Compact imaging system promises to reinvent monitoring of metal fatigue

Things don’t fall from the sky without a damn good reason. US lawyers Baum Hedlund, who specialize in litigation concerning transport accidents, lists human errors as the main reasons (53 percent) for aircraft crashes, followed by manufacturing defects… Continue reading Compact imaging system promises to reinvent monitoring of metal fatigue

Active wheel alignment system promises huge handling and performance gains

Change the angle of each car’s wheel on the move to get better fuel economy or improve handling? If it sounds like the result of inebriated banter around a barbecue too late one night, you’d be sober to learn it’s a new Australian development that is r… Continue reading Active wheel alignment system promises huge handling and performance gains

HyperPower: The high-density electric motor set to accelerate the hyperloop

Michael Fragomeni is sitting on the threshold of plugging in an electric motor design that despite modest dimensions, can thrust a hyperloop pod from rest to 155 mph (250 km/h) in a fraction of a second and has the performance to drive the planned tran… Continue reading HyperPower: The high-density electric motor set to accelerate the hyperloop