Versatile mechanophore detects structural damage without false alarms from heat or UV

A newly designed robust mechanophore provides early warning against mechanical failure while resisting heat and UV, report ...
IEEE

Model-Based Co-Simulation of Flexible Mechanical Systems With Contacts Using Reduced Interface Models

Abstract: Co-simulation is a useful approach in the modelling of robotic systems composed of multiple parts. In co-simulation, the subsystems only exchange ...
National Geographic news

Here's the real reason the U.S. doesn't use the metric system

The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The motivation why has less to do with official policy than you might ...
Purdue University

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Engage in Purdue University’s world-class mechanical engineering education that pushes the boundaries as our faculty and leaders in their respective fields, will guide you through transformative ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Mechatronics and Mechanical Systems Master of Science Degree

STEM-OPT Visa Eligible: The STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program allows full-time, on-campus international students on an F-1 student visa to stay and work in the U.S. for up to three years ...
VentureBeat

New AI architecture delivers 100x faster reasoning than LLMs with just 1,000 training examples

Singapore-based AI startup Sapient Intelligence has developed a new AI architecture that can match, and in some cases vastly outperform, large language models (LLMs) on complex reasoning tasks, all ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineers put energy and machines to work–from rockets, robots, and airplanes to automobiles, satellites, and renewable energy systems. In RIT's mechanical engineering BS degree you'll ...
TechCrunch

AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU

As of Sunday in the European Union, the bloc’s regulators can ban the use of AI systems they deem to pose “unacceptable risk” or harm. February 2 is the first compliance deadline for the EU’s AI Act, ...
Machine Design

A Short Guide to Fatigue Failure in Machine Design

An overview of fatigue failure and how it affects mechanical systems. How FEA software enables engineers to predict fatigue failure points on structural designs, before the manufacturing process. From ...
The Digital Universe

Origami-inspired space tech: BYU mechanical engineers create deployable systems for NASA and U.S. Air Force

BYU's origami-inspired antenna self-deploys for space applications. Produced by BYU Video. It's hard to imagine modern life without cell phones, GPS navigation, wide-spread internet, weather ...
The Conversation

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve

Chris Impey receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life ...