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Although engineering has been, and in many cases continues to be, a rewarding career, some respondents to my August editorial say it has become much less attractive in recent years.

Some day soon, human brains and robots may be able to interact seamlessly. Traditionally, brain-machine interface (BMI) has required invasive surgical procedures, such as electrode array implants.

A ribbon-like implant could greatly improve hearing for deaf people and simplify insertion to help surgeons minimize damage to healthy ear tissue.

Nonin Medical Inc. (Plymouth, MN) manufactures precision devices for the medical, veterinary and consumer markets that measure physiological variables such as oxygen levels and pulse rates.

After a decade or more of obsessive focus on slashing costs, many manufacturers are looking to innovation for a competitive edge.

Outsiders can not lead for you. They can only help. You must lead yourself to lean.

KASS Automation Systems (Carrollton, TX) manufactures downline equipment for blowmolding machines, including takeaways, spin trimmers and deflashers, which are used throughout the plastics industry.

Reliance Electric (Greenville, SC) is required by government regulation to have cradle-to-grave traceability for every electric motor it produces.

For hundreds of years before the dawn of steam power in the mid-1800s, ships moved across the world's oceans by wind power.

First there was the Mini. Then the Smart Car. Can automobiles get any smaller? Quite a bit smaller, according to scientists at Rice University (Houston).