Features

Articles : Connectivity

5G in Manufacturing: What’s Here and What’s to Come

5G has the potential to provide connectivity for a range of different uses in manufacturing.

Articles : Medical

Products of Tomorrow: February 2020

Life-saving sensors, soft hearing implants, and a new water-decontamination method

Articles : Manufacturing & Prototyping

Smart Manufacturing Control

Today's advanced smart CNC controls allow manufacturers to optimize the manufacturing process right on the factory floor

Articles : Manufacturing & Prototyping

Going Beyond the Basics: Innovative Step Motor Designs Give Machine Designers More Options for Motion Control

Machine and system designers now have greater options in choosing a motor to meet motion control requirements.

Articles : Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Valves for Pneumatic Cylinders and Actuators

Know your valve options.

Application Briefs : Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Modified Fittings Enhance Industrial Safety

NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is home to one of the largest buildings in the world — the massive Vehicle Assembly Building — and also hosts a number of one-of-a-kind facilities. The...

NASA Spinoff : Sensors/Data Acquisition

Biofeedback Loops Aim to Enhance Combat and Sports Training

Research in astronaut monitoring leads to virtual reality spinoffs.

5 Ws : Materials

5 Ws of Microlattice Pads for Improved Helmets

With the new microlattice pads, players will have greater protection from both single hits and a series of impacts.

Q&A : Wearables

Q&A: Electrically Conductive Coated Yarn for Wearable, Washable Fabrics

Drexel Professor Genevieve Dion is coating yarn with the highly conductive, two-dimensional material MXene.

Technology Leaders : Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Better Solutions for Testing and Measuring Compression and Extension Springs

Learn about the latest measurement technology designed to ensure accurate testing of helical compression and extension springs.

Facility Focus : Materials

Facility Focus: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Explore Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's first space flight complex.

Products : Sensors/Data Acquisition

New Products: January 2020 Photonics & Imaging Technology

Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.

Products : Mechanical & Fluid Systems

New on the Market: January 2020

Processors, imaging sensors, dimensioning systems, and more.

Products : Test & Measurement

Product of the Month: January 2020 Tech Briefs

Vitrek introduces the PA920 Series ultra-high-accuracy power analyzer.

Articles : Photonics/Optics

SPIE Photonics West 2020 Preview

SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6

Articles : Photonics/Optics

Blue Lasers: Leveraging Fundamental Physics for High Performance

Increased laser capacity has enabled, and will continue to enable, new manufacturing possibilities.

Articles : Software

Virtually Optimizing Metasurface Topology with a Genetic Algorithm

See how software supported the design of an advanced antenna.

Articles : Electronics & Computers

In-House PCB Prototyping with Additive Manufacturing

If you want to pursue in-house PCB prototyping and testing, there are several routes you can take.

Articles : Imaging

Products of Tomorrow: January 2020

Heartbeat-based biometrics, sonic-boom displays, and an artificial leaf.

Articles : Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Five Techniques for Lightweighting: Doing More With Less

Manufacturers in almost every industry are looking to design lighter parts. Here are five lightweighting strategies.

Application Briefs : Photonics/Optics

Additive Manufacturing of Precision Optics at Micro and Nanoscale

AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.

Application Briefs : Aerospace

NASA’s BITSE Solar Scope

NASA and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) recently tested a new way to see the Sun

Application Briefs : Aerospace

NASA's Thirst for Water on Mars Quenched by Student Innovators

NASA and universities from across the country are teaming up to support a continued human presence on the Moon and ultimately Mars.

NASA Spinoff : Manufacturing & Prototyping

Vibration Isolator Steadies Optics for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.

5 Ws : Imaging

5 Ws of 3D Modeling for the Visually Impaired

A touch-based display mimics the geometry of 3D objects designed on a computer.

Q&A : Electronics & Computers

Q&A: A Shape-Morphing, Self-Healing Soft Composite

Have you heard of "Thubber?"

Facility Focus : Imaging

Facility Focus: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

See how NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, and more.