Latest Mechanical Stories
Autonomous boats can target and latch onto each otherJune 13, 2019
Fleet of robotic boats, or 'roboats', could collect rubbish or self-assemble into floating structures in Amsterdam’s many canals
MIT leadership guru Hal Gregersen says questions are the answerMay 29, 2019
New MIT Sloan Executive Education programme helps executives identify 'unknown unknowns' through catalytic questioning
Drones to the rescue and how one Irish firm is helping to save livesMay 20, 2019
Planes, bridges and automobiles – is it time to distrust our infrastructure?May 7, 2019
Key tax considerations arising from the sale of a businessApril 23, 2019
Bryan Farrell explains a number of important tax issues arising from the disposal of a business, and gives an overview of the reliefs available to the owners of a firm including on retirement
Robots that can sort recyclingApril 23, 2019
CSAIL’s 'RoCycle' system uses in-hand sensors to detect if an object is paper, metal or plastic
Revealed: New insights that can change Paralympic and world championship podiumsApril 9, 2019
‘Particle robot’ works as a cluster of simple unitsApril 9, 2019
Boeing 737 MAX: After two fatal crashes, an expert explains the issuesMarch 26, 2019
Formula One motor firms are becoming textbook cases in how to successfully branch into other sectorsMarch 26, 2019
How one engineer has tackled poverty, one person at a timeMarch 12, 2019
MIT senior and Rhodes scholar Sarah Tress aims to combine her mechanical engineering background and MPhil in development studies that she is pursuing at Oxford University to help gain a deeper understanding of how poverty arises and to reduce hardships in developing countries
Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflipMarch 12, 2019
Robot’s lightweight, high-power design is the perfect platform to share and play, developers say
Robots track moving objects with unprecedented precisionFebruary 26, 2019
System uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to home in on targets - and this could benefit robotic manufacturing, collaborative drones, and other applications
Mechanical engineers develop process to 3-D print piezoelectric materialsFebruary 12, 2019
‘Metallic wood’ has the strength of titanium and the density of waterFebruary 12, 2019
Technique identifies electricity-producing bacteriaJanuary 29, 2019
Tiny satellites could be ‘guide stars’ for huge next-generation telescopesJanuary 29, 2019
How Galway’s Ellen Roche blends medicine and mechanical engineeringJanuary 15, 2019
Revealed: Smart car tech saves US drivers $6.2bn in fuel costs each yearDecember 11, 2018
In the first study to assess the energy impact of smart technology in cars, researchers have put a number on the potential fuel-cost savings alone: $6.2bn
