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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New research from Duke University details a system dubbed SonicSense that allows robots to interact with their surroundings in ways previously limited to humans.
Articles: Design
The Create the Future Design Contest, launched in 2002 by SAE Media Group, recognizes and rewards engineering innovations that benefit humanity, the environment, and the economy. Read on to learn about the finalists in all seven categories chosen from new product ideas submitted from more than 50 countries. The Grand Prize winner and category winners will be chosen at a live competition on November 15.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Getting robots to perform even a simple task requires tons of behind-the-scenes work. Part of the challenge is planning and executing movements, everything from turning wheels to lifting a...
Blog: Design
The work involved fabricating electrodes containing PVPA, PAA, and PVDF as binders, and their performance was assessed through electrochemical experiments and density functional theory.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, self-powered sensor that can harvest energy from its environment.
Blog: Lighting
Choosing a present for an engineer is almost as daunting as performing the tasks of an engineer. With that in mind, we here at Tech Briefs aim to make your life easier with regards to the former.
Blog: Medical
In the winter of 2019, the National Football League hosted its Helmet Challenge Symposium in Youngstown, OH, bringing together 300 engineers, manufacturing experts, and innovators from across the country.
Products: Software
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2020 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
Blog: Information Technology
Peter Fuhr has invented a new way to hide sensitive electric grid information from cyberattack: a constantly changing color palette.
Blog: Design
Researchers have created software that is able to verify how much information an AI system farmed from an organization’s digital database.
Blog: Energy
The oxygen-ion battery can be extremely durable, does not require rare elements, and thwarts fire hazards.
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
By avoiding hazardous chemicals, the work points down a path industry could follow to reduce its environmental footprint.
Blog: Test & Measurement
A soccer-playing, full-sized humanoid robot — ARTEMIS — with first-of-its-kind technology.
Briefs: Design
A Terminator-style shape-shifting robot able to LIQUEFY and reform has been developed by engineers inspired by sea cucumbers.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
MIT engineers have come up with an innovative approach to building deformable underwater robots, using simple repeating substructures instead of unique components.
Products: Design
See the new products for April 2023, including combustion valves, a linear motion system, an autonomous mobile robot, and more.
Blog: Design
The all-terrain walking mech’s aim is to give humans the size and strength of giants. It does just that — times 50.
Blog: Medical
A microelectronic fiber with microscopic parameters is capable of analyzing electrolytes and metabolites in sweat.
Briefs: Power
A team of researchers at EMPA have developed a water-activated disposable paper battery.
INSIDER: Design
Engineering researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without...
Special Reports: Wearables
Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - November 2021
In this new report from the editors of Medical Design Briefs and Tech Briefs magazines, discover how the latest advances in 3D printing, machining, molding and more are changing the way...Special Reports: Materials
Medical Robotics - September 2021
Self-propelled nanobots that deliver drugs inside the human body...novel sensors that improve the safety and precision of industrial robots...a dynamic hydrogel material that makes building soft robotic devices...INSIDER: Design
A hacker can reproduce a circuit on a chip by discovering what key transistors are doing in a circuit — but not if the transistor “type” is...
Blog: Design
You can design the best product in the world but what if the parts, assemblies, and sub-components for your idea aren’t there?
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technological ramp to fully autonomous vehicles presents significant challenges for companies developing autonomous vehicle programs. Advanced sensor technology, high-speed and...
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Blog: Energy
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Podcasts: Aerospace
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INSIDER: Motion Control
New Research Sheds Light on Using Multiple CubeSats for In-Space Servicing...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
A Lighter, Smarter Magnetoreceptive Electronic Skin
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Atom-Based Thermometer Measures Temperature More Accurately
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