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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Test servo drives, robot monitors, AC motors, and more
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Articles: Motion Control
Learn how design engineers are making better gas meters.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
The DPV concept matches the unique needs of electric vehicle cooling and energy management systems.
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Application Briefs: Aerospace
OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, is helping NASA assess the risk of potential driving hazards on Mars.
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5 Ws: Electronics & Computers
Imagine a tablet or Kindle that can display braille on command for the visually impaired.
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Q&A: Semiconductors & ICs
Professor Jiwoong Park and his team have made a material that is crystalline in the X-Y direction, but amorphous in the Z direction.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Four industry experts explore the future outlook for smart sensors and IIoT.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new fabrication methodology addresses the need for a thin, double-sided circuitry board.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, and long operating life.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A 3D-printable elastomer yields soft, elastic objects that feel like human tissue.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensing is incorporated directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.
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Briefs: Materials
Parts remain crack-free and defect-resistant, making them conducive for use in metal-based 3D-printing applications.
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Briefs: Materials
Inspired by barnacles, the paste provides an effective way to treat traumatic injuries and help control bleeding during surgery.
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Briefs: Materials
The synthetic material is soft but can withstand heavy loading with minimum wear and tear for engineering applications.
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Briefs: Materials
The carbon fiber reinforced material can be repeatedly healed with heat.
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Briefs: Materials
Textiles and items of clothing can be converted into e-textiles without affecting their original properties.
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Briefs: Communications
This combination of technologies could enable developments for many optical applications.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Applications include aircraft-mounted and space-based interferometers, electronics fabrication, and military optics.
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Briefs: Lighting
This new design overcomes a long-standing LED efficiency problem and can also transform it into a laser.
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Briefs: Energy
Fano Resonance Optical Coatings can both transmit and reflect the same color simultaneously.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Mechanical control and modulation of light on a silicon chip could enhance LiDAR.
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Briefs: Imaging
Using ambient light, the reflective screen keeps energy consumption to a minimum.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The camera captures pulse and respiration signals from a video of a person’s face.
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Briefs: Wearables
The camera could have uses in faster disease diagnosis and thinner cellphones.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In an airport, the scanner could eliminate the need for passengers to remove shoes at the checkpoint, speeding the screening process.
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Briefs: Imaging
This system enables fast analysis of hyperspectral images in disaster response or target detection scenarios.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology shines through fabrics to show notifications for email messages, time, weather, or other forms of basic information.
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Briefs: AR/AI
A machine learning method promises to predict battery health with 10 times higher accuracy than the current industry standard.
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