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As an integral part of onshore and offshore drilling, mud pumps circulate drilling fluids to facilitate drilling oil and natural gas wells. Mud pumps stabilize pressure and support the well during...
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Medical Sensors & Wearables - August 2020
The wearable medical device market is expected to reach nearly $20 billion by 2025, driven by advances in sensor technology. This compendium of recent articles from the editors of Medical Design...
Special Reports: Connectivity
Smart Manufacturing - August 2020
Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in connectivity, controls, sensors, and robotics. See the future of manufacturing in this compendium of recent articles from...
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Organic Lithium-Powered Batteries
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Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Bacteria-Based Hydrogel Beads Clean Up Contaminated Groundwater
NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Ultrafast Camera Captures Transparent Objects and Phenomena
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5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Polymer Composite for Radiation Shielding
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In a potential breakthrough in wearable sensing technology, researchers from Cornell and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have designed a wrist- mounted device that continuously tracks...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique they call depth...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have developed a new way to build power efficient and programmable integrated switching units on a silicon photonics chip. The new technology is...
INSIDER: Medical
A team of Brown University physicists has developed a new type of compact, ultra-sensitive magnetometer, 20 times more sensitive than many traditional sensors. The...
Question of the Week: Imaging
Do the Advantages of Tiny Cameras Outweigh Privacy Risks?
A recent Tech Briefs TV video showcased a wireless camera from the University of Washington – a device that is small enough to fit on an insect’s back, literally.
While the imaging advancement offers potential applications in biology and exploration, the UW team acknowledged...
Podcasts: Motion Control
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
A protective storage unit for robotic tools called Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS) was among the items launched to the International Space Station last December as part of SpaceX’s resupply services...
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will SpaceBok Someday Reach the Moon?
Our lead story today highlights the jumping space robot known as SpaceBok.
“We are at the stage where we want to go into more challenging environments: caves, craters, highlands, areas in which we would find water or other volatiles, or information about the geological history of a certain...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Question of the Week: Test & Measurement
Will Rovers Find Life Below the Surface of Mars?
Our lead story today highlighted a hypothesis from astrophysicist Dimitra Atri. Atri believes that the sub-surface conditions of Mars could be home to organic molecules.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
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Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will Sound Support Valuable Robotics Tasks?
Our lead story today demonstrated how Carnegie Mellon researchers are building a dataset of sounds to help robots detect specific objects.
INSIDER: Motion Control
The Army Research Laboratory released a software suite that simulates conditions of an underground tunnel network. Researchers interested in developing robots for subterranean environments can...
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A NASA team is working on Mars robot autonomy to make future rovers more intelligent, to enhance safety, to improve productivity, and to drive faster and farther. Two novel...
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3D Ice Printing Artificial Blood Vessels
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Tesla Valve-Inspired Design Could Improve the Performance of Rotating...
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Countering Illegally Operated Drones at Airports, Stadiums, and Prisons
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Fast-Charging Li Battery Could Make ‘Range Anxiety’ a Thing of the Past
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Webcasts
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From Data to Decision: How AI Enhances Warfighter Readiness
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April Battery & Electrification Summit
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Tech Update: 3D Printing for Transportation in 2024
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Unleashing Epoxy's Potential: Ensuring Hermetic Sealing in Modern...
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Building an Automotive EMC Test Plan