Life rarely follows a straight path. Nick Palizzi’s story demonstrates this. He grew up in rural Michigan, graduated with honors from the University of Detroit’s School of Architecture and started his ...

When the first parking brake was made, it was a safety device that was created to give vehicles an extra sense of security when parked. Parking brakes, also known as emergency brakes, are typically ...

The handheld PC gaming market is more competitive than it’s even been, which means any new entrant needs to do something special to stand out. The upcoming Ayaneo 3 is out to do just that with a ...

From the September 1998 issue of Car and Driver. "Racing improves the breed." We used to hear that all the time about cars and car equipment. We even repeated it ourselves occasionally when cheering ...

Advances in linear motors and hybrid actuators are pushing motion systems toward higher precision, speed and efficiency. A key part of achieving this performance is the integration of drives with ...

Changing interactions between the smallest particles at the touch of a button: Quantum researchers at RPTU have developed a new tool that makes this possible. The new approach—a temporally oscillating ...

When it comes to classic cars from the 1950s, I'm a big fan of orphan brands. I usually favor rigs with Hudson, Studebaker, and Packard badges, but a certain Mercury model is also high on my list. I'm ...

Abstract: An in situ tensile test platform has been developed to study the mechanical properties of thin-film metal specimens. The fully integrated on-chip platform loads a specimen using a thermal ...

Abstract: The torque density improvement of a low-speed high-torque swirling actuator is presented in this article. The swirling actuator is driven by the electromagnetic radial force and integrated ...