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Sensors/Data Acquisition

Tool Nondestructively Characterizes Structural Materials as they Deform

Materials scientists are busy developing advanced materials, while also working to squeeze every bit of performance out of existing materials. This is particularly true...

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Transportation

Oshkosh’s $30B Humvee Replacement Makes Soldier Protection a Top Priority

First there was the Jeep. Then came the Humvee. Now, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) will soon enter production as the 21st century mobility machine for the...

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Transportation

Fuel-Saving KERS for Big-Rig Trucks

The average European heavy-duty truck burns from 31 to 38 L of diesel fuel per 100 km of travel (6 to 8 mpg), according to European Commission estimates and truck magazine tests. That might sound like low...

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Automotive

Nissan Shows Gripz Crossover Concept

After a run of success with unorthodox SUV styling, especially in the Juke subcompact crossover SUV, Nissan has apparently decided to mine this vein as the company’s new signature.

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Automotive

Volkswagen Re-Engineers Tiguan

Volkswagen’s original Tiguan compact SUV of 2007 was too expensive and too thirsty to achieve blockbuster sales during the segment’s emergence as a key source of sales. But it achieved worldwide sales of...

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Energy

APUs save Fuel, Serve as Driver Retention Tool

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) estimates the current shortage of drivers is roughly 35,000 to 40,000. The inability to find new drivers is a reality that many fleets face today, and...

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Automotive

Millbrook’s Latest Sound Advice to the Auto Industry

UK independent vehicle test, validation, and engineering services provider, Millbrook, is considering introducing acoustic holography as the next step in the further development of its...

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Automotive

SsangYong Takes on European Challenge with Tivoli

“Tivoli is the biggest thing to happen to SsangYong,” says Paul Williams, CEO of SsangYong Motor UK.

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Automotive

Audi All-Electric Concept to Take on Tesla Model X

Audi revealed plans for a production battery EV sport crossover in 2018 when it rolled out the e-tron quattro concept at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show. The sleek SUV carries a large 95...

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Automotive

BMW Lightens 7 Series, but Bulks up on Tech

Prestige car manufacturers are trading body blows among their top-segment models, with each ladling on more lavish content and more cutting-edge technology with each new introduction.

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Automotive

Cadillac Fortifies CTS for V Duty

Cadillac continues its battle to achieve premium market esteem equivalent to that of segment leaders BMW and Mercedes-Benz by pushing for top quality and performance in each new model. The high-performance...

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Transportation

Bentley Takes SUV to Super Premium Level

W. O. Bentley would have been intrigued and certainly impressed that the company bearing his name is producing what it claims as the “fastest, most powerful, most luxurious, and most exclusive SUV...

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Automotive

Toyota Gives a Look at Its Re-Engineered 2016 Prius

While Toyota threw quite the launch party in early September in Las Vegas—a first for the company—to enable over 350 guests to get an official look at the 2016 fourth-generation Prius...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Case Shifts to Enhanced Communications, LEDs

Case IH has enhanced its electronic features and functions, adding ISOBUS Class 3 capabilities and beefing up its Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) communications technology. In a broad product...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Schaeffler's Electric Powertrain Primed for FIA Formula E Racing

The second season of FIA Formula E begins in Beijing, China on October 17, 2015, with the ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport team’s exclusive technology partner ready to demonstrate...

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Electronics & Computers

Searching for V2V's Hidden Data

If vehicles eventually talk to each other and to infrastructure stations as expected, there’s going to be a ton of data about traffic and road conditions. Information technology and automotive companies...

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Power

Honda's New Pioneer 1000 Side-By-Side Gets Purpose-Built 999-Cc Engine, Industry-First DCT

Honda has developed two new full-size side-by-side (SxS) models—the Pioneer 1000 and 1000-5—to complement its 2016 lineup, which also includes...

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Electronics & Computers

Flexible, Modular Robo-EV

Four years ago, when Germany announced that it planned to put 1 million electric cars on the nation’s autobahns and roads by 2020, government ministers turned to the public-private R&D partnership DFKI, the...

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Power

2016 Pentastar V6 Adds New VVT, Cooled EGR

When the former Chrysler Corp. introduced the Pentastar 3.6-L gasoline V6 in the 2011 model year, it was engineered to replace seven incumbent V6 engines, and along with 3.0-L (for China) and 3.2-L...

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Defense

3D Printed Aircraft Flown Off Royal Navy Warship

A 3D printed aircraft has successfully launched off the front of a Royal Navy warship and landed safely on a Dorset beach.

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Defense

Army Tests Improved Multiple Launch Rocket System

Over 100 artillery rockets were launched recently at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) to test an improved version of the M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS. The test, conducted at...

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Defense

Vibration Table Used to Test Nuclear Weapon Components

It took decades for technology to catch up with the math David Smallwood worked out to control vibration table shakers. Smallwood, a retired Sandia National Laboratories researcher who...

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Electronics & Computers

Customizing, Updating Software Gets Easier

Programmers are constantly finding new ways to make it simpler to alter software—whether they’re changing programs for a new vehicle or updating software in the field. While some development...

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Electronics & Computers

Autocoding Shortens Development Time, Simplifies Validation

Software continues to become a more important factor for providing new features and functions, making code writing and validation a mainstay of design cycles. Automated code...

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Electronics & Computers

U.S. Army Shifts from Radios to VoIP Technology

The U.S. military is moving closer to its goal of letting disparate groups of warfighters communicate freely. The U.S. Army has adopted an Internet Protocol-based communications system that...

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Transportation

Operator Safety, Productivity Focus of Volvo CE's Crawler Excavator

Incorporating a Volvo Tier 4 Final D4 engine, Volvo Construction Equipment's new EC160E crawler excavator offers an 8% improvement in fuel efficiency, and 5% improvements...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

First Airbus A350-1000 Wing Goes into Production in North Wales

Airbus has begun the assembly process on the wings for the first Airbus A350-1000 in Broughton, North Wales. The A350-1000 wing has the same span of the A350-900 that is...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Rockwell Collins Upgrades Direction Finder with Multi-Channel Scanning

Rockwell Collins's new DF-500 direction finder builds on the search and rescue (SAR) mission of its DF-430 predecessor. The DF-430 had been in production for over 10...

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Electronics & Computers

Three Times More Power Density the Charm for Lockheed Martin Cooling System

Scientists and engineers at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center (ATC) have packed three times the power density into a key satellite cooling system whose...

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