30th May, 2005
Nanodynamics Gets Methane Fuel Cell Grant
Buffalo nanotechnology company NanoDynamics has received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Government to develop a methane gas fuel cell.
The grant, awarded as part of an energy and water appropriations bill in the House of Representatives, will aid NanoDynamics in developing a fuel cell to keep water treatment ......
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29th May, 2005
SpaceX Successfully 'Hot Fires' Engine
After only five seconds of testing its new engine at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Friday, maverick rocket company SpaceX believes its privately built Falcon booster will be a success when it comes to launch day.
The El Segundo-based SpaceX needed to make sure its engine would perform, so the ......
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28th May, 2005
Honda to Make Transmissions at Georgia Plant
Honda Motor Co. will begin making automatic transmissions at a new west Georgia plant next April, six months ahead of schedule, Honda officials said Friday.
Demand for the company's Odyssey minivans and Pilot SUVs accelerated the automaker's production start date at the Tallapoosa plant. The plant will employ about 400 ......
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27th May, 2005
Shuttle Precautions May Make for Tough Call
The next flight of space shuttle Discovery will be the most closely observed in history. More than 100 cameras will watch the spacecraft lift off the launch pad and shoot into space. The crews of the shuttle and the International Space Station also will take pictures.
Yet NASA hasn't finished ......
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27th May, 2005
Boeing Leads Way in Using Computers to Bring Order to War's Chaos
The Pentagon is spending $122 billion on an Internet connection to remove the fog of war.
Within 10 years, grunts on the ground won't have to lead with their chins. Robotic planes, sensor pods and unmanned ground vehicles will shoulder some of the dirty work of looking around corners. Out ......
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27th May, 2005
Boeing, Japan Say Aerospace Deals Now Official
May 27--TOKYO -- After 19 months of detailed negotiations, Boeing yesterday officially hired Japan's largest aerospace suppliers to build more than one-third of the 787 Dreamliner.
The deals represent a dramatic increase in the quantity and quality of Boeing work outsourced to Japan. Japanese manufacturers will build 35 percent of ......
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27th May, 2005
NASA Says Rover Opportunity Still Stuck in Mars Sand
NASA says rover Opportunity still stuck in Mars sand
LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Xinhua)-- The Mars rover Opportunity is trying to escape from a sand trap after being stuck for three weeks, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Tuesday.
The rover has been hindered by soft ......
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26th May, 2005
ANSYS and RoboBAT Announce an Integrated Structural Engineering Solution
SOUTHPOINTE, Pa., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANSYS, Inc. , a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that it has partnered with RoboBAT, a leading supplier of analytical and CAD software solutions for the structural engineer, to integrate their solutions in order ......
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26th May, 2005
Building Factory to Make Racing Cars
TX Al-Wasat newspaper quoted a notice published in late April 2005 by the German RUF Racing Car Manufacturers announcing the building of a factory in Bahrain to make racing cars. The paper quoted Company Deputy Chairman of the Board for Middle East Matters, Rashad Janahi, who said in a press ......
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24th May, 2005
Switch to Direct Drive Air Compressor System Increases Production Time by 30-40%
Improved reliability during 12-hour shifts keeps woodworking tools humming to increase production of doors, moldings, stair parts and more.
(PRWEB) May 24, 2005 -- When the challenge for any successful manufacturer is keeping up with demand, all industrial equipment must operate at maximum potential in order to capitalize fully on sales ......
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