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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Your 2020 winners include a bacteria-repelling wrap, an advanced prosthetic leg, flash graphene, and more.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Digital technologies are enabling an "Industry Renaissance" of virtual experiences.
Articles: Materials
RadiBond technology, based on nanometer-thin coatings, provides ultra-strong and ultra-tight bonding between metals and plastics.
NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA’s neutral body position research was used in the design of a medical massage chair.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The conceptual Ring prosthetic leg ensures that individuals do not need an entirely new device every time they have a growth spurt.
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Would You Use 'Tsugite' Software for Woodworking?
A recent INSIDER story highlighted a new tool for architects, furniture-makers, and woodworking beginners. The interactive software from the University of Tokyo, known as "Tsugite," provides milling machine instructions and on-screen design guidance so that users can piece an object together without...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A "TPSI" process makes it possible to distinguish between the front and back of optical surfaces, and to characterize the quality of both in a single measurement.
Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
Additive Manufacturing - November 2020
AM/3D Printing is fundamentally changing how products are prototyped and produced in aerospace, medical, electronics, and many other fields. To help you keep pace with the latest advances, we present this...Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An interactive software being developed at the University of Tokyo allows architects and furniture makers with little experience in woodworking to to design and build structurally sound wood joints.
Question of the Week: Imaging
Will Flat Fisheye Lenses Play a Greater Role in Medical Imaging and Consumer Electronics?
A recent Tech Briefs TV video demonstrated an achievement from engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The teams designed the first completely flat fisheye lens to produce crisp, 180-degree panoramic images. The lenses, according to...
Briefs: Software
The algorithm provides an extra layer of safety and security against hackers of electronic devices.
Products: Software
Users can edit the shape of a model while viewing results and watch the simulation update immediately.
INSIDER: Wearables
The proliferation and miniaturization of electronics in devices, wearables, medical implants, and other applications has...
5 Ws: Materials
MIT researchers are developing a shoe coating that provides a stronger grip on ice and other slippery surfaces.
NASA Spinoff: Transportation
The NASA-funded nanoparticle lubricant also works in satellites and space vehicles.
Articles: AR/AI
How to design for safety, reliability, and connectivity using the latest circuit protection technologies and board layout strategies.
Products: Energy
Photoelectric sensors, cable connectors, power monitors, and USB3 cameras.
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Do You See Yourself Someday Printing in 4D?
You’ve heard about 3D printing, but what about 4D?
A Tech Briefs TV video this week showcased how Rice University researchers’ new way of making shape-shifting materials. The “4D-printed” objects can be manipulated to take on alternate forms when exposed to changes in temperature, stress, or...
Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tim Brosnihan, Executive Director of SEMI’s MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG), talks about the current state of the MEMS industry and trends for the future,
Briefs: Energy
The AI system can help shorten the time required for 2D material-based electronics to be ready for consumer devices.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A highly sensitive, CMOS-compatible, broadband photodetector was created by tailoring material defects.
Articles: IoMT
Manufacturers are beginning to realize the same benefits by cloud-connecting their equipment and processes on the shop floor.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See how Prof. Olaf Diegel built a hands-free door opener.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Tech Briefs checks back in with CEO Jon Sumroy about his award-winning product: the mifold grab-and-go car seat.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
How does testing a metal 3D-printed part compare to testing a casted one? That's the elephant in the room, says industry pro Kevin Brigden.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Here are five technologies that aim to add intelligence to the most surprising household objects.
Briefs: Motion Control
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small...
Articles: Energy
Top prizes in the 2019 contest were awarded on November 8 in New York City.
Top Stories
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
Using Street Lamps as EV Chargers
Blog: Design
Machine Learning Leads to Stronger 3D-Printed Alloy
Blog: Photonics/Optics
A High-Performance Mid-Infrared Imaging System Without Lenses
Blog: Energy
My Opinion: What’s AI Good For?
Blog: Design
Showcasing Tomorrow’s Breakthroughs: Innovations at the 2025 Create the...
INSIDER: Government
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
EV and Battery Thermal Management Strategies
Upcoming Webinars: Software
Optimizing Production Processes with the Virtual Twin
Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Streamlining Manufacturing with Integrated Digital Planning and...
On-Demand Webinars: Materials
Advancements in Zinc Die Casting Technology & Alloys for Next-Generation...
On-Demand Webinars: Energy
Vehicle Test with R-444A: Better-Performing R-1234yf Direct Replacement for...
On-Demand Webinars: Test & Measurement
Vibroacoustic and Shock Analysis for Aerospace and Defense Applications
