Blog : Manufacturing & Prototyping
Answering Your Questions: How Long Should a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Take?
Briefs : Electronics & Computers
Bringing Intelligence to Vibration Monitoring Solutions
In today’s competitive manufacturing environment, efficiency is more important than ever. Leading manufacturers are driving improvements based on real-time data. This white paper discusses several common obstacles for machine monitoring in the factory and introduces the all-in-one data...
INSIDER : Aerospace
Plane Flies with No Moving Parts
Blog : Robotics, Automation & Control
After a Successful Landing, What’s Next for the InSight Mission?
Podcasts : Aerospace
Here's an Idea: Garbage!
Question of the Week : Test & Measurement
Can ‘The Ocean Cleanup’ Clean Up the Ocean?
The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit effort begun by Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, wants to clean up 50% of “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch” in five years, with the aim of a 90% reduction by 2040.
Using a 600-meter long floater, or collection platform, called System 001, the Cleanup technology...
Question of the Week : Energy
Will Stretchable, Printable Solar Cells Catch On?
A Rice University lab is making solar cells that are stretchable, printable, and paintable. Watch the demo on Tech Briefs TV.
This week's Question: Will Stretchable, Printable Solar Cells Catch On?
Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
INSIDER : Green Design & Manufacturing
Light it up: Purdue NSF-funded Technology Flips the Switch on the Future for Sustainable Smart Homes and $1.3 Trillion Market
INSIDER : Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Step Toward Personalized, Automated Smart Homes
INSIDER : Test & Measurement
Enabling “Internet of Photonic Things” with Miniature Sensors
INSIDER : Medical
Laser-Activated Silk Sealants Outperform Sutures for Tissue Repair
INSIDER : Photonics/Optics
Invention Opens Door to Safer, Less Expensive X-Ray Imaging
INSIDER : Photonics/Optics
Solar Cell Does Double Duty for Renewable Energy
Products : Imaging
New Products: November 2018 Photonics & Imaging Insider
Blog : Robotics, Automation & Control
Modular Robots Change Shape – Depending on the Task
Question of the Week : Imaging
Will AR and VR Help Automotive Manufacturers?
A reader recently asked our automotive expert: “How will the use of augmented reality and virtual parts impact the role of automotive parts manufacturers, such as PCB manufacturers, in prototyping and production?”
News : Photonics/Optics
3D Imaging Opens Door to Fascinating Leaf Complexity
The field of plant science is in the process of being profoundly transformed by new imaging and modeling technologies. These tools are allowing scientists to peer inside the leaf with a clarity and resolution inconceivable a generation ago.
News : Medical
CT Expands Possibilities of Imaging Ancient Remains
Researchers in Sweden using computed tomography (CT) have successfully imaged the soft tissue of an ancient Egyptian mummy's hand down to a microscopic level. Non-destructive imaging of human and animal mummies with X-rays and CT is a boon to the fields of archaeology and paleopathology. They...
News : Photonics/Optics
Chemists Create Circular Fluorescent Dyes for Imaging
University of Oregon chemists have created a new class of fluorescent dyes that function in water and emit colors based solely on the diameter of circular nanotubes made of carbon and hydrogen. The six-member team is now exploring their potential use in biological imaging.
News : Photonics/Optics
Enhanced 3D Imaging Advances Brain Treatments
Researchers have developed a combination of commercially available hardware and open-source software, named PySight, to improve rapid 2D and 3D imaging of neuronal activity in the living brain and other tissues. PySight serves as an add-on for laser scanning microscopes. Such an advancement in...
Articles : Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inside Story: S. Himmelstein and Company
S. Himmelstein and Company (Hoffman Estates, IL) has been designing and manufacturing torque measurement transducers and instrumentation since 1960. The company’s products offer significant advantages that enhance their overall performance under real-world conditions – not just in the calibration...
Briefs : Manufacturing & Prototyping
Method Enables Electronic Components to be Printed Like Newspapers
NASA Spinoff : Materials
Aerogel Insulation Makes Thinner, Warmer Outerwear
Briefs : Medical
Wireless System Pinpoints Location of Ingestible Implants
An “in-body GPS” system was developed that can pinpoint the location of ingestible implants inside the body using low-power wireless signals. These implants could be used as tiny tracking devices on shifting tumors to help monitor their slight movements. The system, called ReMix, can...
Briefs : Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Piezoelectric Resonator with Two Layers
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) filters have advantages in being able to reduce the size, weight, and power required when used as part of electronic systems such as radios; however, MEMS-type filters have limitations. For example, thickness MEMS-type filters (e.g., thickness-extensional mode...
