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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Spherical Sensor Configurations (SSC) have been designed for detecting and tracking signals in three dimensions. The Spherical Sensor Configurations offer distinct...
Articles: Software
By Robert “Buzz” Kross Senior Vice President of the Manufacturing Division Autodesk San Rafael, CA
Innovation is a way of life at Autodesk. Since our introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has...
Articles: Motion Control
Robotics technology has made measurable strides in the last few years. Today’s robots can move with greater precision over a more flexible range of motion, while handling heavier payloads. Advances...
Articles: Motion Control
Many robotic and mechanical systems require the calculation of kinematic equations to express the relationship between variables that are to be controlled (motor/actuator position obtained via...
Articles: Imaging
The development of a robotic random bin picking system that translates to a real-world factory application has received attention for more than 30 years, and has been called by some the...
Articles: Energy
In the effort to produce inexpensive, easily manufactured sources of sustainable, renewable power, solar cells continue to be a major focus — particularly flexible solar cells that...
Articles: Communications
Fly-by-Wireless: A Less-Wire and Wireless Revolution for Aerospace Vehicle Architectures
Every ounce of weight brought to the lunar surface costs 40 to 60 times that in fuel needed at liftoff from the Earth. Part of that weight penalty is due to wires, but the cost of wires is much more than weight. Wired connectivity drives up the price of design...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
All electronic devices generate heat due to their unavoidable internal losses and inefficiencies. The higher the efficiency rating of the device, the less internal heat is generated...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
The PMC, or PCI Mezzanine Card, follows the IEEE P1386.1 standard for printed circuit boards. PMCs combine the electrical characteristics of the PCI bus with the mechanical dimensions of the Common Mezzanine Card,...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
What makes the iPhone so great? Touch screen technology. Touch screens are changing the way we interact with technology and with iPhone, Apple has opened the floodgates of innovation for the function and design of...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
A silicon photomultiplier (SPM) is a new type of semiconductor detector that has the potential to replace the photomultiplier tube (PMT) detector in many applications. In common with a PMT detector,...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2007 NASA Tech Briefs "Create the Future" Design Contest
This year's sixth annual NASA Tech Briefs' "Create the Future" design contest, presented by SolidWorks Corp., recognized innovation in product design in six categories: Consumer Products, Safety & Security, Machinery & Equipment, Medical, Sustainable Technologies, and Transportation....
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
By Dr. Udo Ungeheuer Chairman of the Board of Management SCHOTT Mainz, Germany
Many people consider the printing press developed here in Mainz, Germany, near the headquarters of SCHOTT, the greatest invention of the last...
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Cargo Management System
Jeremy ConnellBlacksburg, VA
Standard truck beds lack the ability to secure loose items easily. The Cargo Management System design employs...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Litroenergy™, a New Light Source Material
Steve StarkMPK Co.Champlin, MN
A patent-pending light source material, Litroenergy™ contains self-luminous micro particles about...
Articles: Medical
(Winner of an HP Workstation)
3D Ultrasonic Neuronavigation System for Image-Guided Brain Surgery
Ajay Mahajan
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Murphysboro, IL
This...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
LED Cocoon Tent
Stephen Boynton
Orem, UT
Outdoor camping tents have used the zipper as the solution to opening and closing the tent since the zipper was...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Personnel Beacon/Locator for Mine Workers
Joseph HollmannSpectral BiopsyKansas City, MO
When trapped, miners are instructed to create noise by tapping on surrounding...
Articles: Transportation
Internally Radiating Impulse Structure (IRIS) Engine
Corban Tillemann-Dick Tendix LLC Denver, CO
The vast majority of internal combustion engines we use for...
Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
LEDTRICITY™
Ted BristowCreative ElectricKailua Kona, HI
LEDTRICITY™ uses a combination of various electrical principles, unique wiring circuits, and...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Linear motors and actuators are now cost-competitive with ball screws and belt drives and offer distinctly superior agility and bandwidth for advanced positioning applications. New micromotors...
Articles: Motion Control
The worlds of biomedical and motion control are joining at the hip, with motors, controllers, actuators, and other motion control components becoming key elements in advanced...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
The thermographic imaging characteristics of an IR camera are largely determined by its detector assembly. Infrared radiation (IR) is focused onto the camera’s detector...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Systems engineers face a number of challenges when configuring and programming a complex, heterogeneous multiprocessor system of the type often used in digital signal processing...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
The task-specific nature of an embedded system application typically defines a narrow scope of performance requirements. But the range of options for achieving those requirements are broad —...
Articles: Automotive
Although it may not be obvious to the untrained eye, a number of technical innovations developed for aerospace and defense applications have found their way into the sport...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
In the never-ending quest to produce high-quality software, traditional dynamic testing plays a fundamental role. The weakness of dynamic testing is that it is only as good as the...
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