A PROJECT that could enable manufacturers of rail vehicles to use virtual testing of trains in order to ensure safety standards throughout Europe while making huge savings on development costs has relied on a key contribution ...
Engineering
Aug 7, 2013
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In the four decades since Motorola first showed off a prototype of the world's first cellphone, the company has watched Apple, Samsung and other innovators surpass it in sales. With Google as its new owner, Motorola is introducing ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 2, 2013
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Diego Porqueras' Deezmaker store in Pasadena, Calif., is a geeky version of Santa's workshop, brimming with action figures, chess pieces and jewelry. But instead of relying on elves, Porqueras has built his own one-man factory ...
Engineering
Aug 1, 2013
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A new study by researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology shows that commercially available desktop 3D printers can have substantial emissions of potentially harmful nanosized particles in indoor air. The study, ...
Engineering
Jul 24, 2013
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The ability to "print" objects ranging from plastic toys to bionic ears and even 3D artworks, has been described as possibly heralding a new industrial revolution, by freeing up – and speeding up – product design, prototyping ...
Engineering
Jul 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The word "kite" at the Delft University of Technology hardly means summertime fun and recreation. Rather, scientists see "kite" as an important airborne wind technology, with advantages lacking in wind turbines. ...
An original Apple computer from 1976 has sold at auction for nearly $388,000.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 10, 2013
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Griffith University students are using smartphone technology to make the driverless car of the future more of a reality. A team of Information and Communications Technology students from the Gold Coast campus has won an award ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 10, 2013
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A group of Cambridge students are hoping that their game-changing design of solar car will make them the first British winners of the World Solar Challenge.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 5, 2013
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A little corner of ESA's technical heart that is forever Mars: this rubble-strewn model of the Red Planet is used to put prototype planetary rovers through their paces. Officially known as the Automation & Planetary Robotics ...
Space Exploration
Jul 5, 2013
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