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Find the latest advancements in the software used in simulation software, CAD, CAM, CAE, and mathematical and scientific software. Access technical and application briefs from NASA and other major research labs.

On-Demand Webinars: Software
Developing Multipoint FMEAs

An FMEA (failure mode effects analysis) traditionally incorporates only single-point faults. This 30-minute Webinar examines functional safety FMEA with multipoint faults. By constructing an FMEA using requirements from system, hardware, and software development, it’s possible to link the FMEA with the FMEDA...

Articles: AR/AI
What Will 5G Do for the IoT/IIoT?

To find out about the impact of 5G mobile broadband service on the IoT/IIoT, I interviewed Jai Suri, Vice President, IoT and Blockchain Applications Development, Oracle, and Mike Anderson, Embedded Systems...

Briefs: Software
Industrial Software Integrates With IT
Modern PLCs now include IT-capable software and communications protocols, empowering users to easily access edge-sourced data and integrate it with the enterprise.
Briefs: Aerospace
New Variables for Iterative Transform Phase Retrieval
This approach provides a more general framework for performing Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) calculations.
Briefs: Software
Analytical Model Evaluates Battery Capability
The model helps researchers fine-tune battery performance.
Briefs: Software
Air Traffic Simulation Tool
This evaluation tool for low-altitude air traffic operations can be used by the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry.
Products: Test & Measurement
New Products: October 2021 Sensor Technology
Laser-distance sensors, light monitoring, flow meters, and more.
Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
OPC UA Standard for Industrial Automation
The global interoperability standard supports manufacturing and manufacturing DX (digital transformation) in the digital era.
Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
Drive-Based Platforms Provide Flexible Concepts for Machine Safety
Drive and control platforms provide the vital protection of people and machines in automated manufacturing efforts.
Application Briefs: Software
Improving Overhead Equipment Devices for a New Era of Railway Transportation
See how COMSOL is supporting upcoming modifications to railway infrastructure in India.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Energy Harvesting Can Enable 1 Trillion Battery-Free Sensors in the IoT
A tiny investment in system capital expenditures can lead to huge rewards in reduced capital and operating expenses.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Faster Path Planning for Rubble-Roving Robots
In a collapsed building or on rough terrain, a robot could balance itself and move forward with just its feet.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Independent Collaborative Robots
Artificial intelligence helps train robots to work together to move an object around two obstacles and through a narrow door in computer simulations.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Feature-Based Modeling vs. Bill of Materials (BOM)
A reader asks an industry expert from IBM: How is feature-based modeling better than a bill of materials?
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Inside Story: Keith Moore, CEO of Pickering Interfaces
CEO Keith Moore tells Tech Briefs about the unique challenges facing testing engineers in aerospace.
Technology Leaders: Aerospace
The Problem of Obsolete Avionics
Learn different strategies for addressing outdated avionics, like adding in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
Application Briefs: Aerospace
BioPod Takes One Step Closer to Life on Mars
Interstellar used Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud to design and develop its first prototype: BioPod.
Products: Electronics & Computers
New on the Market: September 2021
Power distribution units, pressure sensors, connector straps, and more.
Articles: Software
Executive Roundtable: Cloud Software
Tech Briefs asked 5 execs: What should a user consider before moving to the cloud?
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Mapping Performance Variations to See How Lithium-Metal Batteries Fail
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have identified the primary cause of failure in a state-of-the-art lithium-metal battery.
Articles: Test & Measurement
An Immersive Solution for Thermally Safer EV Batteries
An R&D project indirectly leads to potentially greater power density, EV range, and battery life.
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Test & Measurement - September 2021

An automated CT system “sees” deep inside electronics to spot hidden defects...a NASA moon mission spinoff now monitors forest fire emissions...a novel way to test bonded structures in critical...

Briefs: Energy
Wireless, Wearable Transmitter
The wearable antenna bends, stretches, and compresses without compromising function.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
On Tough Terrain, An Algorithm Finds Robots the Best Path
A new algorithm finds robots the best path across uneven terrain — and the best placement for a robot’s arms and feet.
Question of the Week: Software
Does A.I. Need to Be Able to ‘Imagine?’

An INSIDER story this month highlighted efforts from USC researchers to train artificial intelligence to imagine the unseen. The artificial-intelligence system uses the attributes that it "knows" to then think up a never-before-seen object.

Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Could Digital Twins Be Used on ‘Any System?’

An INSIDER story this month highlighted efforts to use sensors to improve the virtual design model known as a digital twin.

Blog: AR/AI
How Imaginative Can A.I. Get? A USC Team Has Ideas
A team of researchers at USC is helping artificial intelligence imagine the unseen.
White Papers: Software
A Closer Look at TVS Diodes for ESD Protection

Transient voltage suppression (TVS) diodes help protect electronic circuits from surge voltages associated with an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event and are commonly placed alongside I/O...

Products: Electronics & Computers
New on the Market: August 2021
Epoxies, reverse-engineering software, temperature loggers, and more.

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Blog: Aerospace

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Webcasts

On-Demand Webinars: Software

Developing Multipoint FMEAs

Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

Technical Ceramics: Reshaping the Possible in Electric Vehicles

Upcoming Webinars: Software

Getting Started with Multiphysics Simulation in the Cloud with...

Webinars: Medical

Sensors, Apps, and Wearables: The Future of Medical Diagnostics

Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

The Art of EV Propulsion System Design

Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

Solutions for Automotive Interior Colors

Trending Stories

Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Machine Condition Monitoring Keeps a Factory Running

INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

Directly into the Brain: A 3D Multifunctional and Flexible Neural Interface

Briefs: Medical

Adenosine Monophosphate-Based Detection of Bacterial Spores

Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Improved Cable-Drive Pretensioner

NASA Spinoff: Transportation

Nanotechnology Repairs Engine Damage in Cars

Articles: Motion Control

The Air Bearing Advantage in High-Precision Positioning

Videos