a touching sensation
Haptics technology lends the sense of touch to virtual reality. That might not sound very exciting, but it's being used to train surgeons and rehabilitate patients.

the next century of air power
The U.S. Air Force is engineering a transformation of defense, in the sky and above it.

"look, Ma, no pilot!"
Unmanned aircraft are making news today, but their beginnings date back to the Great War.

the conquest of friction
Sure, the wheel was important, but it was the bearing that really got things rolling.

digging deeper in New York
If the third-largest port in the U.S. is too shallow, then dredge we must, says the Corps of Engineers.

input/output
Chew on This.

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