NASA Glenn shows a shape memory alloy torque-tube actuator folding an aircraft wingtip in flight.

In this video, see the prototype steering wheel developed at the University of Michigan and the Toyota Research Institute that uses haptic feedback to allow drivers to communicate with their vehicle’s autonomous systems.

3D printing promised to reinvent how we make things, but it is mostly stuck producing prototypes with a high level of waste. Designer and TED Fellow Schendy Kernizan found a different way—by printing objects directly into a tub of gel. In this video, he explains how his technique eliminates the constraints of gravity, pushing the […]

The Wyss Institute specializes in biologically inspired engineering, using nature to help develop materials that can make a more sustainable world.

MPIF explains how heat and high gas pressure close internal porosity in metal parts, and why aerospace relies on it.