March 8, 2007

A blade developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories should make wind turbines more efficient at low-wind speeds.

Electronic keypad locks on security doors open only when users enter the correct password.

A California company is developing the Aeroscraft, a plane that will take off and land like a helicopter, but will use 14 million ft3 of helium to hoist two-thirds of the craft's weight.

Advances in digital electronic circuits have let consumer goods such as digital cameras and MP3 players become smaller and smaller.

Buffers in computer chips temporarily store data as needed to smooth information flow.

Moog FCS, Nieuw-Vennep, The Netherlands, has contracted with Airbus, Filton, UK to provide multi-channel digital-servo controls for all its Airbus ground-based testing facilities in Germany, United Kingdom, France and Spain until at least 2016.

Worldwide demand for hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) will grow to 3.9 million units in 2015 then nearly double in number by 2020, according to a study from The Freedonia Group Inc., a Cleveland-based market research firm.

U.S. Navy ships tow arrays of hydrophones thousands of feet long to locate enemy submarines by sound.

The USS New York (LPD 21) will be the fifth San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship when it takes to the seas sometime next year with a crew of 360 sailors.

Just one set of standard copper electrodes produced 50,000 high-quality welds on automotive-grade aluminum sheet.

A robotic exoskeleton developed at the University of Michigan could help patients walk again.

Boeing recently flew the first major assemblies for its 787 Dreamliner from Nagoya, Japan, to Charleston courtesy of a modified and none-too-pretty 747-400 known as the Dreamlifter.

Look at your window — not out it, but at it.

Four 140-hp electric motors power the latest generation of U.S. Army heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks.

Since 2000, rising oil prices, concerns over running out of oil, greenhouse gas emissions, and instability in the Middle East have pushed interest in biofuels - a renewable energy source derived from recently living organisms and their metabolic byproducts.

The Spider — an underwater ROV (remotely operated vehicle) — uses a 3D model of the sea floor to manage its telescoping arm and thrusters while operating 1,000 ft below the surface.

The gate dielectric in a transistor electrically insulates the gate from the channel in which current flows.

The 2008 Olympics, the first ever held in China, will mark the debut of BMX bicycle racing as an Olympic event.

Steadily increasing U.S. GDP, a strong commercial construction market, and increased demand from major end-use industries are bolstering the U.S. market for compressors, vacuum pumps, and industrial spraying equipment.

Can interference on networks lead to improvements in cell phones and PCs?

Engineers at Philips Medical Systems, Andover, Mass., faced a problem when designing a tray for accessories used during ultrasound exams.