Follow along as Machine Design interviews John Ellis, an entrepreneur, inventor and founder of Massachusetts-based engineering consulting firm Optics for Hire. The Optics for Hire team—a group of ...

Way back in 1976, I’m not sure that Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers could have predicted the lyrics of their Top 40 song “Breakdown” would one day become my mantra against defeat during the latest round ...

Simplified machine designs with fewer components run more efficiently and are less expensive to build. Older mechanical power transmission and actuator technologies, such as chain, rack and pinion and ...