On-Demand Webinars: Software
Balancing Vehicle Comfort and Performance with Simulation-Driven Cabin Design
As consumers look for refreshing and comfortable experiences, cabin design is taking center stage as one of the main selling factors for the automotive industry. Vehicle OEMs have to consider all aspects of the cabin and improve designs to provide customers the...
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Could ‘Smellicopters’ Someday Support Search-and-Rescue?
Our second INSIDER story today highlights an innovative combination of autonomous drones and live moth antennae: The “Smellicopter.”
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Laser Jolts Microscopic Robots into Motion
A Cornell University team has created microscopic robots that incorporate semiconductor components, allowing them to be controlled – and made to walk – with standard electronic signals. The...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Miniscule Machines Made of Metal and Plastic
Researchers have developed a technique for manufacturing micrometer-long machines by interlocking multiple materials in a complex way. The micromachines are made out of metal and plastic, in...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Teaching Old Robots New Tricks
With a training technique commonly used to teach dogs to sit and stay, computer scientists showed a robot how to teach itself several new tricks including stacking blocks. With the method, the robot was...
Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics
Q&A: 'Smellicopter' Uses Live Moth Antenna to Seek Out Smells
On-Demand Webinars: Software
Accelerating Pre-Silicon Software Development with Next-Gen Infineon AURIX TC4xx Virtual Prototypes
This 30-minute Webinar presents the usage and benefits of virtual prototyping for a wide range of use cases for Infineon’s next-generation AURIXTM TC4xx automotive microcontrollers. Two main topics will be covered:
INSIDER: Materials
Advanced Solar Panels Extract More Energy from Sunlight
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering advanced materials atop traditional silicon is a promising path to eke...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
New Technique Extends Next-Generation Lithium Metal Batteries
Electric vehicles (EVs) hold great promise for our energy-efficient, sustainable future but among their limitations is the lack of a long-lasting, high energy density battery...
INSIDER: Energy
Fast Calculation Dials in Better Batteries
A simpler and more efficient way to predict performance will lead to better batteries, according to Rice University engineers. That their method is 100,000 times faster than existing modeling...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Clean, Limitless Power from Graphene
A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene’s thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.
Tech Talks: Medical
Testing Home Healthcare Medical Devices
Treating patients with chronic conditions outside the hospital is a growing trend due to aging populations, the increase of chronic respiratory conditions such as sleep apnea or COPD, and the cost effectiveness of home healthcare treatments. Medical therapy equipment has gotten smaller and lighter,...
On-Demand Webinars: Automotive
Next-Gen Vehicle Architectures and the Role of HPCs
Vehicle architectures are evolving from complex networks of individual electronic control units (ECUs) to a handful of ultra-powerful high-performance computers (HPCs). During today’s rapid transition to intelligent, connected vehicles, software differentiation is critical to...
White Papers: Data Acquisition
Powering Ultra High-End Data Acquisition at Swabian Instruments
Swabian Instruments GmbH, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, was founded in 2016 by Helmut Fedder, Michael Schlagmüller, and Markus Wick as a spin-off from the Physics...
Question of the Week: Medical
Will RepelWrap Catch On?
A material called "RepelWrap" won this year's "Create the Future" Design Contest. The thin film, invented by researchers at McMaster University, instantly fends off viruses and bacteria when the material is placed on a surface, including a door handle or railing.
White Papers: Test & Measurement
Aerospace, Defense and Government Industry Solutions
Whether you’re building and maintaining test assets to support long life cycle programs, designing next generation radar and electronic warfare systems, or deploying digital...
White Papers: Robotics, Automation & Control
Reducing Vibration of Cable Carriers on High-Precision Machinery
In industries like printer design, semiconductor manufacturing and machine tools, cable carrier systems can vibrate, which affects the production equipment’s accuracy and...
On-Demand Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Evolution of SOSA
SOSA – the Sensor Open Systems Architecture – is an integrative and inclusive standard designed to accelerate the development of affordable, agile, and composable sensor systems by military and industrial entities. Although the U.S. defense industry is currently driving creation of the standard, it’s expected...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
How to Make Tomorrow’s Electronics Using Ink-Jet Printed Graphene
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
NIST Sensor Experts Invent Super-Cold Mini-Thermometer
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a miniature superconducting thermometer with big potential applications, such as monitoring the...
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Novel Miniaturized Organic Semiconductor Will Support Flexible Electronic Devices
Field Effect Transistors (FET) are the core building blocks of modern electronics such as integrated circuits, computer CPUs, and display backplanes....
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensors Driven by Machine Learning Sniff-Out Gas Leaks Fast
A new study has confirmed the success of a natural-gas leak-detection tool pioneered by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, which uses sensors and machine learning to...
White Papers: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2D/3D Laser Profile Scanners for Industry and Automation
Laser scanners from Micro-Epsilon are among the most powerful profile sensors with regard to accuracy and measurement rate. Equipped with powerful processors and highly sensitive...
Blog: Photonics/Optics
How to Choose an Optical Filter
On-Demand Webinars: Automotive
Vehicle Electrification
The rise of electric vehicles with accelerated time-to-market cycles poses new business and engineering challenges for automotive companies. This situation opens up new opportunities, where innovative...
On-Demand Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Protecting Power Electronics from EM and RF Interference
As power electronics and controls become more sophisticated, there is a need to shield these devices from external fields as well as reduce their radiated fields. External...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Special Section: The Winners of the 2020 'Create the Future' Design Contest
Special Reports: Data Acquisition
ADAS/Connected Car - December 2020
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this...
Briefs: Motion Control
Collision Detector Mimics Locust Swarms
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Ultra-High Purity Silicone in Aerospace and Defense Product Design
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Confident TCU Connectivity Through Efficient Functional Testing
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