Ohio Scientists Develop Armor for Humvees
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The military is ordering more lightweight armor developed in Ohio that protects troops in Humvees from automatic weapons fire and grenades without slowing the vehicles. Unarmored Humvees have become targets in the war in Iraq.
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Ohio company Velocys touts its novel method for making methane useful for powering heating systems or transportation. By Elizabeth Svoboda.
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A new combat truck with a V-shaped bottom designed to withstand blasts from roadside bombs is performing with such success in Iraq that the U.S. military is pressing a Wisconsin company and others to churn out hundreds more in the coming months.
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Junior the autonomous car makes its way cautiously through a street-inspired obstacle course. Here's a look at the tech under the hood (and inside the trunk, and on the roof).
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In what sounds like a science  fair project on steroids, engineers at Stanford University plan  to have an unmanned robot car ready to navigate urban traffic  in less than a year.
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Military officials said Thursday they were working hard to upgrade the armor on Army vehicles in Iraq, a day after a soldier had pressed
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Albany-- Just days after an Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressed a complaint about he lack of armor for military Humvees, Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss is speaking out about the issue.
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Driving a race car takes more than good hand-eye coordination and the stomach for G-forces. It also takes a truckload of high-tech gear.
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Second order for MRAP armored vehicles goes to a surprise winner.
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For some drivers, even a Hummer may not be enough. At a curb weight of more than 3.5 tons, the Humvee-inspired Hummer H1 is no skinny guy who gets sand kicked in his face. But the Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck, a dressed-up military vehicle more than twice as heavy, is being billed as bigger, badder and more bodacious.
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Scientists develop an electronic device to test for serious head injuries.
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An Ohio company has found a niche by converting yellow school buses into hands-on laboratories as a highly mobile way to try to get students excited about science.
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By Jason Gertzen, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 20--Scientists visited Kansas City last week to show off a truck powered with the help of baked corn cobs.
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A circular formation discovered in a wooded area next to a highway slated for widening is likely some sort of an earthen enclosure built by prehistoric Indians, Ball State University archaeologists say. Workers with the Delaware County Office of Geographic Information System found the earthen structure more than a year ago while studying contours on a large topographical map.
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By Chris Woodyard From all-terrain vehicles to snowblowers, makers of powered outdoor equipment are joining the auto industry in looking at alternative energy to deal with increasingly tough environmental rules. But early efforts haven't produced rousing results.
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In an advance that could lead to lighter spacecraft and smarter cars, researchers have developed a new technique for producing a high-quality semiconductor that&#39;s much more resistant to extreme conditions than the silicon found in most of today&#39;s
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LIMA, Ohio -- A six-cylinder engine rolls down the conveyer belt and stops in front of Bo Huenke every 28 seconds. He attaches a metal pipe, twists in four screws with hands that suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome and finishes just in time to stretch his back before the next engine arrives. His...