This Pioneer Built Better Airplanes Than the Wright Bros, He Deserves Our Respect
12 Mar 2023, 20:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / in Europe, there's another cornerstone aviator who, in some ways, was even better at building airplanes than the Wright Brothers. His name is Traian Vuia
Human-Made Fireflies Emit Colored Light to Communicate, Could Have Various Applications
25 Jun 2022, 08:00 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / MIT engineers have created a robotic firefly that glows during flight. It uses actuators to fly and electroluminescent zinc sulfate particles to produce light
Drones Could Soon Be Able to Self-Adapt to Any Wind Conditions Thanks to Caltech Engineers
31 May 2022, 14:29 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / A team of engineers from Caltech developed Neural-Fly, a deep-learning method that helps drones survive any wind conditions
World's Smallest Walking Robot Is Tinier Than a Flea, Has a Width of Just 0.019"
28 May 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois developed what they claim to be the world's smallest remote-controlled walking robot
Soft Drone-Like Robot Morphs From Ground Vehicle to Aircraft in Just a Few Seconds
1 Mar 2022, 11:03 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Using rubber and liquid metal, scientists succeeded in making a morphing drone that can autonomously morph from a ground vehicle to an aircraft.
Car-Sized Sea Rover Sinks to a Depth of 20,000 Ft, Consumes No More Power Than an iPhone
8 Nov 2021, 08:23 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The Benthic Rover II is a mobile laboratory that collects crucial data from the bottom of the ocean, helping us understand more about the Earth's carbon cycle
World’s Smallest Flying Structure Ever Needs No Engines, Gives Nature a Run for Its Money
23 Sep 2021, 16:05 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The world's smallest flying structure made by humans is a winged microchip that uses no engines whatsoever to catch a flight.
Bentley Digs Up 1923 Engine, Brings It Back to Life
25 Oct 2019, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The engine is 3.0-liters in displacement, was the 212th produced, and was initially used on the chassis 209, took 700 hours to rebuild
2014 Jeep Cherokee Engineers Win Walter P. Chrysler Award for Innovation
27 Feb 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler has announced that four of the engineers that worked on the redesigned 2014 Jeep Cherokee crossover SUV have received the Walter P. Chrysler Technology Award for innovation. Don Schmansk...
Lotus to Create More Than 100 New Jobs
9 Aug 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After receiving more funding from its Malaysian parent company, DRB-Hicom, UK-based sportscar manufacturer Lotus has announced plans to create more than 100 new jobs. According to a recent statem...
Ford's Grandpa Suit Gets New Use
18 Apr 2011, 13:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Time passes, and unfortunately not even the entire human population as a concept isn't getting any younger (the EU predicts that by 2060, 30 percent of Europe's population will be over 65,...
F1 Engineers Baffled By Red Bull's Flexible Wing Secret
6 Apr 2011, 09:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Even though the FIA has strengthened F1 flexibility tests for the front wing in the late stages of last year, several voices from within the paddock have hinted that Red Bull have somehow managed to...
Hispania Struggles Financially Before Australia Opener
22 Mar 2011, 08:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team is struggling with major financial problems before the start of the 2011 Formula 1 season, according to some internal sources quoted by a specialized website, as reported by ...
Porsche Jobs Available Right Now
18 Nov 2010, 14:41 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This has to be heaven for automotive enthusiasts... who hold an automotive engineering degree, are looking for a job and live in Germany: Porsche today announced that it will be recruiting 100 engin...
Di Montezemolo Congratulates Ferrari Engineers Before Summer Break
3 Aug 2010, 07:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's Gestione Sportiva will shut down for a two week period this August, as Formula One has entered its traditional summer break following the Hungarian Grand Prix. However, before everyon...
SAE Foundation Awards Top Young Engineers
12 May 2010, 08:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At an upcoming gala to be held on May 20, 2010, at The Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn, Michigan, SAE International’s charitable arm will be honoring 10 young engineers. They will receive the Young M...