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Using AI to build a machine that draws a heart
Engineers from Columbia University in New York, have announced that they have created an AI that – for the first time – is able to learn to generate kinematic designs in response to visual shape prompts. In a new study, the researchers demonstrated how their AI used its abilities to design thousands of new mechanisms…
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TECHNOLOGY
Canadian electric vehicle prototypes unveiled
Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) has unveiled the next phase of the country’s national vehicle innovation programme, Project Arrow 2.0, introducing two new advanced electric vehicle prototypes:…
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New tool could reduce collision risk for Earth-observation satellites
Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a new way to design Earth-observation satellite missions that could help protect the space environment while continuing to deliver vital…
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3D printing soft robots
Engineers from Harvard University’s John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new 3D printing method for building soft robots that bend and…
SUSTAINABILITY
Canadian electric vehicle prototypes unveiled
Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) has unveiled the next phase of the country’s national vehicle innovation programme, Project Arrow 2.0, introducing two new advanced electric vehicle prototypes:…
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Trimble sponsors global design challenge to empower future engineers
Global technology company Trimble has announced a two-year sponsorship deal for the Engineering for People Design Challenge, led by Engineers Without Borders UK in collaboration with Engineers Without…
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Designing fatigue resistance to make metal alloys more durable and more sustainable
Researchers in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated that ‘fatigue’ resistance can be greatly enhanced by controlling how metal plasticity, or…
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EDUCATION
First CPD course on cryogenic engineering for sustainable flight delivered
The University of Bath and GKN Aerospace have delivered the first continuing person development (CPD) course on cryogenic engineering for sustainable flight. Focused on aerospace applications, the introductory…
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Trimble sponsors global design challenge to empower future engineers
Global technology company Trimble has announced a two-year sponsorship deal for the Engineering for People Design Challenge, led by Engineers Without Borders UK in collaboration with Engineers Without…
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New student design competition celebrates inclusive engineering practice
A new student design competition developed by the University of Huddersfield’s Department of Engineering celebrates inclusive engineering practice through a challenge to find innovative 3D-printed solutions to real-world…
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MATERIALS
Extreme heat increases strength of pure metals
In a surprising new study, engineers at Northwestern University in Illinois have discovered that, in extreme conditions, heat doesn’t soften pure metals – it strengthens them. Not only…
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Designing fatigue resistance to make metal alloys more durable and more sustainable
Researchers in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated that ‘fatigue’ resistance can be greatly enhanced by controlling how metal plasticity, or…
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New guide on design and construction using mass timber published
Two professors in the Building and Construction Technology programme at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, experts in wood engineering, have written a comprehensive new book, Mass Timber: Materials,…
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MEDICAL
New device gives stroke patients their voice back
Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally and fluently following a stroke, without the need for…
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3D printing soft robots
Engineers from Harvard University’s John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new 3D printing method for building soft robots that bend and…
Optimising robotic joints
Researchers in Harvard University’s John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have devised a new way to design knee-like joints in robots. Called rolling contact…