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News: Physical Sciences
5-Minute Sample Processing Enhances DNA Imaging and Analysis
JILA scientists have developed a fast, simple sample preparation method that enhances imaging of DNA to better analyze its physical properties and interactions. This gentle yet effective process involves binding DNA to mica, a flat silicate mineral. This process extends the DNA's...
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Your smartwatch can count your steps, but can it tell if you’re typing on a keyboard? Or chopping a vegetable?
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Would You Use a Robot to Help with Household Tasks?
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have built Blue, a low-cost robot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and deep reinforcement learning to master human tasks like folding laundry or making coffee.
News: 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
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
A reader asks: "With medical robots, what's in it for surgeons?"
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
For Prototyping, Do You Prefer 3D Printing or CNC Machining?
During a live presentation this month, a Tech Briefs reader had a question for Proto Labs machining pro Gus Breiland:
“When can 3D printing be a viable alternative to CNC machining?”
Blog: Aerospace
If a short circuit starts a fire up on the International Space Station, Dr. Yuji Nakamura has an idea to extinguish it: The vacuum.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
An international team led by a group of Boston College researchers reported that a recently discovered Weyl semimetal delivers the largest intrinsic conversion of light to electricity of any material....
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A team of engineers at Tufts University has developed a series of 3D printed metamaterials with unique microwave or optical properties that go beyond what is possible using...
INSIDER: Imaging
X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) produce incredibly powerful beams of light that enable unprecedented studies of the ultrafast motions of atoms in matter. To interpret...
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
Three new unmanned helicopters were unveiled at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL show in Chicago.
News: Defense
A Navy Sea Glider can look for a target in mid-air or underwater.
News: Power
As always, the Air Force Research Laboratory had a huge presence at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL show in Chicago.
Blog: Propulsion
You think riding your Harley Davidson is exciting? Try the ElectraFly.
News: Aerospace
Taxi! A steady stream of AUVSI XPONENTIAL attendees got to see Bell's new air vehicle up close.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Recent advances in material science have enabled the fabrication of robots with deformable bodies or the ability to reshape when touched, but the complex design, fabrication, and control of soft robots...
Blog: Photonics/Optics
For the first time, researchers have 3D printed a unique material that demonstrates optical transparency in the mid-infrared range: chalcogenide glass.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Some parts should be CNC machined, and some parts should be 3D printed. Our expert compares the two manufacturing processes.
Question of the Week: Transportation
Will Flying Cars Support 'Sustainable Mobility?'
This week on Tech Briefs TV: A study published in Nature Communications found that flying cars could play a role in sustainable mobility for longer trips. See what the University of Michigan authors had to say. See what the University of Michigan authors had to say.
Blog: Energy
A new 3D printed device turns snowfall into electricity.
Blog: Materials
Researchers created transparent polythene sheets that have a strength greater than aluminum – at a fraction of the weight.
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Would You Want to Work Alongside a 'Handle' Robot?
Another video featured on Tech Briefs TV this week demonstrated a robot from Boston Dynamics called "Handle." The bipedal wheeled robot takes on material handling tasks like pallet building and truck unloading for warehouse logistics. Take a look for yourself.
Blog: Test & Measurement
The 3D-printing process has a number of steps. Find out where CT scanning should fall.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Dr. Peter Cavanagh talks with Tech Briefs about his journey in the 1980s as he turned a running shoe into a tracking computer.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
On day one of the Automate show in Chicago, Stäubli introduced its new TS2 four-axis robots to the North American market.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
In the field of inorganic semiconductors, dimensions below 100 nanometers are already standard. However, organic semiconductors have not been able to keep up. In...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Many major advances in medicine, especially in neurology, have been sparked by recent advances in electronic systems that can acquire, process, and interact with biological...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have devised a strategy to support high-speed mobile data access using the millimeter-wave spectrum for a fifth-generation (5G)...
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Have You Used Collaborative Robots?
Last week, a Tech Briefs reader asked our expert: "Can collaborative robots help manufacturers looking to scale their business?"
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Batteries that Can Withstand the Cold
INSIDER: Energy
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
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My Opinion: We Need More Power Soon — Is Nuclear the Answer?
Quiz: Power
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