Richard Hoffmann

Gogoro has been on quite a tear lately, expanding into an ever-increasing list of locales to offer its battery-swapping electric scooters. While much of its operations are focused on commercial clients that operate fleets of scooters riding...

Relying on Inkbit’s vision-controlled jetting (VCJ) technology, researchers from ETH Zurich, along with the Inkbit team, have 3D printed soft and hard structures in single job to create a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons. The results...

The future of flight looks very exciting, and the public is helping NASA see it more clearly. For more than a century, NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, have been the global leader in aeronautics research....

Inkbit, the Massachusetts-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the Vista line of 3D printers, has launched a new material offering, TEPU 50A, at Formnext 2023 (November 7-10 in Frankfurt, Germany). Vista 3D printers leverage Inkbit’s...

Precision bearing specialist, Carter Manufacturing has announced it is participating in a groundbreaking development of an aviation hydrogen project: Future Engine Technology for the Control of Hydrogen (FETCH). This key project is a collaboration...

This new offering should help reduce environmental footprints by lightening carbon-fiber reinforced plastic materials. Potential applications range from sporting and leisure goods to aircraft. With demand for high-strength carbon fibers rising,...

Republic Airways (Republic) and Aura Aero, the French aircraft manufacturer and pioneer in decarbonised aviation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the development of the ERA, an electric-thrust 19-seater regional...

NASA’s Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) mission has adjusted the scheduled first flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft to 2024. A one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft, the X-59 has required complex engineering from NASA researchers...

The first production aluminium casting machine going through commissioning The first production aluminium casting machine going through commissioning Leading aerospace design, engineering and manufacturing business Sylatech has announced that its...

SkyDrive Inc., a Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, has jointly developed electric charging facilities for eVTOLs with the Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO). The companies plan to install and operate the electric charging...