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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Test & Measurement - February 2023
From the racetrack to the battlefield to deep space missions, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Aerospace Manufacturing - February 2023
Learn about advances in 3D printing of spacecraft, large-scale aerospace composites manufacturing, cutting tools for tomorrow's sustainable aircraft, and more in this compendium of recent articles from...Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Scientists have created the first completely digitally manufactured plasma sensors — also known as retarding potential analyzers (RPAs) — for orbiting spacecraft.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have developed a method of imprinting a hidden magnetic tag, encoded with authentication information, within manufactured hardware during the part fabrication process.
Briefs: Materials
Industrial composite manufacturing is primarily accomplished through three methods: co-cure, co-bond, and secondary bond processes.
Briefs: Materials
An MIT-developed heat treatment aims to transform the microscopic structure of 3D-printed metals, making the materials stronger and more resilient in extreme thermal environments.
Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
Despite recent supply-chain disruptions, semiconductor buyers are increasingly spoiled for choice when it comes to chip manufacturers.
Articles: Aerospace
According to Grand View Research, the global additive manufacturing market size is estimated to reach $76.16 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 20.8 percent.
INSIDER: Materials
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on metal foils that could be a boon for energy storage and the electronics industry.
Blog: Motion Control
A flapping-wing robot that can land autonomously on a horizontal perch using a claw-like mechanism.
Blog: Materials
A counterintuitive way to protect atomically thin electronics: adding vibrations to reduce vibration issues.
Technology & Society: Sensors/Data Acquisition
SprayBox can target individual weeds and crops at a 20-per-second rate and then spray them at a millimeter’s accuracy.
Special Reports: Power
Space Technology - January 2023
Read about robot construction workers on the moon, the first commercial space station, what's next for the James Webb Space Telescope, and much more in this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech...Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The new Indicators feature true absolute sensor technology that minimizes the chance of data loss.
Briefs: Design
A novel 3D printed prosthetic arm is more comfortable, flexible, and cheaper than a conventional prosthesis.
Briefs: Internet of Things
Scientists have now developed three-dimensional component architectures based on novel, printable thermoelectric materials.
Briefs: Medical
Users can download the design files to 3D print and assemble a customizable peristaltic pump.
Briefs: Design
The technology was developed as an alternative to existing options for in-space aeroponic food production applications.
Briefs: Aerospace
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Unprecedented and unrelenting market turbulence has shown that the old ways of supply chain planning and manufacturing production are outdated and vulnerable to disruption.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the new products for January 2023, including a chip-on-tip video borescope camera, a line scan imaging system, and more.
Articles: Imaging
The conference will showcase the latest innovations in lasers, photonics, optics, optoelectronics, biophotonics, biomedical optics, 3D printing, and more.
Briefs: Design
Researchers report that automated high-resolution electron imaging can capture the nanoscale deformation events that lead to metal failure and breakage.
Blog: Communications
The epsilon iron oxide nanoparticles could be continuously produced through a micrometer-sized powder manufacturing process.
Quiz: Robotics, Automation & Control
Factories are becoming more and more automated and integrated. How much do you know about what factory automation actually is? Take this quiz to find out.
Technology & Society: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A zero-emission reusable stratospheric balloon developed by Urban Sky for remote sensing could one day be used for real-time wildfire monitoring.
Blog: Energy
The battery was made using sodium-sulphur — a type of molten salt that can be processed from sea water at a low cost.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
One promising metal-based additive technology for in-space 3D printing is Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM). Instead of fusing metal powders, UAM welds foil at (near) room temperature.
Quiz: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the hyperloop - a system that moves people and goods safely and sustainably by bringing airplane speeds or even greater to the ground.
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INSIDER: Energy
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Blog: Power
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Quiz: Power
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