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Briefs: Power
Modine Targets Off-Highway EVs with ‘Plug-and-Play’ BTMS
Deutronic is not alone in developing and integrating thermal-management solutions to meet the specific demands of off-highway EVs. Modine, for example, in 2023 launched a new edition of its EVantage battery thermal-management system with a liquid-cooled condenser (L-CON BTMS). Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
In Penn’s Clean Energy Conversions Lab, researchers are repurposing waste from industrial mines, storing carbon pulled from the atmosphere into newly formed rock. The team sees great environmental potential in mine tailings.
INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
The efficient and economical recycling of EV batteries is not just possible, but inevitable, said a panel of battery-recycling experts at the 2023 Battery Show North America in Novi, MI, this week....
INSIDER: Energy
At the Battery Show North America, a panel of leaders addressed North America’s lithium supply challenges, and talked about signs that aggressive movement from...
Briefs: Power
New Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Offers Higher Stability
In a new study, a research team led by the University of California, Irvine, created and analyzed a material for a Li-ion cathode that uses no cobalt and is instead rich in nickel.
NASA Spinoff: Software
By combining historical and current data from multiple NASA and European satellites, MD-based terraPulse applies AI to create meaningful maps enabling data-driven ecological decisions.
Articles: Power
A robust EV battery-recycling industry has moved to a necessity as automakers, and their suppliers, transition away from internal combustion.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The most common use of HDD systems is for industrial applications moving heavy masses on a continuous basis with low speed and high torque, and especially high starting torque for operations with frequent stops and starts.
NASA Spinoff: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Initially designed for use on the Moon, the Electro-Hydraulic Fracturing system — developed at Auburn University with NASA funding — relies upon short, high-pulse power created by...
Briefs: Materials
Methodology for the Effective Stabilization of Tin-Oxide-Based Oxidation/ReductionCatalysts
NASA Langley researchers, in work spanning more than a decade, have developed a portfolio of technologies for low-temperature gas catalysis. Originally developed to support space-based CO2 lasers, the technology has evolved into an array of...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have developed a revolutionary new generation of silicon carbide...
Articles: Defense
Microwave Extraction of Water for Space Propellant
Edwin Ethridge, Ph.D. NASA (retired), Huntsville, AL
Space exploration is extremely expensive because very large rockets are...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Rob Mueller is the Lead Senior Technologist for the RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) project, as well as all Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Human Robotics...
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The rollerjaw rock crusher melds the concepts of jaw crushing and roll crushing long employed in the mining and rock-crushing industries. Rollerjaw rock crushers have been proposed for inclusion in geological exploration...
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
HAWE Hydraulics, Charlotte, NC, offers proportional valves and controls typically used by companies manufacturing machine tools, lifting platforms, mobile cranes,...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Autonomous systems of multiple-agent air/ground robotic units for exploration of the surfaces of remote planets are undergoing development. Modified versions of these systems could be...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Acoustic Navigation Aid for Autonomous Miners
Miners today use externally powered machines designed to be used by a single operator, the autonomous miner. Many companies offer computer-operated mining equipment that can be used for both high wall and underground applications. Programmable logic controls with ring laser gyroscopes and inclinometers...
Briefs: Motion Control
Research conducted at the Pittsburgh Research Center (formerly U.S. Bureau of Mines) developed technology that will allow computer-assisted operation of mechanized equipment normally used in...
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Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Quiz: Propulsion
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INSIDER: Communications
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
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Adopting a Digital-Twin Strategy for Sustainable Manufacturing
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Ahead of the Curve: Empirical End-of-Life Performance Modeling of...
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Best Practices for Developing Safe and Secure Modular Software
Upcoming Webinars: Software
Developing an End-to-End Wire Harness Process
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
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Upcoming Webinars: Power
Designing an HVAC Modeling Workflow for Cabin Energy Management...