Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is being adopted across many different industries, providing unique advantages and challenges for each. The automotive and aerospace and defense industries were the two largest markets for additive manufacturing in 2018, according to ARC Advisory Group research. Combined, these two industries…
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 landing on the moon, a giant leap for mankind, the first spacecraft that landed on the moon. The spaceflight experienced an altitude of 118.65 miles; 32.521 degrees; 30 revolutions; eight days, three…
Virtual reality is not as new as one may think. In 1935, Stanley Weinbaum released Pygmalion’s Spectacles – a science fiction story. The story’s main character wears a pair of goggles which transports him to a fictional world which stimulates his senses aptly and features…
If you are flying to your vacation destination or accepting a package delivery, aviation touches all of our lives every day. Long before there were commercial jet airliners, Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a presidential proclamation in 1939 which designated the anniversary of Orville Wright’s birthday to be National Aviation…
With each day, new and better technologies are disrupting the manufacturing industry to help operate their businesses efficiently. Presently, there is a lot of buzz around the use of nanotechnology that allows manufacturers to build quality products at reduced cost. Materials that are brittle can become…
AeroVironment, Inc. of Monrovia, California revealed its critical role in collaborating with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California to build the “Mars Helicopter” for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. Program officials plan to have the Mars Helicopter flying on Mars in less than three years. …
