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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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One will provide Internet to rural Peru, two will service airplanes and cruise liners, and the final satellite’s use is yet to be disclosed. The components are for startup NuScale , whose design promises to drastically reduce cost and installation time. That same year, the company plans to launch four more microGEOs.

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Video Friday: Modular Polygons

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EPFL ] This video details the creation of the Dingo, a low-cost robot quadruped designed and built by Alexander Calvert and Nathan Ferguson as a capstone engineering project for the bachelor of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at Monash University. Total cost is about $1,300 AUD. GitHub ] Thanks, Michael! Thanks, Zhifeng!

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GM Creates New South America Regional Organization

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GM South America includes GM’s existing sales and manufacturing operations in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela as well as sales activities in those countries and Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. GM South America currently has 29,000 employees.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says. "I I wanted to figure out a way to combine my interests in both engineering and medicine.". Akhtar is the CEO.

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This Startup Is Using AI to Help Keep Store Shelves Stocked

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The situation is the result of supply-chain issues caused in part by the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition is for startups that have designed technologies for the consumer goods and retail industry. Wisy currently has 16 employees, who work in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, and the United States.

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