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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Frequently used as a design validation and prototyping tool in its early days, the 3D printer now supports a much wider range of applications, from shape-conforming electronics to the creation of printed...
Articles: Medical
MIFOLD
Jon Sumroy, Carfoldio, Ltd., Ra’anana, Israel
The mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat for children aged 4-12 is more than ten times smaller than a regular...
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New at IMTS
Optomec (Albuquerque, NM) unveiled its LENS machine tool machines that integrate the company's metal 3D printing technology into standard CNC machine tool platforms. Three standard system configurations are offered, making hybrid and traditional metal additive manufacturing more affordable and accessible. The three systems are...
INSIDER: Materials
'On the Fly' 3D Printer Adjusts to Design Changes
In conventional 3D printing, a nozzle scans across a stage: depositing drops of plastic, rising slightly after each pass, and building an object in a series of layers. A new "on-the-fly" prototyping system from Cornell University allows the designer to make refinements while printing is in...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
NASA Technology
Nick Blanton spends a lot of time outdoors, skiing in the winter months and hiking when the weather’s warm. All of this takes a toll on his electronic gadgets, which are...
Articles: Aerospace
Modular Jet Ski: No Trailer, Affordable, High-Performance
Anders Stubkjaer BomBoard LLC Whitewater, WI
Millions of water enthusiasts have no practical and affordable...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technologies NASA develops don’t just blast off into space. They also improve our lives here on Earth. Life-saving search-and-rescue tools, implantable medical devices, advances in commercial aircraft safety,...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Michael Zach, Anirudha Sumant, and Jonathan Moritz EChem Nanowires Stevens Point, WI
NanoFab Lab … In a Box!™ is a shoebox-sized kit that allows high school students to...
News: Electronics & Computers
Rotary sensors can help determine the position of a moveable body in relation to an axis. They are essential to the smooth running of car engines in the automotive industry, for example....
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA Technology
In the 1990s, NASA scientists were thinking of what astronauts would need to survive long-term missions to the moon and even to other planets in the solar system. One important...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Tobii Technology Tobii REXwww.tobii.com
Users of the Tobii Technology REX, a USB-connected peripheral, may want to be careful about rolling their eyes. REX, a device that can be placed on...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
It’s that time of year when we ask NASA Tech Briefs readers to vote for the annual Readers’ Choice Product of the Year Awards.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Vote for Product of the Year
Voting is officially open for the 2011 NASA Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year awards. You can cast your vote for one of 12 nominees featured this year as Products of the Month.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
UVA+B SunFriend
Karin Edgett, Washington, DC, and Shahid Aslam, Greenbelt, MD
About 90% of non-melanoma and 65% of melanoma skin cancers are associated with ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun. About...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Salim NasserMerritt Island, FL
There are approximately 1.8 million manual wheelchair users in the United States, and that number is expected to grow at a rate of 10% annually....
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
BreezeRite Air Filtration Module
Rob LuchsingerPipe Creek, TX
BreezeRite, an indoor air modular filtration system, attaches to new or existing ceiling fans, preventing...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Universal Proprietary Water Purifying/ Conditioning Multimedia
Jim Jablonsky J&M Associates Hatfield, PAThis inexpensive and easily operated filter system removes heavy metals, arsenic, mercury, bad...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Litroenergy™, a New Light Source Material
Steve StarkMPK Co.Champlin, MN
A patent-pending light source material, Litroenergy™ contains self-luminous micro particles about...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
LED Cocoon Tent
Stephen Boynton
Orem, UT
Outdoor camping tents have used the zipper as the solution to opening and closing the tent since the zipper was...
Excerpts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This is the last in our series of excerpts from "Better Be Running! Tools to Drive Design Success" by Dr. Ronald Hollis, President, CEO, and Co-founder of Quickparts.com (Atlanta, GA)....
Excerpts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This is the third in our series of excerpts from "Better Be Running! Tools to Drive Design Success" by Dr. Ronald Hollis, President, CEO, and Co-founder of Quickparts.com (Atlanta, GA)....
Excerpts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This is the second in our series of excerpts from "Better Be Running! Tools to Drive Design Success" by Dr. Ronald Hollis, President, CEO, and Co-founder of Quickparts.com (Atlanta, GA)....
Excerpts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This is the first in a series of excerpts from "Better Be Running! Tools to Drive Design Success" by Dr. Ronald Hollis, President, CEO, and Co-founder of Quickparts.com (Atlanta, GA)....
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