Materials & Manufacturing

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Explore innovations supporting advances in manufacturing and rapid prototyping. Access the developments and solutions that have an impact on applications in 3D printing and automation.

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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system is filled with a patient’s skin cells.
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Articles: Data Acquisition
As ICs continue to become smaller and chip complexity increases, manufacturers still need to ensure reliability to their customers.
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NASA Spinoff: Propulsion
The technology could allow deep-space exploration without running out of propellant.
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Technology Leaders: Energy
Just like smartphones, the same trend of combining separate components into one device is also apparent in industrial automation.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers have created the prototype for a handheld device to measure a biomarker for cancer. The device works much like the monitors that people with diabetes use to test their blood-sugar levels...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications include aerospace, automotive, commercial spaceflight, scuba diving equipment, and for first responders.
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Q&A: Materials
Brian Salazar and his UC Berkeley team have developed a new way to reinforce concrete with a polymer lattice, an advance that could rival other polymer-based enhancements and improve...
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The unit could help healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A simpler and more efficient way to predict performance will lead to better batteries, according to Rice University engineers. That their method is 100,000 times faster than existing modeling...
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INSIDER: Physical Sciences
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability...
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Blog: Photonics/Optics
Optical interference filters are critical to the overall performance of machine vision applications. So how do you select the right one?
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Your 2020 winners include a bacteria-repelling wrap, an advanced prosthetic leg, flash graphene, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include mechanical aerospace manufacturing and thermal structure manufacturing.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Jacobs' scientists are helping to make contract-tracing apps, emergency-use ventilators, and even squid-bots.
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Articles: Materials
The conceptual Ring prosthetic leg ensures that individuals do not need an entirely new device every time they have a growth spurt.
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Articles: Materials
Read all about this year's "Create the Future" winner: A transparent flexible film called "RepelWrap."
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Digital technologies are enabling an "Industry Renaissance" of virtual experiences.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The robot’s extendable appendage can wind through tight spaces and then lift heavy loads.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See how Dr. Andrei Kolmakov and his team are using low-energy electron beams to 3D-print tiny gel structures in liquids.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This robotic finger has a highly precise sense of touch over a complex, multi-curved surface.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Robotic exoskeletons, a breath-test for cancer, and plastic-eating enzymes are Products of Tomorrow.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Mixed-signal oscilloscopes, 3D printers, DC/DC converters, and more.
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NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
NASA’s neutral body position research was used in the design of a medical massage chair.
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Articles: Aerospace
We explore the major scientific breakthroughs achieved during 20 years of human presence on the ISS.
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Articles: Materials
RadiBond technology, based on nanometer-thin coatings, provides ultra-strong and ultra-tight bonding between metals and plastics.
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Briefs: Materials
The magnetic, multi-material pump was 3D-printed all in one piece.
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Articles: Motion Control
Learn about the sensors assessing and analyzing plant equipment.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
A panel of experts explains how robots are playing a larger role in manufacturing.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This partially superconducting machine can be used as a motor or generator.
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