Lamborghini and Others Race to Save COVID-19 Patients With Ventilator Production by Friederike Voigt Prototyping experts have become masters of restructuring in European factories, and now ventilator production is happening where cars are usually built.
Respect Igor Sikorsky, the Man With the Impossible Dream of a Rotary-Wing Helicopter by Gary McCormick
Manufacturing Inspired by a “Planet of Caterpillars,” One Designer Hatches Soft Robots in Japan by Yasuo Matsunaka In Japan, one researcher created a soft caterpillar robot that is safer than metal “hard robots”—and might be more useful. Will this “soft-robot” revolution advance on tiny feet?
Manufacturing How to Win a Robot Contest, According to Rookie Japanese Team SAKURA Tempesta by Megumi Yoshida A robot-making high school team from Japan—SAKURA Tempesta—dominated the rookie awards at the 2017–2018 FIRST Robotics Competition. Here’s how they conquered the contest.
Manufacturing Looking Into the Face of Humanity’s Future With the Clock of the Long Now by Kim O’Connell Looking 10,000 years into the future has been the purview of science fiction, but building the Clock of the Long Now is a scientific and existential project on an epic timescale.
Uncategorized Souped-Up Black Hawk Helicopters Help Battle Deadly California Wildfires by GE Reports The Los Angeles County Fire Department's Firehawks are modified Black Hawk helicopters that carry 1,000 gallons of water and can fly near intense fires.
Respect Respect: George Westinghouse May Be Forgotten, but His Inventions Endure by Gary McCormick Everyone remembers Thomas Edison and his inventions, but what about Edison’s rival in the War of the Currents—and its eventual winner—George Westinghouse?
