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T minus 1 hr 20 min: After a week in quarantine and the short ride to the launch tower, and after scratching your initials in the frost on a nearby [...]

This Memorial Day weekend, Indianapolis again becomes the center of the motorsports universe with the running of the 87th Indy 500. This year's race shines the spotlight on a new [...]

Forget the old clackety-dack climb traditional coasters take to the top of the first big hill. Don't expect a lot of time to enjoy the park's scenery on the way [...]

Hold on to your remote controls, your living room is about to go Wi-Fi. Better wireless-fidelity technology able to support high data rates is making it possible to share Internet [...]

A competitive advantage in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series is a fleeting thing. Teams that have one don't have it for long. The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) [...]

Most casino players today head straight for the slots. But it wasn't always that way. Early mechanical 'one-armed bandits' were simply a way to entertain the ladies of high-rolling gentlemen [...]

A drive down any road in the U.S. makes it obvious Americans love their SUVs. Not surprisingly, more than half of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. are SUVs [...]

When racing legend Dale Earnhardt slammed into a wall going upwards of 160 mph at last year's Daytona 500, most expected him to walk away. Bruised and battered, certainly, but [...]

Though 2003 will see more big changes at Indy, things certainly aren't standing still this year. GM Racing introduced an all-new small block Chevy V8, Infiniti honed its powerful 35A [...]

We construct a nonseasonally adjusted version of the Cleveland Fed's median CPI ('NSA-median') and compare its performance as a measure of trend inflation to the median CPI and the core CPI. We investigate a month-over-month form of both median measures as well as forms with varying amounts of time aggregation. We find that both the median CPI and the NSA-median are considerably better at tracking trend inflation than the core CPI. We also find that a mere three months of time averaging is sufficient to achieve lower volatility and acceptable tracking of trend inflation. We conclude that the NSA-median is a useful signal of trend inflation and a promising candidate for further study., Since controlling inflation is a central monetary policy goal, monetary policymakers focus intently on inflation signals. But they face a major difficulty: inflation data contain a lot of transitory shocks. [...]

'Terrorists are strategic actors. They choose their targets deliberately based on the weaknesses they observe in our defenses and our preparedness,' so says the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security's first [...]

Believe it or not, long checkout lines may one day be relegated to the dustbin of history. The reason: Super-cheap smart tags that will let packages ring themselves up as [...]

Women comprise only about 9% of practicing engineers and 20% of engineering students in the U.S. Fact is, most women are not well-informed about engineering and in many cases, don't [...]

Van Nuys, Calif... Superior Industries International Inc. was chosen by General Motors to supply aluminum road wheels for several GM vehicle lines over the next few years. Superior is a [...]

Optical scientists at the University of Arizona, working with The Egg Factory LLC and its subsidiary, eVision, are devising eyeglass lenses that will automatically focus so wearers clearly see up [...]

Researchers at DOE's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory have devised an instrument that can detect minute levels of chemical-warfare agents. The instrument is an ion-trap secondary ion-mass spectrometer (IT-SIMS). [...]

Denver ... Okon, a subsidiary of Rentech Inc., will be associated with Goodyear Chemical, a div. of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. to use Goodyear's Pliotec resin. The Pliotec trademark [...]

A new fuel cell-vehicle from Toyota Motor Corp. generates its own onboard electricity with compressed hydrogen. The FCHV-4, based on the Highlander SUV, is said to be the first fuel-cell-powered [...]

Ford Motor Co. and the Dept. of Energy are joining forces to organize the 2002 FutureTruck challenge for 15 top North American universities. Students will attempt to boost mileage and [...]

Genes that let plants accumulate large amounts of metal in their tissues have been identified and cloned by Purdue University scientists. Over 300 species of hyperaccumulating plants trap metal in [...]

The U.S. Air Force Academy has licensed EnSight software from Computational Engineering International (CEI), Apex, N.C., as a central visualization tool for aerodynamics courses. Maj. Doug Blake, assistant professor of [...]

