Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Celebrating Women in Engineering & Science: Dr. Christine Valle, Director, Women in Engineering Program, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Valle, an academic professional in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, received her...
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Product of the Month: March 2020 Tech Briefs
Midwest Engineered Systems, Waukesha, WI, offers the ADDere metal 3D printing system that consists of a 6-axis industrial robot combined with a 2-axis coordinated motion workpiece...
Special Reports: Aerospace
Unmanned Systems - March 2020
The latest advances in aerial, ground, and underwater unmanned systems are covered in this special report, a compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense...
Special Reports: Test & Measurement
Test & Measurement - March 2020
See how the latest test tools and methodologies are enabling new applications in aerospace, automotive, communications, and other key fields. This compendium of recent articles is presented by the editors of...
White Papers: Test & Measurement
Miniature Cartridge Heaters
Miniature cartridge heaters are designed to fit applications where space is at a premium. They are available in low, medium and high watt densities. Applications including medical devices, printers, monitoring...
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Inspection and Simulation Methods: Powdered Metal and Additive Manufacturing
Question of the Week: Energy
Will Rain Become a Viable Energy Source?
Our lead INSIDER story today demonstrated the power of a droplet energy generator – specifically the system’s ability to light up 100 LEDs with just a small amount of water.
White Papers: Defense
Digital Transformation Do-Over: How to Restart on the Right Foot
Don’t give up on digital transformation projects that have not delivered as expected. The root cause of failure often lies in data preparation. This tech brief explains how...
Dynamic White Papers: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Precision Bellows Couplings: 3 Secrets to their Success
This 10-minute presentation discusses how precision bellows couplings can help machines run faster and more accurately if three key issues are addressed. They are sizing, misalignment tolerances, and proper handling. Bellows couplings are used for transmitting dynamic precision...
Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Will Cooling Coatings Catch On?
This month’s Tech Briefs featured a potential alternative to the air conditioner: A painted-on polymer coating that can cool down a building.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA's SuperCam Set to Look for Evidence of Life On Mars
White Papers: Aerospace
Recommended Compression and Tension Adapters for Force Calibration
Want to learn more about force measurement errors and the impact the wrong adapters can have? The wrong adapters can produce measurement errors up to 20 times that of when...
Question of the Week: Connectivity
Do the 5G Benefits Outweigh the Risks?
A feature article in this month’s Tech Briefs explored how the fifth-generation mobile network known as 5G will support the creation of increasingly “smart” factories – ones that allow manufacturers to further improve factory automation, human/machine interfaces, and mobility.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Discoveries, From Just a Grain of Moon Dust
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
“Pop-Up” Technique Fabricates Microrobots
A bulk-machined “Pop-Up” MEMS process was developed for creating mesoscale machines up to several centimeters in dimension.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Robot and Software Create Advanced Materials
Rutgers University engineers have developed an automated way to produce polymers, making it much easier to create advanced materials aimed at improving human health. While a human researcher...
Blog: Test & Measurement
SPIE Photonics West 2020, Day 2: Sensing LiDAR's Rise
Blog: Transportation
SPIE Photonics West 2020 – Sights from Day 1
Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
In the Near Future, Will Computers Use Light Instead of Electricity?
This month in Tech Briefs: Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed an optical switch that routes light from one computer chip to another in just 20 billionths of a second — faster than any other similar device.
Blog: Software
How to Design an Airless Car Tire? Start with Simulation
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Microchip Capability Expanded with New 3D Inductor Technology
A team of engineers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has boosted the performance of its previously developed 3D inductor technology by adding as much as three...
INSIDER: Packaging & Sterilization
Laser Diode Emits Deep UV Light
Nagoya University scientists have succeeded in designing a laser diode that emits deep-ultraviolet light. It emits the world's shortest lasing wavelength, at 271.8 nanometers, under pulsed electric current...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
New Method Gives Robust Transistors
Scientists at Linköping University (Linköping, Sweden) have described a method to manufacture transistors using gallium nitride and aluminum nitride that have the ability to withstand voltages as...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Method Detects Defects in 2D Materials for Future Electronics and Sensors
To further shrink electronic devices and to lower energy consumption, the semiconductor industry is interested in using 2D materials, but manufacturers need a...
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