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The idea of being able to pass electricity through the air dates back to the 1890s and the famous electrical engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla, who proposed an idea... Read More »

Praxair Electronics, a division of Praxair, Inc., announced today that its UpTime® sub-atmospheric dopant gas delivery system has been selected to be the factory... Read More »

Honeywell will provide the Zing® Test Elite rotor track and balance maintenance technology to MD Helicopters to support the entire fleet of current and new MD500... Read More »

The Super Bowl is one of the most watched television events nearly every year, often viewed in more than 40 million households. This year was no exception, breaking... Read More »

Active seat-belt buckles are currently under development by Mercedes-Benz and will shortly go into series production in one of the Stuttgart manufacturer's... Read More »

Mazda Motor Corporation has developed, jointly with Japan Polypropylene Corporation, resin material for vehicle parts that maintains the same rigidity as parts made... Read More »

Scientists have created an ultra miniature engine that is able to maneuver in acidic environments without any external energy source, such as the highly acidic human... Read More »

Northrop Grumman Corporation, together with DRS Technologies, today announced the delivery of the first Next Generation Automatic Test System (NGATS) to the U.S... Read More »

  At next week's Heli-Expo, Goodrich Corporation will showcase advanced helicopter technology that brings real-time information to air crews... Read More »

The University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory has released a video of flying nano quadrotor robots... Read More »

Boeing today announced that it has started production of the new Distributed Targeting System (DTS) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter. DTS provides... Read More »

Northrop Grumman Corporation was recently awarded a contract to study high-power solar electric propulsion flight system technology for NASA deep space and human... Read More »

Alliance for American Manufacturing raises concern about 1.6 million US auto industry jobs being at risk due to China’s illegal trade practices. World Trade... Read More »

The standard design of gasoline-powered and electrical engines hasn’t changed much during the last century. The motors have worked pretty well over the years... Read More »

I have a confession to make -- I never learned to sew.  Perhaps I can blame this on growing up during the 50s and 60s before gender-based roles loosened... Read More »

  Toyota's GRMN SPORTS HYBRID Concept II includes a four-wheel drive sports hybrid system and a new suspension for improved performance; it was... Read More »

Praxair, a major supplier of technology and products related to aerospace, chemicals, energy, metals and other industries, has expanded its reach. Praxair... Read More »

It almost sounds too good to be true: Stanford Research International (SRI) claims to have developed a new method for creating liquid transportation fuels that will... Read More »

Lufthansa has announced the positive completion of its burnFAIR project, a six-month practical trail of biosynthetic fuel on the airline’s flights. From July 15 ... Read More »

Turbomachines – pumps, fans, compressors, turbines and other machines that transfer energy between a rotor and a fluid – are instrumental in the... Read More »