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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: Super Driving Supercar

The words "supercar" and "plush ride" are usually not spoken in the same sentence. In this week's SAE Eye on Engineering, Senior Editor Lindsay Brooke tests a McLaren 650S with...

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Materials

Carbon-Fiber Concept Trailer from Great Dane Cuts Weight by 4000 Lb

The Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience is a prototype tractor-trailer developed to demonstrate the possibilities of future transport. Innovation and collaboration were key...

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Defense

Army Selected for Joint Strike Fighter Software Assessment

The F-35 Joint Program Office has selected the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center to perform independent software safety analyses of the...

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Defense

Researchers Work to Create Smarter Underwater Drones

An underwater drone armed with the best technology on the planet descended repeatedly to the bottom of the Indian Ocean, trying to find the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and time...

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Automotive

Delphi Forms Technical Advisory Council

Delphi Automotive on Sept. 3 announced formation of a Technology Advisory Council designed to help guide the company's product strategies.

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Analyst Firm Doubtful of Tesla Gigafactory Value

Days before Tesla on Sept. 4 announced it has selected Nevada as the state in which it will build a large "Gigafactory' battery plant, Lux Research opined that the savings in lithium-ion...

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Defense

Agile Aperture Antenna Tested on Aircraft

Department of Defense representatives were in attendance during a recent event where two of the low-power devices, which can change beam directions in a thousandth of a second, were demonstrated in an...

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Automotive

Lotus Appoints Engineering Director

Lotus has hired the CEO of Millbrook Proving Ground in the U.K., Miguel Fragoso, as Engineering Director. Before his career at Millbrook, he held senior positions in engineering and corporate planning at...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Toyota Beefs up Research on Connected- and Automated-Vehicle Safety

Toyota announced on Sept. 4th that it will pump $35 million into its Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) in Ann Arbor, MI, to focus on safety technologies related...

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Automotive

Mazda Takes Wraps off 2016 MX-5 Miata

Mazda Motor Corp. on Wednesday evening unveiled the fourth-generation MX-5 Miata, which adopts both SkyActiv technology and Mazda’s “Kodo” (or "Soul of Motion") design language. The MX-5, first...

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Automotive

Discovery Sport Is First of Land Rover's New Discovery Family

Land Rover digitally revealed the first in a new Discovery family, the 2015 Discovery Sport SUV, on Sept. 2. The company claims a first in providing 5+2 seating in premium...

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Design

Buckeye Current’s TT Triumph

We huddled in a tight circle by the finish line, frantically waiting for radio updates on the progress of our team’s rider, Rob “Bullet” Barber, who was miles in the distance and closing fast. Our...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

WSU Team's Transportable Hydrogen Fueling Station Wins Design Contest

A group of students from Washington State University (WSU) won the Hydrogen Education Foundation’s 2014 Hydrogen Student Design Contest with plans for a transportable...

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Electronics & Computers

J.D. Power Loud and Clear About Voice Recognition Technology's Flaws

Built-in voice recognition surpasses wind noise as the problem most frequently reported by new-vehicle owners, according to J.D. Power. The J.D. Power 2014 Multimedia...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Trimming Wiring Harnesses Becomes Design Focus

Wires and cables help design teams add electronic features and functions, but networks and wiring harnesses add a fair amount of weight while their connections can be the cause of failures....

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Driver Still Has a Seat in Delphi's Automated-Driving Vision

During the transition from a future fully autonomous vehicle to a human controlling the steering wheel and brake pedal in emergency take-overs of vehicle control in complex...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Researching the Green Zone of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Driving

In this Ford Motor Co. research project, the driver instructs a plug-in hybrid electric car when to operate in electric-only mode before starting the vehicle.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Google, Apple Join Battle for Infotainment Management

The relationship between consumer electronics and automotive infotainment systems is intensifying as smart phone operating systems (OSs) become a factor in development strategies....

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Transportation

Several World Firsts Highlight Volvo XC90 (Video)

Volvo Cars on Aug. 26 unveiled the redesigned XC90 for the 2015 model year as part of what the company says is a $11 billion investment program that includes a new platform for the XC90 and...

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Software

Bosch Adding Engineers, Expanding Tech Center

By doubling the size of its current U.S. technical center, Bosch lays the foundation for adding another 200 specialists to its Michigan workforce.

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Design

New SAE International Standards Enhance Ambulance Safety

With the recent publishing of four technical reports, SAE International now offers a series of recommended practices designed to enhance overall ambulance safety in several areas,...

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Automotive

SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: Telsa Model S Troubles

Tesla Motors is learning that making trouble-free autos is no easy task. In this week's SAE Eye on Engineering, Senior Editor Lindsay Brooke looks at the American electric car maker...

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Software

Composites Design Optimization for Automated Fiber Placement

Complex composites structures are becoming more common, especially in aeronautics. Composites preforms can now be manufactured by automated processes, such as automated fiber...

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Software

Autodesk Moves Full STEAM Ahead with Its Commitment to Education

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education has been a hot topic in education for many years. But recently, others are joining the movement to promote...

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Automotive

Semiconductor Maker Infineon Buys Rival International Rectifier

Infineon Technologies AG will buy International Rectifier Corp. under a definitive agreement announced Aug. 20. The acquisition combines two semiconductor companies with...

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Defense

Northrop Grumman to Modernize Black Hawk Cockpit for U.S. Army

Redstone Defense Systems selected Northrop Grumman Corp. to supply and integrate mission avionics equipment for a digital cockpit upgrade of the U.S. Army's UH-60L Black Hawk...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

KUKA Aerospace Announces Everett, WA, Facility

KUKA Aerospace, a developer of automated manufacturing systems for aircraft manufacturing and assembly, is locating its first U.S. facility outside of Michigan in Everett, WA. The 29,000-ft²...

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Defense

Boeing, South African Airways to Turn New Tobacco Plant into Jet Fuel

Boeing, South African Airways (SAA), and SkyNRG are collaborating to make sustainable aviation biofuel from a new type of tobacco plant. This initiative broadens...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

New SAE Standard Focuses on Manufacturing Management

A soon-to-be-published SAE International standard, AS6500, is designed to encourage suppliers and OEMs to put more focus on manufacturability during the early phases of a product’s life...

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