Nidec provides control system for the largest observation wheel in the world

Northwestern University Introduces Smallest Human-Made Flying Structure

Who doesn't love LEGO? While no parent enjoys stepping on them in the living room, I'd rather have my kids building a castle, a tower or a giant LEGO wind mill then watch their faces glued to their cell phones for hours on end.

Velocipede Time Machine Celebrates 'The Nation of Inventors' at Hagley Museum

Helicopter Makes Maiden Voyage Across the Red Planet with Help from Maxon

Why not flying cars? We talk on video screens. We disappear into virtual 3D worlds thanks to Virtual Reality (VR). We have robots working in restaurants. Flying cars are pretty much the last thing from The Jetsons cartoon missing in 2021.

Bell's Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque (EDAT) is Bell's latest commercial innovation. The EDAT system is composed of four small fans within a tail rotor shroud in an offset two-by-two pattern.

A common if not somewhat cynical reference to our nation's array of military capabilities is thinking of it as a "toy box."

Let's all say good-bye to 2020.

The industrial arts of mechanical engineering are all around us and seen in many forms and technologies. Of greatest interest is how these wonders are designed, constructed and used. From the smallest home appliance to the behemoths used for outsize building and excavation projects.