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Spacex Launches Starfall Mission For In-Space Manufacturing

SpaceX launched a demonstration mission Tuesday to send a reusable capsule into space and then recover it, part of a new program that may allow the Elon Musk-led company to tap...

Astemo Engineering Careers Tour Meets Marcis Jansons, Wayne State University

The Global Auto Mobility and Smart Mobility Today team spent the day on campus at Detroit’s Wayne State University just before winter break. During our visit, Cindy Polakowski...

EVs Can Power The Grid; Why Aren’t More Of Them Doing It?

When some EV owners in California and Massachusetts plug in their cars, the large batteries inside now serve a second purpose: sending power back to the grid when the vehicles do...

GM Installs Robots At Flagship EV Factory After Laying Off 1,300 Workers

Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors’ flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit—even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed...

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Turning Everyday Cameras Into Crop Analysis Tools

Agricultural producers and manufacturers often need information about crop attributes, from nutrient content to chemical composition, to make management decisions. In recent years, multispectral imaging has emerged as a useful tool for product analysis, but the...

Thanksgiving Classics Shine Thanks To Food Science

Last year, Thanksgiving hosts spent an average of $265 on food and drinks to serve 11 people. That cost is offset by 63% of guests bringing their favorite sides. While turkey is the traditional centerpiece, the latest survey from Campbell’s finds 63% of Americans...

Teen Designs And Builds A Robotic Hand With Only LEGOs

He first designed the hand digitally and it has two motors and four fingers with two tendons in each. The hardest part of the design was the tendon routing around the rotating bearings in the fingers, which allows the joints to bend and the finger to flex or extend...