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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Engineers have developed a modeling and manufacturing technique that generates unique verification tools which simulate cracks in metals within X-ray setup part-testing geometries.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Researchers have created a way to make a 3D-printable nanocomposite polymeric ink that uses carbon nanotubes — known for their high tensile strength and lightness. This revolutionary ink could replace epoxies.
Briefs: Materials
Scientists used a 3D printer to create a high-performance metal alloy with an unusual composition that makes it stronger and lighter than state-of-the-art materials currently used in gas turbine machinery.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Air pollution is a major public health problem. Now, an MIT research team is rolling out an open-source version of a low-cost, mobile pollution detector that could enable people to track air quality more widely.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Building 3D-Printed Materials with Liquids
A research team has been tinkering with the use of 3D printing with liquids to create spongy materials for use in myriad industries.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Purdue University researchers have developed a method to add particles to filament and disperse them evenly through a traditional fused deposition modeling 3D printer.
Briefs: Medical
Researchers have developed a highly specialized 3D-printing technique that allows microfluidic channels to be fabricated on chips at a precise microscale.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New research shows the glittering, serpentine structures that power wearable electronics can be created with the same technology used to print concert t-shirts.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The piezoelectric “meta-bot” is capable of propulsion, movement, sensing, and decision-making.
Briefs: Energy
24M Technologies has simplified Li-ion battery production with a new design that requires fewer materials and steps to manufacture each cell.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Traditional oxygen sensors have significant drawbacks and suffer from high power consumption.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system promotes myocardial regeneration after a cardiac event.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An MIT-developed heat treatment aims to transform the microscopic structure of 3D-printed metals, making the materials stronger and more resilient in extreme thermal environments.
Briefs: Materials
Industrial composite manufacturing is primarily accomplished through three methods: co-cure, co-bond, and secondary bond processes.
Briefs: Design
Researchers have developed a method of imprinting a hidden magnetic tag, encoded with authentication information, within manufactured hardware during the part fabrication process.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Scientists have created the first completely digitally manufactured plasma sensors — also known as retarding potential analyzers (RPAs) — for orbiting spacecraft.
Briefs: Design
Researchers report that automated high-resolution electron imaging can capture the nanoscale deformation events that lead to metal failure and breakage.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology was developed as an alternative to existing options for in-space aeroponic food production applications.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Users can download the design files to 3D print and assemble a customizable peristaltic pump.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Scientists have now developed three-dimensional component architectures based on novel, printable thermoelectric materials.
Briefs: Medical
A novel 3D printed prosthetic arm is more comfortable, flexible, and cheaper than a conventional prosthesis.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ultra-efficient catalysts were developed that are cost-effective to make and simple to scale.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
A new robotic system fuses visual information and radio-frequency signals to efficiently find hidden items buried under a pile of objects.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Instead of adding soft materials to a rigid robot body, researchers have taken a soft body and added rigid features to key components.
Briefs: Design
Manufacturing on Mars with 3D Printing
High-Martian content materials would be useful in making coatings to protect equipment from rust or radiation damage.
Briefs: Connectivity
This device could pave the way to higher-bandwidth wireless communications.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Companies in many industries are completely revamping the way in which their manufacturing arms are designing, building, producing, and servicing their goods.
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