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Small But Mighty: Stratospheric Microballooons

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Blog: Energy

Low-Cost, High-Energy Battery Could Change the Decarbonization Game

Briefs: Imaging

High-Speed Camera Captures Signals Traveling Through Nerve Cells

Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Leveraging Metal 3D Printing for Manufacturing in Space

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Briefs: Aerospace

Spacecraft to Remove Orbital Debris

Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs

Soft, Mechanical Metamaterials

On-Demand Webinars: Photonics/Optics

Advanced Solutions to Increase Range Capabilities and Reduce Cost in ToF and FMCW LiDAR

Cost, range, size, and reliability are all key challenges facing LiDAR design engineers. New technologies have emerged that address all these...

On-Demand Webinars: Defense

How to Analyze Spacecraft Thermal Performance with COMSOL®

Being able to predict and optimize designs and processes for spacecraft and satellites is critical. New advances in single-physics and fully coupled multiphysics modeling...

White Papers: Medical

Get the Inside Story on EO Sterilization

Ethylene Oxide (EO) Sterilization for many medical devices, may be the only method that effectively sterilizes and does not damage the device during the sterilization process. In our latest Inside...

On-Demand Webinars: Software

Design and Simulation of Sustainable, High-Performance Thermal Systems

OEMs today need to navigate multiple regulatory, commercial, technical, and environmental challenges while developing their thermal systems. These challenges are...

On-Demand Webinars: Aerospace

Space 2.0: AMD-Xilinx Technologies for New Space

The New Space / Space 2.0 market continues to grow at a very fast pace with customers demanding FPGAs and SoCs with ever more functions, high speed interfaces, in orbit programming and...

White Papers: Test & Measurement

Easy and Profitable Measurement Solutions Using Smart Laser Triangulation Sensors

Displacement, distance and position can be measured using laser triangulation sensors. The reasons are clear: easy installation, large measuring ranges and...

Quiz: Motion Control

How Much Do You Know About the Hyperloop?

Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the hyperloop - a system that moves people and goods safely and sustainably by bringing airplane speeds or even greater to the ground.

Blog: AR/AI

10 Holiday Gift Ideas for Engineers

Gift giving always induces anxiety. It’s never easy to pick a present that someone will enjoy, especially if the recipient is an engineer.

On-Demand Webinars: Motion Control

Safety and Efficiency With Vehicle Motion Control

Sensing technologies and solutions that permit high-precision and dynamic position measurement in state-of-the-art automation and safety-relevant applications are essential in...

Blog: Materials

Self-Folding Origami Honeycombs Perfect for Protective Packaging

A research team has demonstrated a promising method to easily manufacture self-folding origami honeycomb structures.

White Papers: Medical

A Guide to Polychromatic and Monochromatic Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy for Analysis of Sunscreen Protection For Human Skin

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy is a technique used in the field of dermatology for assessing optical properties...

White Papers: Aerospace

Supporting Legacy & High-Speed Protocols with the SOSA™ Technical Standard using COTS XMCs

Modern COTS XMCs enable integrators to create, support, and upgrade an existing platform’s unique networking requirements in a clean, isolated way...

On-Demand Webinars: Automotive

The Internal-Combustion Engine’s Next Phase: Innovations and Development Priorities

Although electric vehicles (EVs) are widely considered the transportation industry’s endgame, “sunsetting” the internal-combustion engine...

NASA Spinoff: Power

Giant Batteries Deliver Renewable Energy When It’s Needed

In developing its flow battery, Oregon-based ESS drew from groundbreaking research and development conducted by NASA more than 40 years ago.

White Papers: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Get the Inside Story on Ignition Coils from Wells Vehicle Electronics

In an interview with SAE Automotive Engineering, Robert Nordstrom, Principal Engineer with Wells Vehicle Electronics, discusses the research and development, advanced...

Quiz: Electronics & Computers

How Well Do You Know E-Skin?

How much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.

Webinars: Medical

Developing the Ultimate Medical Sensor Technology

Companies are now developing devices that work much like Star Trek’s Tricorder — the ultimate in noninvasive monitoring. Combined with a patient’s medical history, these devices...

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

To-Go Cup Lids May Help Drones Sense Danger

The work showed that when a certain level of force inverts a dome, embedded sensors surrounding the dome can detect the change.

Articles: Energy

Silicon Forging Ahead for Higher-Performance Battery Anodes

Silicon-infused anodes, already widely considered one of the most promising candidate technologies for the next significant performance-improvement phase of electric-vehicle...