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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This program generates a mesh that conforms to a complex model without clipping.
Special Reports: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Medical Manufacturing and Outsourcing - May 2020
How are advances in automation/robotics, welding, 3D printing, and other fabrication technologies shaping the future of medical device manufacturing? Find out in this Special Report – a...Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Laser technology will remain at the forefront of tomorrow’s digital manufacturing processes.
Technology Leaders: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Ever since Henry Ford introduced the first moving production line to the industry in 1913, automotive manufacturers have been constantly striving to streamline their processes,...
Question of the Week: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Can Solar-Powered Desalination Solve Water-Scarcity Challenges?
“Seawater is a very abundant resource for clean water, but the problem is how to desalinate it,” MIT researcher Lenan Zhang told Tech Briefs in our April issue.
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Have You Cloud-Connected Your Equipment and Processes on the Shop Floor?
Our April Motion Design feature article highlights how manufacturers are reimagining robotics in a connected world, employing processes like real-time analytics, predictive maintenance, online support and diagnostics, and cloud backups.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In just three weeks, the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at UC Berkeley built a robotic COVID-19 laboratory.
Products: Transportation
Rugged tablets from Teguar Corp. can be used to monitor manufacturing operations.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The basis for the technology is a special resin that can be cured with UV light.
5 Ws: Materials
The handheld 3D skin printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The lasers are small and efficient enough to fit on a microchip.
Briefs: Energy
A new method provides a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride material for solar cells or other applications.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The newest PLCs can directly access Internet resources, much like a mobile device, to obtain information for improving operations.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The electrospun nanofibers are used for wound healing and 3D matrices for biological tissues.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This new 3D printer can print an object the size of an adult human in just a couple of hours.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Surface treatments have limitations that demand attention early in the design process.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Vision-based 3D printing, network analyzers, particulate sensors, and more.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Additive Manufacturing Method for Sub-Microscale Three-Dimensional Structures
Applications include MEMS, microlattice fabrication, and other sub-microscale 3D structures with a broad range of materials.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Manufacturers, medical device companies, and others can use this 3D printing software driven by artificial intelligence (AI).
Articles: Test & Measurement
Manufacturers are beginning to realize the same benefits by cloud-connecting their equipment and processes on the shop floor.
Articles: Motion Control
As advancements in technology continue to define how pneumatic or electromechanical linear devices lift, move, or place a load, the requirements of excellent closed-loop positioning and accuracy greatly increase
Articles: Motion Control
Here's what you'll need to know when you’re choosing an encoder for a motion control system.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Square trusses replace round for enhanced strength and robotics compatibility.
Briefs: Transportation
This technology could help control driverless cars and automated warehouses.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bridget Pelaez spoke to Tech Briefs about the 1,000 face shields being printed for Florida hospitals.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See how Prof. Olaf Diegel built a hands-free door opener.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
3D printing is being used to quickly create life-saving parts and prototypes like masks, shields, and ventilator valves.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Massive manufacturing bots have evolved into something new — collaborative robots.
Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Would You Use a CurveBoard?
MIT researchers have invented a way to integrate “breadboards” — flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping — directly onto physical products.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
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Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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