic Transmission Advances

For the automotive industry, plastics have long been a weight-saving material of choice, with a wide range of high-volume applications from body panels to interiors and...

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Defense

UAV Can Launch Aerial Missions from Underwater

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have developed an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can stay on station beneath the water...

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

Detecting Radioactive Material from a Remote Distance

In 2004 British national Dhiren Barot was arrested for conspiring to commit a public nuisance by the use of radioactive materials, among other charges. Authorities claimed that Barot had...

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Defense

Tiny UAS Could Be Warfighters’ Eyes in the Sky

The basic small-unit fighting capability of the Army is the squad. One of its weaknesses is broad-area situational awareness, particularly in unfamiliar environments, according to Col. Phil...

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Design

Safety Symposium Cites Training and Technology to Reduce Teen Fatalities, Accidents

Teens are 4% of the driving population, but are involved in 8% of the accidents, the annual Traffic Safety Symposium of the New York Auto Show was told by...

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Energy

New York Auto Show 2016: Toyota Prius Prime Amps up Plug-In Capabilities

In a slight reboot of its hybrid marketing approach, Toyota used the 2016 New York auto show unveil the 2017 Prius Prime, the plug-in hybrid version of the...