Schaumburg, Ill.... Omron Electronics LLC recently formed a partnership with CCS America Inc., Waltham, Mass., a provider of LED illuminator for image processing. The two companies will work together to [...]

Marlborough, Mass.... Cadkey Corp. announced that U.K. Cadkey distributor Radix Solutions Ltd. will do business under the new name of Cadkey UK. The company opened new offices in Coventry, in [...]

The goal of letting pilots choose their own flight path in real time recently came closer to reality with the completion of testing on NASA software dubbed EDX. Researchers at [...]

Grand Rapids, Mich.... Siemens Dematic, Rapistan Material Handling Automation Div. is the systems integrator of a new international mail-sorting facility for Consignia, formerly the British Post Office. The site, near [...]

U.S. firefighters are using modern NASA-satellite data to battle wildfires. A new orbiting sensor, called Modis (Modern Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) rides aboard NASA's Terra satellite, spotting infrared heat emitted by [...]

A car whose internal-combustion engine burns hydrogen may help bridge the gap between gasoline and fuel-cell-powered vehicles, according to Ford Motor Co. The P2000 hydrogen internal-combustion engine concept vehicle (H2IGE) [...]

GM is the first automaker to offer XM satellite radios as a factory-installed option in more than 20 car and truck models next year. XM, the biggest technological change to [...]

Purdue University students have built an industrial riding lawn mower that uses water instead of petroleum in all of its hydraulic systems, including power steering, power brakes, and transmission. Jacobsen, [...]

A computerized throttle modulating system cuts pollution and saves fuel on tour buses cruising through the Grand Canyon. From Mirenco Inc., Radcliffe, Iowa, the Drivermax system manages the throttle of [...]

A new system for making concrete may save lives, buildings, and bridges by changing the way concrete structures fail. Dr. Neven Krstulovic-Opara, assistant professor of civil engineering at North Carolina [...]

Engineers at NASA Ames Research Center in Calif. are using a 40 x 80-ft subsonic wind tunnel to test ways of cutting aircraft noise. Trials take place on a 26% [...]

Magna Steyr's 'Open Sky' concept based on the Audi TT combines features of a roadster and a coupe. An easily removable top consists of two halves made of glass-fiber composite. [...]

The Allen-Bradley Automation Fair 2001 runs Nov. 14 to 15 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Education is the event's central focus, the theme being the Complete Automation [...]

Are you involved in the design of high-performance vehicles of any type, including cars, trucks, boats, or airplanes? Does your company sponsor vehicles in races or performance-related competition? Or do [...]

Internet access, a PC, and an imagination are all you need to compete in RoboForge, an online robotic combat game from Liquid Edge Games, Auckland, New Zealand. Players download the [...]

Fremont, Calif. ... 3Dconnexion, a new wholly owned subsidiary of Logitech, will focus on developing input devices for 3D motion control. The new company combines the resources of LogiCAD 3D [...]

Florham Park, N.J. . . . ASCO Valve's 2002D-SOV Safety System was recognized as one of the four most innovative products at the ISA tradeshow in September. Sixty companies applied [...]

Purdue University chemists have developed a way to tag individual chemical compounds with bar codes read using standard Raman or infrared spectrometers. The tags help ID the most biologically active [...]

Ever notice how a football in a forward pass curves slightly to the left or right? One University of Buffalo researcher aims to find out why. In fact, Dr. William [...]

Warrendale, Pa....The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International), through its SAE Strategic Alliance (SSA) and the SAE Interior Climate Control Standards Committee, selected the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center at [...]

Ronkonkoma, N.Y. . . . HA. Guden Co. Inc., a supplier of industrial hardware, has redesigned their Web site, www.guden.com Customers can find and order hinges, handles, gas springs, dampers, [...]

Maneuverability is the benefit of an innovative steering system for the popular Sea-Doo watercraft line. Sea-Doo O.P.A.S. (Off-Power Assisted Steering) assists boat operators when steering in off-power operation and when [...]