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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Medical equipment motion control runs the gamut from electric wheelchair motion to heart assist pumps. This article will focus on the segment consisting of medical laboratory instruments. Even...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Engineers have one very keen sense in life, and that is to ferret out usefulness from perceived buzz. Trained as such, unless we are reading the weather report, the word “cloud” sends our...
Articles: Energy
You might think a wind turbine would have more in common with a plane’s propeller than an aircraft wing, but wind blades actually...
Articles: Imaging
Ultra-high-speed framing cameras have long been the workhorse for acquiring elusive data in scientific fields where very fast phenomena are studied, such as high-voltage discharge, crack...
Articles: Imaging
The first 3D immersive environments, consisting of rudimentary software, projection, and display technologies, appeared two or more decades ago, but the past five years have seen a dramatic increase in the power...
Articles: Automotive
Hours before most commuters start their engines and head to work, James Hughes is already calling the other side of the world from his office in Dearborn, MI. Because of a six-hour...
Articles: Software
Software and hardware design, development, and testingUnisysBlue Bell, PA215-986-4011www.unisys.com
NASA has chosen Unisys to provide application...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Create the Future Design Contest was launched in 2002 by the publishers of NASA Tech Briefs to help stimulate and reward engineering innovation. The competition has attracted...
Articles: Test & Measurement
The Constellation Program and the Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP) funded the development of diagnostic models using the TEAMS (Testability Engineering and Maintenance...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Many hydraulically operated machines perform adequately with on/off “bang-bang” valves, but some need special controls to avoid maintenance problems and deliver quality production output....
Articles: Photonics/Optics
While it may appear state-of-the-art on the surface, fiber optic technology is a fairly simple method of conducting light that has been around for some time. The principle of guiding...
Articles: Lighting
Solid-state lighting (SSL) is rapidly emerging as a major segment of the lighting fixture industry. What was once a simple electrical device has now been...
Articles: Lighting
Solid-state lighting (SSL) has been identified as a technology innovation that can significantly impact the future of lighting solutions that will meet new U.S. energy efficiency standards for...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2010 Create the Future Design Contest Winners E-Book
The 2010 Create the Future Design Contest, sponsored by COMSOL, Inc., PTC, and Tech Briefs Media Group (publishers of NASA Tech Briefs), recognized innovation in product design in six categories: Consumer Products, Machinery & Equipment, Medical, Safety & Security, Sustainable Technologies, and...
Articles: Software
A Stagnant Market?
A number of the executives we polled indicated that the CAD market has become a “mature” market, meaning that the number of truly innovative improvements in the...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Titanium:Sapphire (Ti:S)-based laser systems have revolutionized ultrafast research from biological imaging to high energy physics. Ti:S has a very broad gain bandwidth (680-1080 nm) but many...
Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
All major microprocessor vendors are introducing multicore architectures to deliver the latest installment of performance improvements and cost savings as required to remain competitive in the...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
As recent events in Haiti and Argentina have highlighted, many urban buildings in seismically active regions worldwide are in need of reinforcement to resist earthquake damage. One challenge...
Articles: Software
BU-67106K PCI-Express cardsData Device Corp.Bohemia, NY651-484-6544 www.ddc-web.com
To support the Ares-1, an in-line, two-stage rocket configuration topped by the Orion crew vehicle and its...
Articles: Software
SolidWorks 3D Design SoftwareDassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.Concord, MA800-693-9000www.solidworks.com
Software from Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. has been used by engineering service...
Articles: Aerospace
As the year comes to a close, we’re asking NASA Tech Briefs readers to cast their votes in the annual Readers’ Choice Product of the Year Awards.
Each month, the editors of...
Articles: Motion Control
Environmental friendliness, economy, and individuality are the fundamental ideas associated with the topic of eMobility (electromobility). The increasing scarcity of resources and constantly rising prices...
Articles: Software
In our annual poll of executives at leading analysis and simulation software companies, we asked about the economic situation’s effect on the market, the pros and cons of virtual prototyping,...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2010 Create the Future Design Contest
The 2010 Create the Future Design Contest, sponsored by COMSOL, Inc., PTC, and Tech Briefs Media Group (publishers of NASA Tech Briefs), recognized innovation in product design in six categories: Consumer Products, Machinery & Equipment, Medical, Safety & Security, Sustainable Technologies, and Transportation....
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2010 Create the Future Design Contest Meet the Judges
COMSOL, PTC, and Tech Briefs Media Group thank the following judges for their participation.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Many scientific, technical and engineering applications in finance, medical imaging, modeling, simulation, and...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
In the design process, after the first prototype returns from fabrication, engineers often use traditional test equipment to make low-level measurements such as digital rise times, voltage thresholds,...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Automated industrial control systems are an integral part of today’s manufacturing facilities. As these systems’ capabilities advance, the engineer shifts from someone who oversees...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Salim NasserMerritt Island, FL
There are approximately 1.8 million manual wheelchair users in the United States, and that number is expected to grow at a rate of 10% annually....
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