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Leveraging Metal 3D Printing for Manufacturing in Space
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs

Soft, Mechanical Metamaterials

On-Demand Webinars: Photonics/Optics

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

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

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

On-Demand Webinars: Aerospace

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
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
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

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
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

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

NASA Spinoff: Power
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 much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.
Webinars: Medical

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

Articles: Design
One promising way to meet modern industrial challenges is by using additive manufacturing processes.
Articles: Design
In the coming years, the wireless communications segment will expand significantly as 5G private networks launch.
Facility Focus: Research Lab
The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign was established in 1868.
Briefs: Aerospace
Ultra-efficient catalysts were developed that are cost-effective to make and simple to scale.
Briefs: Aerospace
NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions.
Briefs: Design
Instead of adding soft materials to a rigid robot body, researchers have taken a soft body and added rigid features to key components.
Briefs: Materials
Manufacturing on Mars with 3D Printing
High-Martian content materials would be useful in making coatings to protect equipment from rust or radiation damage.
Briefs: Connectivity
This device could pave the way to higher-bandwidth wireless communications.
Briefs: Communications
Digital data is subjected to errors when stored or transmitted due to the effects of noise on the medium or communication channel.
Briefs: Communications
Researchers have developed a technique that will allow for faster communication systems and better energy-saving electronics.

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