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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
MIT's new way of automatically creating actuators is a bit like solving a Rubik's Cube.
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A reader asks our industry expert: Will air taxis be influenced by military UAV standards?
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Blog: Aerospace
Many of the technologies we use today – space blankets, hearing aids, food packaging – began on the Apollo 11 mission.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A new app opens up robotics to a large user base.
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Blog: Photonics/Optics
At Sensors Expo in San Jose, Innovusion (Los Altos, CA) debuted the Cheetah high-resolution, image-grade LiDAR system with long-distance capability.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The key to IoT implementation: Democratizing big data, says SST's Christopher Chong.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
Editor Bruce A. Bennett takes us through the unusual — and completely unexpected —at this year's LASER World of Photonics.
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News: Photonics/Optics
Many vendors at this year's event made their presence known with mega-sized booths.
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Blog: Energy
The increased use of photonics has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions — by 3-billion tons.
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News: Photonics/Optics
The bi-annual Laser World of Photonics exhibition begins today.
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Blog: Energy
A new water purifier works better because it takes the shape of the rose.
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News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An industry expert tells a Tech Briefs reader what's over the next hill regarding military UAVs.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new machine-vision tool extracts and reports valuable driving data from the standard traffic cameras already in place.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

While robots like the WildCat from Boston Dynamics reach speeds of just under 20 miles an hour, engineers from Georgia Tech have gone with a decidedly slower approach.

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Blog: Energy
An Ohio State researcher shares with Tech Briefs the promise of potassium-oxygen batteries.
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Blog: Communications
“Nothing is going to slow 5G down. I mean nothing," said one NIWeek panelist.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Doctoral Programs student Ayato Kanada came up with his leech-like robot in a place you’d least expect it: His bathroom.

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

At RAPID + TCT in Detroit today, Markforged introduced Blacksmith artificial intelligence-powered software that makes manufacturing machines “aware” so they can automatically adjust programming...

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

On the opening day of the RAPID + TCT Show in Detroit, HP introduced the new Jet Fusion 5200 Series 3D printing solution – an industrial 3D printing system – and the Digital Manufacturing Network, a new...

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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Your smartwatch can count your steps, but can it tell if you’re typing on a keyboard? Or chopping a vegetable?

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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A microrobot can take up to 8 hours to make. With the help of a 3D printer, University of Toronto engineers got the process down to 20 minutes
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News: Robotics, Automation & Control
A reader asks: "With medical robots, what's in it for surgeons?"
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Blog: Test & Measurement
If a short circuit starts a fire up on the International Space Station, Dr. Yuji Nakamura has an idea to extinguish it: The vacuum.
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Blog: Motion Control
Three new unmanned helicopters were unveiled at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL show in Chicago.
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Blog: Aerospace
A Navy Sea Glider can look for a target in mid-air or underwater.
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News: Propulsion
As always, the Air Force Research Laboratory had a huge presence at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL show in Chicago.
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News: Power
You think riding your Harley Davidson is exciting? Try the ElectraFly.
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News: Transportation
Taxi! A steady stream of AUVSI XPONENTIAL attendees got to see Bell's new air vehicle up close.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

For the first time, researchers have 3D printed a unique material that demonstrates optical transparency in the mid-infrared range: chalcogenide glass.

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Webcasts

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On-Demand Webinars: Defense

From Data to Decision: How AI Enhances Warfighter Readiness

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

April Battery & Electrification Summit

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Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Tech Update: 3D Printing for Transportation in 2024

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Upcoming Webinars: Materials

Unleashing Epoxy's Potential: Ensuring Hermetic Sealing in Modern...

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Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement

Building an Automotive EMC Test Plan

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

The Moon and Beyond from a Thermal Perspective

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