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MPM tool helps cut wire harness manufacturing costs With today’s extreme pressure to reduce costs, wire harness manufacturing is the focus of much attention, and Mentor Graphics has responded to this need with its Capital Harness Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) software application. Read full story

Virtually speaking…and engaging…and reading…and attending…and, so on SAE International has taken several steps toward virtualizing some operations with a goal of working more efficiently and effectively with members. This includes operating several different offices to better reach members and customers around the world, and also engaging subject matter experts to help provide the knowledge and resources they need. Read full story

Engineering from the lab to the field Success on the modern battlefield depends on the rapid collection and processing of vast quantities of information. As new platforms and sensors are fielded at an ever-increasing rate, the challenge of processing and analyzing the flood of intelligence grows exponentially. Read full story

Boeing engineers visualize technologies for manufacturing Boeing recently looked at the use of AR as a tool to help get design intent to the builder so the product can build right the first time and every time. Read full story

Honeywell combined vision system aids in low-visibility landing A study by a team of engineers from Honeywell provides evidence for an equivalency of performance of a head-down, primary flight display with synthetic vision and Enhanced Vision—a Combined Vision System—to the performance with a HUD with IR imagery. Read full story

Handheld ultrasonic camera ‘gun’ finds composite cracks Norwegian start-up’s easy-to-use NDT technology for carbon fiber-reinforced plastics has been adopted by EADS. Read full story

The ten-millionths solution for bore accuracy There is a new technology that enables makers of products with bored holes to achieve accuracies measured in millionths—even "fix" bore geometries. It also enables high process capabilities (Cpk), all in automated, high-throughput production. Read full story

Progress toward reducing airframe and landing gear noise Canadian researchers are finding ways to reduce landing noise in a facility designed to study the sounds that come from the interaction of certain airplane parts and wind. Read full story

Medical robotics save the day for NASA satellites Leveraging their reputation as experts in medical robotics, Johns Hopkins engineers have turned their attention skyward to help NASA with a space dilemma. Read full story