In this week’s episode of the Engineering Update starring Editor Kasey Panetta (@kcpanetta), Associate Editor Jamie Wisniewski (@JamieECNMag), and WDD’s Editor-in-Chief, Janine E. Mooney (@JMooneyWDD): Nanogenerator harvests power from rolling tires A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car’s rolling tire friction. An innovative method of reusing […]
A VTOL Plug-In Hybrid-Electric Flying Car
In this week’s episode of the Engineering Update starring Editor Kasey Panetta (@kcpanetta), Digital Editor Jason Lomberg (@JasonECNMag), and WDD’s Editor-in-Chief, Janine E. Mooney (@JMooneyWDD): A VTOL plug-in hybrid-electric flying car It’s fair to say that flying cars have excited the public’s imagination since at least the 1920s when Henry Ford produced a flimsy aircraft that garnered […]
The First 3D-Printed, Battery Powered Rocket
In this week’s episode of the Engineering Update starring Editor Kasey Panetta (@kcpanetta), Digital Editor Jason Lomberg (@JasonECNMag), and WDD’s Editor-in-Chief, Janine E. Mooney (@JMooneyWDD): The first 3D-printed, battery powered rocket A month ago, we discussed the world’s first 3D-printed jet engine from Australia’s Monash University. Not to be outdone, a Lockheed Martin-funded startup has created a rocket that is not only 3D-printed […]
An Electric Vehicle Designed for Antarctica
In this week’s episode of the Engineering Update starring Editor Kasey Panetta (@kcpanetta), Digital Editor Jason Lomberg (@JasonECNMag), and WDD’s Editor-in-Chief, Janine E. Mooney (@JMooneyWDD): Bringing virtual reality to indoor cycling We’ve all been there–in a crowded gym sitting on a stationary bike counting down the minutes until the workout is over. BORINGGGG. Now imagine being immersed in an intense uphill battle, a […]
Driverless Vehicle Makes a Cross-Country Trek
In this week’s episode of the Engineering Update starring Editor Kasey Panetta (@kcpanetta), Digital Editor Jason Lomberg (@JasonECNMag), and WDD’s Editor-in-Chief, Janine E. Mooney (@JMooneyWDD): Chip could turn smartphone cameras into high-res 3D scanners Imagine if you could scan three dimensional objects with your smartphone, send the high-resolution 3D image to a 3D printer that will then […]
Creating Cheaper Night Vision
In this week’s episode of the Engineering Update starring Editor Kasey Panetta (@kcpanetta), Digital Editor Jason Lomberg (@JasonECNMag), and WDD’s Editor-in-Chief, Janine E. Mooney (@JMooneyWDD): Ford debuts app-powered e-bikes Ford debuted its smart e-bike prototypes at the 2015 Mobile World Congress last week as a part of its “Smart Mobility Plan.”The MoDe:Me and MoDe:Pro connect to your smartphone and give toy navigation feedback […]