Isn't that completely counterproductive nowdays? I assume the reason to escort an enemy aircraft is to say "if you try anything, I'll shoot you", but with beyond visual sight weapons, the fighter jet is actually making itself vulnurable by getting close and slowing down. It would be in a considerably better position a…

Those guys are frauds. They grab a bunch of headlines, produce something that can't qualify as a product, and reap in the government grants. It's no better than the assholes pumping up worthless stock.

Its and injection machine nozzle mounted up on a gantry mill. The drool it produces is close to a quarter inch in diameter.

Thats the theory, but in order for it to work printed parts need to be of similar quality to the ones conventionally manufactured. And for the most part, they aren't. Local motors car is a great deal closer to a dried mashed potato sculpture than it is to a modern product. Printing allows for exotic geometries, and…

Now lets see some laps. I'd like to know

Am I the only one that laughed at the announcer stating that underneath, its all 90's technology?

We grew tired of the retro 60's, bring on the retro 20's!

I was at IMTS where local motors were printing their "car", which has a great deal more in common with a mashed potatoes sculpture than any automobile. The body is made from this thickly extruded gunk which is miles behind the earliest automobiles in term of fit an finish (and probably safety as well). The only…

The original ZaZ. 17.5hp needs an engine overhaul every 20k miles

My BMW started making terrifying knocking sounds, followed by a loud squeal and loss of power steering as the belt went. Or rather the belt looked just fine, but one of the pulleys did not. When I finally managed to get to it, I found pieces of squirrel everywhere. That was one expensive rodent.

Then someone will figure out that the rats are some unique breed that only lives in south georgia, and everyone is going to feel real smart...

I'm a little surprised that the technology is being adopted from consumer vehicles, instead of the other way around. After all, the early systems must have been expensive. Its easier to absorb that cost in a very expensive piece of equipment.

Well, yes. Although I should point out that it's ussually the higher order systems that have bugs. Microprocessor code is relatively simple, so it tends to either work, or not. You need a certain level of complexity before you reach that state of "it works fine most of the time, but acts really weird under some…

Well, microprocessors are really handy, cheap, and effective, so every manufacturer uses tons of them. Technically, each as a computer, in a rather 80's sense of the word. Fantastic for doing the same simple jobs over and over again. Very reliable. Wait wha?

The angle of the windshield does make it much harder for the horizontally flying rounds to penetrate, but I don't think that's enough to justify this crazy contraption

" In other words, the U-2's analogue 'pulley and push-rod' flight control system would remain intact even for unmanned flight, with commands being processed through a digital autopilot, which are then physically implemented via the mechanical actuators."

I'd love to hear your guesses, because I am struggling. I mean, its clearly expensive, heavy, and does no favors to the vehicles ground clearance, so it's not likely to replace car doors as we know them. But for an outrageously expensive luxury car, like the sort that include umbrellas in the doors, this seems like…

A few questions:

Why miles driven? What wrong are you trying to remedy here? I thought you on a crusade against pollutants, which are directly proportional to the amount of fuel used. Burn a ton of fuel, release a ton of pollutants. It doesn't matter if you go 1,000 miles, or spend dozens of hours spinning a dyno. The environmental…

I'm sorry you can't go around making up social obligations. Too much displacement! And too many cylinders! Too many gears! and its too damn red! If you think a person has to reimburse society for pollution (leaving aside the question of how that reimbursement is actually going to clean up said pollutants, which I…