AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS SPOTLIGHT

AirBoss of America From custom rubber compounding to precision molded vibration dampeners, AirBoss of America offers automotive manufacturers an impressive depth of capabilities. AirBoss of America Corp. is a specialist in custom automotive-market rubber compounding...

The Science Behind Ketchup Pouring Could Lead to Ceramic 3D Printing

By Brian Gutierrez GAITHERSBURG, Md.—3D printing has matured from a speculative sci-fi fantasy into a practical tool. Plastic is the most commonly used material for 3D printing, but National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) research is helping expand 3D...

Autonomous Vehicles

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES System Helps Humans Predict When Self-Driving Cars Will Make Mistakes A new method, called CW-Net, translates the reasoning process of an autonomous vehicle’s AI system into understandable concepts that explain its behavior. By Adam Zewe | MIT News...

MEDICAL R&D

New Wearable Reroutes Lost Sensation, Restores Stability An interdisciplinary team of researchers developed a wearable “sensory substitution” system that translates foot pressure into high-tech patterns of heat and vibration they can feel elsewhere. By Audra Davidson...

DEFENSE MANUFACTURING

Lockheed Martin To Produce Next Generation Interceptor at New Facility in Alabama The 88,000-square-foot facility in Courtland expands the company’s advanced manufacturing capacity, supporting rapid delivery of domestic defense capability.   Defense technology company...