Longtime readers of Machine Design may have noticed my comments and articles have been missing from our magazine and website for the last six months. Many of you likely assumed that I was serving a stint in the Big House, but the truth is a b...

As one of the new Technology Editors on Machine Design, I will be covering materials, 3D printing, and electronics. Here's a little background on me: In 2012, I completed my bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Rochester Institute of Te...

Allow me to introduce myself. I am one of the new Technology Editors on Machine Design, covering motion control, fluid power, CAD/CAM, and manufacturing. In 2007, I completed my Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering at Manhattan College in ...

The Performance Data Recorder (PDR) seems like it might tempt some Corvette owners to push themselves dangerously past their driving limits.

Sen. Tom Coburn’s 2014 Wastebook is out and it’s teeming with seemingly stupid government projects that serve only to suck up taxpayer dollars and spit them out at well-connected institutes and citizens. Some are ostensibly to further technology...

  Do expensive speaker wires "sound" better? Not likely. Can audiophiles and causal listeners improve their stereo system by upgrading one of the seemingly simpler components, the speaker wires and connectors? Some companies insist they can. So...

The U.S. government continues to claim that Daylight Saving Time (DST) saves the country energy. And while some studies show a small drop, less than 0.5% of electrical use, the overall energy demand actually jumps by 4%, according to recent Dep...

Current news headlines seem to scream weekly about hackers getting credit card and other secure information from stores, banks, etc. Meanwhile, concerns are already being voiced about spying that can be done via the famed and much-awaited “Intern...

Last month marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. Thanks to advances in surgery, that war saw more injured soldiers return home than any previous conflict. To help these men regain their mobility and potentially return to wo...

When a major section of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco collapsed during the 1989 Loma Preita earthquake, officials at the California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) leapt into action to replace the span. Their team of experts estimated it wou...