Materials & Manufacturing

Manufacturing & Prototyping

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Explore innovations supporting advances in manufacturing and rapid prototyping. Access the developments and solutions that have an impact on applications in 3D printing and automation.

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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Assembling tiny chips into unique programmable surfaces dramatically increases the amount of data wireless systems can transmit.
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Briefs: Imaging
A chip-based technology generates sound profiles with high resolution and intensity to make ultrasound therapy more effective and easier.
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Blog: Software
This year's winners included industrial-automation software, simulation tech, and digital storage oscilloscopes.
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Podcasts: Materials
In this episode of our Here's an Idea podcast, we speak to engineers who are building a variety of wearables. And some sensors blend in more than others.
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INSIDER: Energy

Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are...

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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will Technology Increasingly Integrate with Nature?

“Nature is much more advanced than we are, so we should use it,” said Dr. Ben Maoz, one of a team of Tel Aviv University researchers who created a robot that uses a dead locust’s ear to “hear” electrical signals and respond to them with movement. (Read our lead story to learn...

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The 2021 “Create the Future” Design Contest is open, and we want to hear your big ideas.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

A robot being developed at Tel Aviv University "hears" electrical signals, thanks to a natural sensor: the ear of a dead locust.

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Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Unmanned Systems - March 2021

Drones that swarm and change shape mid-flight... autonomous combat vehicles on the battlefield...the latest in counter-UAS technology. Read about new advances in air and ground unmanned systems in this report...

Technology Leaders: Imaging
Powerful, tiny cameras provide unique streaming-video solutions for NASA robots and defense applications.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The marking provides easy-to-see legends on plastic buttons under widely varying illumination conditions.
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Articles: Communications
The ability to identify hidden patterns, predict future issues, forecast usage and costs, and derive insights from IoT sensor data will reshape the industrial process forever.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Is "SPE" the future of industrial automation and automotive? It certainly has the potential, says Mike Anderson.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Perseverance is the first leg of a round trip to Mars.
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Q&A: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Professor Shirley Meng explains why there's a demand for stretchable batteries.
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Technology Leaders: Internet of Things
The importance of a proactive and systematic method for collecting machine and process data within a smart manufacturing environment cannot be overstated.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The sensor monitors the oil circulation ratio in real time for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.
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Briefs: Materials
The functioning human heart pump provides a model to track and trace what happens at the cell and molecular levels in the pump structure.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The invention can become color-changing “artificial muscle.”
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Briefs: Materials
The coatings can be deposited on substrates such as glass, polymers, metals, and aerogels.
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Briefs: Wearables
The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics can be laser-printed and made in minutes.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Equipment designers can simplify design efforts and adjust controller platforms as needed when they standardize on electronic input/output products.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technique could have applications in diagnosing and monitoring the lungs of patients with COVID-19.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This method obtains high-color-purity 3D objects using a new class of nanoparticles.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Live discussions will explore electric vehicles, propulsion, advanced electronics, and more.
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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Would You Use the 'LaserFactory?'

A technology from MIT known as the "LaserFactory" integrates 3D printers and laser cutters to fabricate wearables, robots, and electronics components like sensors and actuators.

Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Dr. Axel Krieger from Johns Hopkins University explains how he is getting a robotic system ready for the fight against COVID-19.
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Blog: AR/AI
Design engineers should be cautious in how they design and deploy mixed-reality technologies, says an industry expert.
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