New drones for business signal the future of flight

Drones, or unmanned flying vehicles, have been around longer than most people think. The Kettering “Bug,” for instance, was developed during World War I. It was a bomb-carrying unpiloted biplane that…

Printed circuit board design process goes digital for reliability – part 2 of 8

Many engineering organizations want proof that a printed circuit board design process will meet the next generation requirements. What does that mean?
Traditionally, this was done through testing…

How the uses of artificial intelligence impacts businesses

The uses of artificial intelligence are still in their infancy as the majority of early artificial intelligence adopters are trying to sell us more and more things. Advertisements are geared toward y…

Future electric cars must focus on battery, architecture development

 
Electric cars are on display in Arizona where Waymo formally launched its self-driving taxi service — thus, the race to create the first genuinely commercially-viable level 4 autonomous veh…

How companies use tech to design smart sports equipment

Smart sporting goods present a tremendous opportunity for established brands, but success depends on their openness to new ways of doing business, which includes a more complex development process an…

Three industries creatively using additive manufacturing machines

Additive manufacturing machines, also known as 3D printing machines, are famous for their abilities to design parts for machines, vehicles, medical devices and more.
However, there are other crea…

Address obsolete parts production with the digital twin

There’s more to a manufactured part than what’s visible. Every component contains a wealth of historical information about its design and the manufacturing processes that went into creating the part….

Digitalize PCB electronic systems for safer autonomous vehicles – part 1 of 8

PCB electronic systems, such as electronic circuits and printed circuit boards, must achieve higher levels of fidelity, quality and robustness to address the looming technology concerns.
With the…

New technology in the maritime industry is spurring seachange

For centuries, the maritime business has run on a simple and decidedly low-tech principle: Load goods onto a ship and move them from point A to point B as quickly as possible.

Yet the ship…