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Why your car hesitates when you press the accelerator

A car that hesitates when the accelerator is pressed is usually experiencing a fuel delivery problem, an ignition issue, or a sensor fault disrupting the engine management system’s air-fuel ...

Smartphone tool can monitor tissue health by reading a natural oxygen-sensitive molecule

Dartmouth researchers have developed a cell phone-based tool that monitors tissue health by using a naturally occurring ...

Engineered anhydrobiotic cells detect odors after years of dry, room-temperature storage

Demand for odor detection is growing in diverse fields such as food security, medical diagnostics, and environmental monitoring, but current technologies face limitations. Living cells with olfactory ...
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Driver says mechanic quoted $2,400 for a repair until another shop fixed it with a $40 sensor

A driver’s frustrating check-engine saga is making the rounds after a repair estimate swung from “brace yourself” to “that’ll ...
Hindustan Times

ARAI to set up fog, night-driving test facilities to improve vehicle sensor safety

PUNE: In a move aimed at improving road safety and bringing India’s automotive testing ecosystem closer to global standards, the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is setting up ...
Hot Rod

How Accurate Are Wideband O2 Sensors? A Real-World Lambda Comparison Test

One of the most important measurements we make while tuning an engine is finding out what the actual balance of air and fuel was inside the engine. It doesn’t matter if we have a carburetor, port ...
Wall Street Journal

The $160,000 Mechanic Job That Ford Can’t Fill

KENT, Ohio—Just after 7 a.m. on a recent morning, Ted Hummel leapt up onto the front bumper of a 2019 Ford F-150 and reached under the hood to disconnect a pair of oxygen sensor connectors. It is the ...
Physics World

Band-aid like wearable sensor continuously monitors foetal movement

Multimodal monitoring Pressure and strain sensors on a clinical trial volunteer undergoing an ultrasound scan (left). Snapshot image of the ultrasound video recording (right). (Courtesy: Yap et al., ...
Jalopnik

4 Reasons Engine Cylinders Misfire (And What To Do About It)

For an engine to create propulsion, it first needs a few core ingredients. The process begins with fuel being pumped through the car's fuel lines and into the combustion chamber. This is where fuel ...
SlashGear

Can You Clean A Car's O2 Sensor? (And Why You Might Need To)

I live in New Jersey, one of the states that mandates inspection for all vehicles newer than 1995. My daily driver, a Jeep Cherokee, happens to be a 1996 model year with an OBD-II sensor, meaning I ...
The Aviationist

Lockheed Martin Test Flies Gen III TacIRST Sensor

The Gen III TacIRST distributed infrared threat‑warning system will equip the F-22 Raptor, with an evaluation planned in 2026. Lockheed Martin has announced the first flight of the latest iteration of ...