Today on Engineering Newswire, we are flying tiny drones as CES, taking a spin in Mercedes’ futuristic self-driving car, and 3D printing a giant head … Getting a Head 3DP, a 3D printing startup out of Roscoe, IL, invited us to the Land of Lincoln to check out the 3DP1000, a new large format, completely […]
Engineering Newswire: Electric scooter unfolds in a second
Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re searching the sea with robotic ocean gliders, unfolding an electric scooter in a single second, and shielding our eyes from blinding headlights. Electric scooter unfolds in 1 sec.: Kleefer, a France based company specializing in light electric vehicles for the urban mobility market has partnered with Solvay Engineering Plastics to […]
Engineering Newswire: The Army’s new glow-in-the-dark bullets
Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re shrinking power inverters for a chance to win a million dollars, firing glow in the dark bullets, and creating power with industry by-products. This episode features: Little box challengeWant to win one million dollars? All you need is a little box. Well … you have to find an innovative way […]
Engineering Newswire 99: Marines Unveil Amphibious Monster Vehicle
Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re healing bones faster than ever, learning to curve bullets, and test-driving a half-scale amphibious vehicle. This episode features: DARPA Learns to Curve Bullets: DARPA has managed to take ballistics to the next level with its Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance program, or EXACTO. EXACTO was created to help military snipers hit […]
Engineering Newswire 97: Dragon Chopper Burns Down the Highway
Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re redressing a McLaren street car for the race track, making the virtual supercar a reality, and making dragons out of motorcycles with Orange County Choppers. This episode features: From the Street to the Track: The old adage with race vehicles is that they act as testing vessels for the slower, […]
Engineering Newswire: DARPA’s air-to-ground warfare
Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re 3D printing engagement rings, working to coordinate troops’ positions, and testing to see if computers can really think for themselves… they can. Air-to-ground warfare: DARPA’s new Persistent Close Air Support program is providing warfighters with advanced digital tools for situational awareness and targeting in place of legacy communications systems and […]
Engineering Newswire 84: World’s Fastest Bullet Car
Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re fixing the government with sixth grade math, printing invisibility cloaks, and racing the world’s fastest RC Car. This week’s episode features: 6th Grade Math Could Save Government $400M: With an interest in applying computer science to promote environmental sustainability, Suvir Mirchandani, a sixth grader, won his school science fair when […]
Engineering Newswire 75: First Porsche Ever Made Found 115 Years Later
Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re printing multi-material in color, detecting mines with our shoes, cutting catalytic converter costs, and riding the first Porsche ever made. This episode features: Multi-Material 3D Printing: This week, Stratasys launched the Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer, the first and only 3D printer to combine colors with multi-material 3D printing. […]