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Epic Changes in Aerospace Training
Boeing is teaming up with Epic Games, the developers of the popular online video game “Fortnite,” to shake up the aerospace training industry through advanced use of virtual and augmented reality.
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Other People stories
A look at an important—and underappreciated—technology that enables point-to-point air travel.
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Boeing is partnering with the U.S. National Science Foundation to provide employees with training and development in areas like model-based systems engineering, mechatronics, robotics, data science and sensor analytics, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
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Technical Articles
IQ’s content includes articles from the Boeing Technical Journal, a peer-reviewed periodical for Boeing subject-matter-experts to capture and leverage knowledge. Research coverage includes all manner of commercial and defense product development, as well as products and services spanning land and sea, to air and space, and through cyberspace.
While the expansive BTJ archive remains exclusive to Boeing employees, IQ offers selected articles to all readers; these articles are indicated with a “BTJ” heading.
BTJ: Investigation of Linear Motors as Electric Actuators
This paper proposes a novel electric linear motor as a thrust reverser actuator.
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BTJ: What Is a Game-Changing Design?
This paper explains how the discipline of Design Thinking is increasingly defining what constitutes true innovation.
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Prescriptive Insight
Advancing the possibilities of data analytics for more efficient maintenance management.
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Computer Vision in China
A collaborative effort in machine perception research aids airplane inspection in China.
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Patent Spotlight
Here’s a look at a few of Boeing’s many latest ideas and technical breakthroughs recently granted or published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Thought Leadership
Innovation to transform services technology
Today’s technology revelations will change the formula and timeline for innovation within and beyond the aerospace industry, says Stanley Deal, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Global Services.
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Other Thought Leadership Columns
Senior Technical Fellow Brian Tillotson writes about the rate of invention and what people and companies can do to increase the instances of innovation.
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Technology Radar
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
An "artistic experiment" from company Human Machine features context-relevant dialogue for improv comedy created in real time by an artificially intelligent chatbot.
See humanmachine.live
New York, New York
Developed by New York University engineers, complex "clouds" of QR codes within 3D-printed parts would prevent counterfeits.
See engineering.nyu.edu/news
Wageningen, Netherlands
A sweet pepper harvesting robot has demonstrated its viability for repetitive tasks in harsh environments.
See http://sweeper-robot.eu/
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Scientists at Abu Dhabi University's Research Center in Smart Services for Smart Cities have demonstrated the feasibility of an Internet of Things-based alerting system for hazard avoidance and accident prevention on construction sites.
See journals.elsevier.com/
Quảng Nam, Vietnam
As an example of the burgeoning synthetic biology market, production of genetically engineered spider silk, which is stronger than steel and waterproof, is being commercialized for use in civil and military applications.
See tkraiglabs.com
Berkeley, California
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are developing convolutional neural networks to analyze 3D build quality in real time, based on just milliseconds of video.
See llnl.gov/news
Seattle, Washington
BrainNet, a system that connects the brain waves of three people, has been used to play the video game "Tetris."
Seearxiv.org
About Us
Innovation Quarterly is a publication by and for the community of technical professionals at Boeing worldwide. Expected release of each edition is February, May, August and November. Comments and letters are invited by email and may be published in subsequent editions. Submissions are subject to editing; no more than 90 words will be published. To submit a letter to the editor, email candace.k.barron@boeing.com.
On the cover: Pete Boeskov, chief technologist for Training & Professional Services within Boeing Global Services.
Publisher: Greg Hyslop | Associate Publisher: Peter Hoffman
Editors: Candace Barron, Junu Kim
