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Fresh air for the passenger experience

2017-02-21

The increased use of humidity-control and anti-condensation systems help to prevent moisture problems in aircraft and to enhance the in-flight comfort of crew and passengers.

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Probing FAST processing for high-tech ceramic components

2017-02-20

Researchers from Purdue University are studying the fundamental mechanisms behind a method that uses electrical fields to enhance ceramics-sintering processing, which could aid R&D of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells. The research also could shed light on a phenomenon called electromigration, which can affect the performance of electronic devices.

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Sharpening the focus on OBD-II security

2017-02-17

At NHTSA’s urging, SAE International has launched a working group that is looking to explore ways to "harden" the OBD-II port against hackers.

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Military system designers aren’t resting on COTS deployment

2017-02-17

As ground vehicles employ more electronic sensing, control and communication systems, design engineers are increasingly utilizing more commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) modules. Though COTS slashes development time and costs, it’s still difficult for many military users to find COTS boards that meet their low-volume demands for ruggedization and redundancy.

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Early ride: Lucid Motors’ 1,000-hp Air ‘alpha’ prototype

2017-02-15

Lucid Motors makes a move on the credibility scale by taking Automotive Engineering for a city-street romp in a prototype of its Air luxury sedan slated for 2018 production.

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Signal conditioning, filter and instrumentation amplifier

2017-02-14

Alligator Technologies (Costa Mesa, CA) offers x10000 amplifier gain enhancement for the company’s USB controlled USBPIA-S1 single channel programmable signal conditioning instrumentation amplifier and the USBPGF-S1 instrumentation amplifier with low pass filter.

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High-power wireless charging technology

2017-02-14

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s 20-kw wireless charging system has achieved 90% efficiency at three times the rate of the plug-in systems commonly used for electric vehicles today.

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Smaller suppliers facing global challenges

2017-02-14

Are you willing and prepared to follow your customers around the world to support their global product initiatives?

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Lucid Motors’ David Moseley: EV or ICE, “It is all physics”

2017-02-14

Lucid Motors' Director, Powertrain, CAE Crash & Safety, discusses the not-really-so-different aspects of EV and internal-combustion engineering, why a powertrain’s still just a powertrain and why he ponied up his own money for a deposit on Lucid’s Air electric luxury sedan.

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SAE Eye on Engineering Quick Take: GM and Honda Fuel Cell Partnership

2017-02-14

The high cost of developing new technologies such as fuel cells is making partners out of competitors.

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Hard, slick and ready to roll

2017-02-13

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Chicago auto show: Dodge puts 375-hp Hemi V8 in Durango SRT

2017-02-13

Leave it to FCA's SRT unit to say it's about time a three-row, soccer-shuttle SUV gets a 475-hp V8.

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Fingerprint-free coatings

2017-02-13

NBD Nanotechnologies features a new coating solution that renders fingerprints invisible on metal and glass surfaces.

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Plasma polymerization deposition systems

2017-02-13

The PD Series Plasma Deposition Systems family from Nordson MARCH uses plasma polymerization to deposit thin films uniformly during precision manufacturing and assembly processes to change the surface characteristics of a substrate.

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Design Tip: 3D Printing

2017-02-12

Get to know the benefits and parameters of DMLS in this primer from Proto Labs.

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Mobileye on the Road

2017-02-12

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Shifting to an e-mobility product portfolio

2017-02-11

How does a traditional powertrain component supplier stay relevant in an electrified and autonomus future? Rheinmetall Automotive CEO Horst Binnig explains.

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Nissan's new King Cab full of patent potential

2017-02-11

Cab doors that open 180° thanks to a new hinge design are one innovative feature on the recently unveiled 2017 Titan King Cab model.

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Stationary laboratory data acquisition system

2017-02-11

Diversified Technical Systems' (Seal Beach, CA) SLICE PRO LAB system offers the same electronics and flexibility as its crash-hardened SLICE PRO data acquisition modules, but in laboratory enclosures, making it suitable for a variety of static testing such as crash test dummy calibration.

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Can product planning keep pace with technology?

2017-02-10

Rapidly emerging technologies are presenting huge challenges for even the best informed product planners.