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Boeing is having a hell of a week, and that’s not even usually news anymore. The aerospace supplier, who has been buried under the weight of its issues with the Max jet for months, saw its stock pric…
We know the SUV market is a competitive one. And with one automaker after another putting at least most of their eggs into this basket, it’s sure to spark some segment design changes, if only because…
Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using a new 3D printing technique to improve lightning strikes on airplanes.
Airplane exteriors sare traditionally made of carbon fiber reinforced p…
This week, NOWLAB introduced LOCI, a design prototype for a 3D-printed autonomous podcar designed for last-mile movement.
NOWLAB is the additive manufacturing innovation arm of the BigRep Consultancy,…
Researchers from Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) used an integrated tissue-organ printer (ITOP) to 3D-bioprint a trachea.
Researchers have already 3D-printed tracheal splints …
A pair of German industrial giants this week officially kicked off a pilot project in the heart of Silicon Valley that, they hope, will pave the way for autonomous taxis in dense urban corridors.
Da…
Roberto Escobar, brother of infamous cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar and who, according to Escobarinc.com, was the former accountant/chief of assassinations for the notorious Medellin Cartel, is als…
In the name of preserving history, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used advanced imaging to create digital replicas of the bullets that killed President …
In September, Jaguar opened up a state-of-the-art design studio in the UK. For the first time in the company's 84-year history, the entire design team assembled in a single location.
The studio is mo…
There is perhaps no company in the world that will be happier to put 2019 behind them than Boeing. The aerospace giant started the year with a number of unanswered questions related to the crash of t…
This year's Hot Wheels report is out. The annual report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau details the ten most stolen vehicles in the United States.
The data comes from information submitted b…
On Wednesday, SpaceX was conducting a pressure test on the SpaceX Starship MK1 at a facility in Boca Chica, Texas, when the top of the next-generation rocket exploded.
LabPadre was streaming the test …
Back in 2015, Amazon rolled out its innovative Dash Buttons — which were little oval electronic devices you could stick somewhere and re-order a specified amount of product by pressing its button. It…
DSG Technology specializes in patented, high-tech ammunition, and at a North Carolina firing range, the team recently showed off some of its new capabilities.
The first is CAV-X, super cavitating amm…
Earlier in the week, Fiat Chrysler became the last among the Detroit 3 to sit down at the bargaining table with the United Autoworkers Union. And while it’s easy to predict at least some drama, a new…
It’s cyber Monday and, for many of us, that means sneaking glances at the online price slashing throughout the day in order to net the best deals possible on our holiday purchases.
If your shopping ta…
Smart toilets on the market today primarily boast energy savings with more accurate flushes or simple luxuries like a seat warmer or massaging bidet.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin and …
On August 9, 2019, a fire at a Tyson meat processing plant in Holcomb, Kansas, forced the facility to shut down.
According to local reports, the sparks from welders conducting maintenance operations …
University of Waterloo researchers have created a new device that takes a small, cheap sensor and solves a sometimes heartbreaking problem.
More than 50 children have died in hot cars in 2019, and mo…
More and more business models are incorporating sustainability plans with actual teeth. That’s because the more we learn about climate change, the scarier it becomes and many organizations are smart …