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White Papers: Design
Fundamentals of Electrical Safety Testing
Electrical safety testers, or “hipot” testers, are essential in electronics manufacturing. They apply high voltage to check dielectric withstand, insulation resistance, ground resistance, and bond...White Papers: Design
High Accuracy High-Voltage Measurement
One of the first principals learned as an engineering student is the “observer effect” which states that simply observing a situation or phenomenon necessarily changes that phenomenon. This is often...INSIDER: Data Acquisition
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and New York’s Columbia University have embedded transistors in a soft, conformable material to create a biocompatible sensor implant that monitors...
INSIDER: Physical Sciences
The electronics industry is approaching a limit to the number of transistors that can be packed onto the surface of a computer chip. So, chip manufacturers are looking to build up rather than out.
News: Electronics & Computers
On the first episode of Season 7 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Dom Koenig, Marketing Manager, Kairos Autonomi, explains how the UxV/35 standard could be used to lower the cost of designing and manufacturing drones in the future.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. A new type of glass aims to cut this carbon footprint in half. Read on to learn more about the invention: LionGlass, engineered at Penn State.
Blog: Materials
A team of scientists has created a new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future soft materials are constructed.
White Papers: Medical
Design of Advanced Catheters Using Flexible Circuit Boards
This white paper examines the evolution of flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs) in advanced catheter design, highlighting the transition from wire-based systems to flexible PCBs. It...Blog: Design
MIT researchers are developing robotic insects that could someday swarm out of mechanical hives to rapidly perform precise pollination.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
The SPIE Photonics West 2025 technical conference and exhibition returns to San Francisco's Moscone Center, January 25 to 30, providing attendees the opportunity to learn...
Blog: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have developed a new type of infrared photodiode that is 35 percent more responsive at 1.55 µm, the key wavelength for telecommunications, compared to other germanium-based components.
Blog: Wearables
Researchers have developed cutaneous electrohydraulic (CUTE) wearable devices to greatly expand the haptic sensations that can be created by future consumer products.
Blog: Energy
A research team from DGIST has developed a lithium metal battery using a “triple-layer solid polymer electrolyte” that offers greatly enhanced fire safety and an extended lifespan.
Blog: Design
RAVEN (Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ENvironments) is designed based on perching birds that frequently switch between air and land. Its multifunctional robotic legs allow it to take off autonomously in environments previously inaccessible to winged drones.
INSIDER: Design
Led by postdoctoral research fellow Somayeh Hussaini, alongside Professor Michael Milford and Dr Tobias Fischer of the Queensland University of Technology...
Videos: Design
In this video, we provide an overview of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s mission, capabilities and timeline to launch.
White Papers: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
How New Angular Positioning Sensor Technology Opens A Broad Range of New Applications
The EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 represents a new set of rules and standards for batteries and waste battery management within the European Union. It is...Blog: Electronics & Computers
Research reports that MXenes, a class of 2D materials originally discovered at Drexel University in 2011, demonstrate the rare combination of high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity.
White Papers: Electronics & Computers
COTS Software Defined Radio for 5G Development
Discover how to reduce your time to market with 5G products using Software Defined Radio in a multi-purpose COTS platform.News: Medical
Mohammad Habibur (Habib) Rahman, Director of the BioRobotics Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and his team have been developing a portable, assistive robotic arm that therapists can use to assess and treat patients whether or not they are not in the same location.
Blog: Design
New research from Duke University details a system dubbed SonicSense that allows robots to interact with their surroundings in ways previously limited to humans.
Technology & Society: Manufacturing & Prototyping
AiSee is a smart headphone equipped with an integrated camera, microphone, and an AI-powered software architecture. It “sees” what’s in front of the user, “hears” what the user says, and is able “speak” to the user.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
When it launches no later than May 2027, the NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will serve as a powerful eye on deep space, capturing images of billions of distant galaxies and exploring the mysteries of dark matter, supernovae and other cosmic phenomena. Read on to learn about what it takes to make it a success.
Articles: Software
Artificial intelligence will be a key tool going forward in achieving results, offering the ability to more rapidly design, prototype, and implement changes and solutions through superior data analytics abilities and improved human-machine interactions. Read on to learn more.
Articles: Aerospace
Engineers at NASA used modeling and simulation with experimental testing to analyze the next generation of compressor designs that get the job done more quietly, with fewer maintenance needs, and at lower fabrication cost. Read on to learn more.
Products: Photonics/Optics
See the new products, including TRIOPTICS' compact and retrofittable solution for processing laser diodes on the ATS 100 alignment turning station; TRUMPF's VCSELs and photodiodes; Edmund Optics’ TECHSPEC® UV Fused Silica Plano-Convex (PCX) Lenses MgF2 Coated feature precision specifications; Imperx' two new Cheetah cameras: the CXP-C1941 and the SFP-C1941; and more.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A team has created a prototype for what it calls “living bioelectronics” — a combination of living cells, gel, and electronics that can integrate with living tissue. The patches are made of sensors, bacterial cells, and a gel made from starch and gelatin. Tests in mice found that the devices could continuously monitor and improve psoriasis-like symptoms, without irritating skin. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Design
Growing Bio-Inspired Polymer Brains for Artificial Neural Networks
Read on to learn about a technique for growing conductive polymer wire connections between electrodes to realize artificial neural networks that overcome the limits of traditional computer hardware.
Top Stories
INSIDER: Materials
MIT Team Takes a Major Step Toward Fully 3D-Printed Active Electronics
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Integrating Fragile 2D Materials into Devices
INSIDER: Imaging
Smallest Walking Robot Makes Microscale Measurements
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A New Home for Sustainability Robotics
Products: Design
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
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Custom Designs and Perfect Moldings with 3D Printing and Scanning
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