Engineer Builds Functioning 3D Printed Models of Car Engines and Transmissions Tested editor Norman Chan and artist Frank Ippolito went to Maker Faire Bay Area and chatted with engineer and maker Eric Harrell, who brought his amazing

A Design Engineer Explains Exactly Why Your Car Is So Boring Imagine you’ve just been hired as a design engineer at a major automotive manufacturer. Your boss introduces himself and says “Hey, are you ready to design the most innovative, mind-blowing, original car you’ve ever seen?” Now stop imagining Read more ... that, because your boss isn’t going to say that. Maybe Elo...

What Happens When You Apply Machine Learning To Logo Design Mark Maker creates its logos by breaking each design in half, so that it contains both a base design and an accent element.

Former iPhone engineer says Apple is no longer a ‘dynamic change-maker’ Just one week after Peter Thiel boldly proclaimed that Apple's era of tech dominance was coming to an end, a former engineer who helped work on the iPhone echoed this same exact point of view.

Raspberry Pi beefs up its Compute Module for industrial users The Raspberry Pi Foundation has upgraded its Compute Module which is designed for embedded computing and industrial users wanting to produce customized..

Miniaturized Nuclear Power Plant? U.S. Reviewing Proposed Design A company has submitted a design for what it describes as a "modular" nuclear power plant — a radical departure from other nuclear plants. Each module would be small enough to fit on a flat-bed truck.

iPhone 7 Could Have A Flush Rear Camera Chances are you hate this protruding camera module pictured above on your current iPhone 6 or iPhone 6s. According to a new rumor on the iPhone 7 design (via Mac Rumors), the next iPhone could have a flush rear camera. The antenna bands across the ba Read more ... ck would also disappear. The iPhone 6 casing was significantly thinner than the iPhone 5s casing. But there was a drawback -- you can't really make the camera module thinner if you want to keep a great camera. Right now, the camera module is the thickest part in the iPhone. That's why there's a bump. That's also why most Android phones today have a bump around the camera. It's not an issue if you use a case, but if Apple could remove this bump it would do it. There are two possibilities. Camera module makers have gotten much better recently and they can now make ...

The iPhone 7 Might Get A Dual-Camera System To Take Better Photos Apple will likely unveil the iPhone 7 in September 2016, and a new rumor has surfaced about the camera. According to Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities, the iPhone 7 Plus will come with a dual-lens system option and leverage LinX's technology. As a rem Read more ... inder, Apple acquired LinX in April 2015, a camera module maker working on multi-lens systems. While Ming-Chi Kuo has a good track record when it comes to Apple predictions, Apple has used the same camera module in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and a better version of this module in the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. The only camera difference between the "iPhone Plus" and its 4.7-inch variant is that the large models feature optical image stabilization. Reserving the dual-camera system to the iPhone 7 Plus would be a departure from Apple's current strategy when it comes to the camera module. But there could ...

Aussies will soon be able to design their own Motorola smart phones Design the phone of your dreams.

An Apple Engineer Opens Up About the Design of the New Apple MacBook and Its Lack of USB Ports In a recent video posted by Armando Ferreira, an "Apple engineer" opens up about the design of the newly announced MacBook that was unveiled at the same event as the Apple Watch. The "engineer" exp...