Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Do You See Yourself Someday Printing in 4D?
You’ve heard about 3D printing, but what about 4D?
A Tech Briefs TV video this week showcased how Rice University researchers’ new way of making shape-shifting materials. The “4D-printed” objects can be manipulated to take on alternate forms when exposed to changes in temperature,...
White Papers: Transportation
Accelerating the World’s Electric Vehicles, One Connection at a Time
Electrification of the powertrain and accessory applications for trucks, buses, construction, agricultural & recreational vehicles is taking the commercial...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Answering Your (Mars 2020) Questions: Perseverance vs. Curiosity Rover Hardware
On-Demand Webinars: Robotics, Automation & Control
Mars 2020: The Legacy Continues for NASA Space Robotics
Scheduled for launch in the summer of 2020, the latest NASA rover will continue the legacy of its predecessors – Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity – by taking the next step in space robotics. With innovative instruments, new science goals, and improved technologies,...
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Coffee Grounds Put a Pep in the Step of Flexible Robotic Feet
On-Demand Webinars: Imaging
Back to the Future of Video Compression
Have you ever seen pixilation or noticed face details disappear, frames freeze, confetti in dark areas, or simply muddy video? These are negative effects of compression. Most camera outputs (including cinema) and videos from 720p and up are compressed. Why? Compression is needed to enable transport...
Question of the Week: Energy
Will We Ever See Humidity Panels Alongside Solar Panels?
Our lead INSIDER story featured an experiment from Tel Aviv University that supports the idea of water vapor as an alternative energy source.
What do you think? Will We Ever See Humidity Panels Alongside Solar Panels?
Share your questions and comments.
White Papers: Aerospace
Bundled White Papers: Strategies to Manage Obsolescence in Aerospace and Defense Test
Test engineers spend as much as 50 percent of their time (or even more in some cases) actively dealing with obsolescence in their test program sets. Read...
Webinars: Medical
Materials Qualification of Healthcare Products to Radiation Sterilization
Sterilization process monitoring and control are key to product safety in the healthcare industry. New products that are biological in nature or made of materials that are sensitive to standard forms of terminal sterilization are requiring more developed tools to...
INSIDER: Materials
Precision Spray Coating Makes Better Perovskite Solar Cells
Although perovskites are a promising alternative to silicon for solar cells, new manufacturing processes are needed to make them practical for commercial production. To help...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Potassium Metal Battery Emerges as a Rival to Lithium-Ion Technology
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated how to overcome a persistent challenge to potassium metal batteries — dendrites. Their new battery...
INSIDER: Automotive
Solid State Batteries With Ten Times More Current Density
Solid state batteries are of great interest to the electric vehicle industry. New technology developed by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden and Xi'an...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Scavenger Technology Allows Robots to ‘Eat’ Metal for Energy
A new metal-air scavenger works like a battery, in that it provides power by repeatedly breaking and forming a series of chemical bonds. But it also works like a harvester,...
White Papers: Energy
Why Do Bolts Loosen
Nord-Lock’s eBook "Why Do Bolts Loosen" explores the topic of why bolted joints lose preload and how to prevent it from happening.
White Papers: Electronics & Computers
Faster Deployments for the Electronic Battlefield
This solutions brief describes Abaco’s partnership with AMERGINT Technologies to deliver an integrated hardware/software combination that uses modular software to enable more rapid...
White Papers: Medical
Challenges in Designing and Manufacturing Sensors for Robotic Surgery
The design and manufacture of a haptic feedback sensor for a robotic surgery platform entails two distinct but complementary aspects: overcoming technical obstacles of...
White Papers: Motion Control
Recoma®HT: Rare Earth Magnets for High Temperatures
Arnold Magnetic Technologies has developed Samarium Cobalt magnets for a wide range of applications. The RECOMA®HT grade magnets were developed specifically for applications operating at...
Question of the Week: Automotive
Will On-Demand Octane Improve Fuel Economy?
A video on Tech Briefs TV this month demonstrated a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory technology that enables on-demand octane by portioning ethanol from gasoline. PNNL researchers believe their invention could increase fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Do you agree? Watch the video...
White Papers: Test & Measurement
All the Tools Needed to Study and Optimize Virtually Any Power Project in a Single Instrument
The design of any power conversion system requires the measurement of a large range of electrical parameters that could be made using a lab bench...
Podcasts: Test & Measurement
Here's an Idea: A Rock-Vaporizing 'SuperCam' for the Mars Rover
Blog: Internet of Things
NIST Researchers Use A.I. to Boost 5G Efficiency
White Papers: Defense
Empowering Future-Proof Test Organizations Through Standardization
Aerospace and defense organizations find themselves in a continual juggling act of integrating cutting-edge technology while maintaining legacy testers, providing...
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will More Manufacturers Go With Metal 3D Printing?
Our most recent issue of Tech Briefs featured a roundtable discussion about the future of 3D printing. The industry pros, including Stratsys Direct Manufacturing CEO Kent Firestone, spoke about how metal additive manufacturing has yet to catch on, due to cost constraints and build limitations....
White Papers: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Ultimate Shaft-To-Hub Connection
Kinematically ground polygonal shapes have been used as drive connections for more than 45 years. What is now referred to as Polygon Systems was developed by Fortunawerke, Stuttgart, West Germany, who...
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Don’t Blame it on the Bearings
Briefs: Imaging
Navigation Measurement Software
Articles: Materials
Boosting Performance in Hydraulic Systems with Alternative Coatings
Briefs: Motion Control
Soft Hardware for More Flexible Robots
Top Stories
NASA Spinoff: Energy
Nanotechnology Repairs Engine Damage in Cars
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers Prove Their Elastic Exosuit Eases Back Stress
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
How to Charge an Underwater Robot? A Mobile Docking Station
Blog: Unmanned Systems
A Squid-Like Robot Swims, Untethered
Videos: Photonics/Optics
New Method for Large-Scale 3D Printing of Rocket Engines
Blog: Automotive
Question of the Week
Will Self-Erasing Chips Catch On?
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Metal Injection Molding’s Role in Automotive
Upcoming Webinars: Materials
Technical Ceramics: The Powerhouse of Advanced Materials
Upcoming Webinars: Software
PPAP Reviews Using AI and Machine Learning
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Customizing Actuators Using COTS Drive Components for Martian...
Upcoming Webinars: Defense
2020 Create the Future Contest Awards
Upcoming Webinars: RF & Microwave Electronics
Advancement of Spectrum Analysis Techniques for Tracking,...
Trending Stories
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Integrity Sensing With Smart Polymers and Rubber Components on Vehicles
Q&A: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Q&A: NanoLED Architecture Overcomes Efficiency Droop
Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
Driving Growth and Innovation With Sustainable Design
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Deep Learning in Machine Vision
Application Briefs: Software
Using the IoT for Predictive Maintenance
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