Briefs : Materials
Nano-Additives Increase the Service Life of Concrete
5 Ws : Automotive
5 Ws of the SAFIRE Lithium-Ion Battery
Articles : Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Smart Sensor Technology for the IoT
Briefs : Medical
Kit Containing Stem Cells and Cytokines for Use in Attenuating Immune Responses
Stem cells have two distinct characteristics that distinguish them from other cell types. First, they are unspecialized and can self-renew for long periods without significant changes in their general properties. Second, under certain physiologic or experimental...
Articles : Manufacturing & Prototyping
2018 Create the Future Design Contest Special Awards Section
Briefs : Materials
Self-Healing Metal Oxides for Corrosion Protection
Briefs : Data Acquisition
A Biologically Inspired Method of Improving Systems and Survivability Through Self-Sacrifice
In human beings, the self-destruction behavior of human body cells is considered as an intrinsic safety mechanism of the human body. It seems that the lifetime of a cell is programmed, and that cells know when to commit suicide. This self-destruction is...
Articles : Sensors/Data Acquisition
Products of Tomorrow: November 2018
Products : Electronics & Computers
New on the Market: November 2018
Briefs : Energy
Energy-Storing Material Folds Onto Itself
Briefs : Imaging
Super-Resolution Image Reconstruction (SRIR)
Briefs : Medical
Machine Learning Method Detects Heart Disease
Briefs : Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Method Trains Robots to Collaborate Through Demonstration
Briefs : Aerospace
Synthesis and Development of Polyurethane Coatings Containing Fluorine Groups for Adhesive Applications
Accumulation of insect strikes on the leading edge of airplane wings is a more serious problem than one might realize. Depending on the magnitude, such accumulation changes the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing, causing a change from...
Briefs : Sensors/Data Acquisition
Cell-Sized Robots Sense Their Environment
Briefs : Materials
Inorganic Compound for Use in Quantum Computing
Q&A : Aerospace
Q&A: University of Virginia’s Patrick Hopkins Studies How to Regulate a Material’s Thermal Conductivity
Professor Hopkins and University of Virginia colleagues — in collaboration with materials scientists at Penn State, the University of Maryland, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology — have studied a material that can...
Briefs : Materials
Bacteria-Fighting Polymers Created with Light
Hundreds of polymers that could kill drug-resistant superbugs in novel ways can be produced and tested using light. The new method may help identify antimicrobials for a range of applications from personal care to coatings.
Briefs : Nanotechnology
One-Dimensional Material with High Current Density
Facility Focus : Software
Facility Focus: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Briefs : Imaging
Retinal Prosthesis Stimulates Nerve Cells
Briefs : Data Acquisition
A Robust Waveguide Millimeter-Wave Noise Source
A noise source is an enabling technology for passive millimeter-wave remote sensing applications such as atmospheric sounding, and precipitation and ice cloud measurements. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has developed a packaged noise source that will allow calibration of the front end at the...
Briefs : Imaging
Ultra-Thin Camera Creates Images Without Lenses
Briefs : Electronics & Computers
Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Materials Created Using Artificial “Superlattices”
Products : Materials
Product of the Month: November 2018
Briefs : Sensors/Data Acquisition
On-Chip Optical Filter Processes Wide Range of Light Wavelengths
Articles : Energy
Simplifying Access to High Energy Sub-5-fs Pulses
Products : Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Products: November 2018 Photonics & Imaging Technology
Briefs : Photonics/Optics
Next-Generation Photodetector Camera to Deploy During Robotic Servicing Demonstration Mission
Application Briefs : Software
Imaging Innovation for Spinal Care
Briefs : Photonics/Optics
Photonic Communication Comes to Computer Chips
News : Imaging
New Camera Gives Surgeons a Butterfly's-Eye View of Cancer
Briefs : Photonics/Optics
Shrimp-Inspired Camera May Enable Underwater Navigation
Articles : Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Custom Optomechanics in Industrial UV Lasers
Briefs : Photonics/Optics
Novel Optics for Ultrafast Cameras Create New Possibilities for Imaging
Application Briefs : Software
Ray Optics Simulation of Inertial Navigation Systems
Articles : Sensors/Data Acquisition
2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Electronics/Sensors/IOT Category Winner
Articles : Materials
2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Grand Prize Winner
Articles : Sensors/Data Acquisition
2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Medical Category Winner
Articles : Robotics, Automation & Control
2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Robotics/Automation/Manufacturing Category Winner
News : Green Design & Manufacturing
2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Aerospace & Defense Category Winner
Articles : Motion Control
2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Automotive/Transportation Category Winner
Articles : Electronics & Computers
2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Consumer Products Category Winner
Articles : Sensors/Data Acquisition
2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Sustainable Technologies Category Winner
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