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Automotive

Leveraging Simulation for Net Zero Emissions in Conventional and e-Fueled Combustion Systems

The transportation sector faces unprecedented challenges in achieving net zero emissions targets due to continuously rising environmental concerns....

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Building Resilient SDVs: Secure by Design in the Automotive Industry

Modern vehicles contain upward of 100 million lines of code and growing. The emergence of autonomous vehicles and software-defined vehicles (SDVs) means cars often run...

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Articles
AR/AI

Undeterred, WCX Strides Toward Future

The national and global economy may face turbulent times for the near future, but the show goes on in automotive manufacturing. In addition to being a great place for engineers to upgrade their...

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Software

Case Study: Accuracy Is Key in AHP Hydraulics’s New Ball Joint Tester

Belgian solutions integrator AHP Hydraulics faced a certified stumper of a challenge from client SIDEM NV, which develops and produces automotive suspension and...

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Electronics & Computers

Lighter, Recyclable Body Seal from Cooper Standard Wins SAA Award

A lighter, colorable and fully recyclable thermoplastic body seal from Cooper Standard won the annual Innovations in Lightweighting Award given by the Society for Automotive...

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Automotive

Navigating Security in Automotive SoCs: How to Build Resilient Solutions

In today's rapidly evolving automotive industry, ensuring the security of vehicles has become more critical than ever. Vehicles have become increasingly connected and...

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News
Manufacturing & Prototyping

Power over Coaxial in Automotive: A Simplified Path to Advanced Vehicle Systems

As automotive technology advances, modern vehicles increasingly rely on complex electronics such as cameras, sensors, radar, and lidar. These components are...

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Q&A
AR/AI

Mercedes CEO Talks SDVs and 30 Years in Silicon Valley

Nestled in a commercial park in Sunnyvale, California, sits the Mercedes-Benz research and development North America Office. A spinning star sits in the front of the building. It is...

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Q&A
Power

Elektrobit Sees the Future in SMH Afeela Software

At CES 2025, we sat down with Moritz Neukirchner, senior director of strategic product management for software-defined vehicles for Elektrobit, to talk about his excitement for SDVs and why...

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News
Regulations/Standards

AVSC Develops Best Practices for Traceable AV Safety Inspection Protocols

The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium announced its best practice document for the design, revision, documentation and lifecycle of a safety inspection protocol for Automated Driving System-Dedicated Vehicles. Read on to learn more.

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Connectivity

Closing Gap to Leverage Enhanced Computational Power for SDV Advancement

Developing a standardized approach to harness the power of modern hardware accelerators in a safe and efficient way is essential in furthering the advancement of...

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Aerospace

Toyota Says Woven City Innovation Incubator Is Ready for Residents

At the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Toyota announced that it has completed phase one construction of what it calls Toyota Woven City, a full-scale area...

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NASA Spinoff
Photonics/Optics

Tweaking Analysis Tools to Give SAGE Advice

Under SBIR funding from Langley Research Center, Quartus Engineering of San Diego tested the tools it used to analyze optical assemblies for an atmosphere-observing satellite. With better modeling and analysis tools, Quartus and NASA hope to cut time and expense from future optical instrument design. Read on to learn more.

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NASA Spinoff
Unmanned Systems

NASA Data Helps Beavers Build Back Streams

Boise State University in Idaho and Utah State University in Logan are using a NASA grant and data from satellites supported by Goddard Space Flight Center to identify streams that could benefit from restoration efforts by humans and beavers and then track those improvements from space. Read on to learn more.

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News
Test & Measurement

Seeing Is Communicating

The Eyegaze Edge system developed in collaboration with NASA is an eye-tracking technology that makes 'talking' possible for people who can’t. Read on to learn more.

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NASA Spinoff
Unmanned Systems

A Better Backup Plan for the Unthinkable

Sagrad of Melbourne, Florida, offers a technology to automatically end the flight of any rocket that experiences difficulty. The technology will soon be required at every federal launchpad. A contract with Kennedy Space Center to build the prototype spawned two smaller, cheaper versions available for commercial use. Read on to learn more.

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NASA Spinoff
Transportation

Better Data for Bodies in Motion

To discover why astronauts returning to Earth frequently experience head and neck injuries, NASA awarded SBIR contracts to miniaturize an acceleration data recorder. It’s now used in safety testing for parachute drops, cars, drones, and more. Read on to learn more.

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Electronics & Computers

Folding NASA Experience into an Origamist’s Toolkit

How an engineer who holds dozens of patents for optoelectronics —technology that combines light and electricity — became one of world’s leading figures at the intersection of math and paper folding.

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News
Aerospace

Space-Based Tech for Home Health Monitoring

Technologies from NASA, federal labs, and universities have found commercial applications in the medical industry. Read on, as this article highlights some of those spin-off innovations.

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Software

Honda and Nissan Merger Plans Could Accelerate EV R&D

After reports of a potential merger between the two automakers surfaced in recent weeks, Honda and Nissan have officially announced that both parties have signed a memorandum of...

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Transportation

Company Says Tiny Motions Can Predict Big Problem: Impaired Driving

A five-year-old Israeli company says it has a software-only, AI-driven solution that can detect impaired drivers more quickly and with less intrusion than interlock devices, passive breath detection or other methods that rely on physical hardware. Read on to learn more.

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Connectivity

Key ‘Plug and Charge’ Agreement Could Eliminate EV Charging-Payment Headaches

A persistent frustration of electric vehicle owners ─ trouble working with payment software at public chargers ─ could be eased soon after an SAE ITC-led...

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Green Design & Manufacturing

Ford Engineering Lab Turns 100

“This might be our most forward-looking team occupying the building that was the impetus for our future-looking focus in the very beginning,” Jennifer Kolstad, Ford Motor Company’s Global Design and...

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Products
Manufacturing & Prototyping

Product Showcase

See what's in the product showcase, including Miba Resistors' RST5N resistor series; Luxinar's femtosecond lasers; Freudenberg Sealing Technologies' cell caps; CPEG's durable equipment to safely handle and process lithium and other minerals for lithium-ion batteries; and much more.

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Briefs
Design

Folded or Cut, This Lithium-Sulfur Battery Keeps Going

To address stability and safety issues, researchers have designed a lithium-sulfur battery that features an improved iron sulfide cathode. One prototype remains highly stable over 300 charge-discharge cycles, and another provides power even after being folded or cut. Read on to learn more.

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Briefs
Energy

New Battery Cathode Material Could Revolutionize EV Market and Energy Storage

A multi-institutional research team led by Hailong Chen has developed a new, low-cost cathode that could radically improve lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) — potentially transforming the electric vehicle (EV) market and large-scale energy storage systems. Read on to learn more.

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Briefs
Energy

Researchers Unveil Scalable Graphene Technology to Revolutionize Battery Safety and Performance

Researchers have developed a pioneering technique for producing large-scale graphene current collectors. This breakthrough promises to significantly enhance the safety and performance of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), addressing a critical challenge in energy storage technology. Read on to learn more.

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News
Electronics & Computers

Securing the Software-Defined Vehicle

Old car models with mechanical components are rapidly giving way to the increasingly software-defined vehicle (SDV) with features that not only allow drivers and passengers to stay connected to the...

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News
AR/AI

Driving Success with the Software-Defined Product

Across industries, more and more products are becoming smart and connected devices. The cellphone is the quintessential example of this development. It has evolved beyond a single-purpose...

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