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
3D bioprinting using bioink from engineered stem cells enables treatment of myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The aerogels safely remove contaminants from water without releasing any problematic chemical residue.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This testing method ensures that an exoskeleton and the person wearing it are moving smoothly and in harmony.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A smart roof coating, a wearable RFID sensor tag, and a 3D-printed OLED display.
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Articles: Communications
Automation can crumble, even when only one cog is loose, says Brad Walters from Monnit.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Spectrometers, digital microscopes, high-speed imaging, and more.
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Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Do You See Valuable Applications for ‘Meta-Sense?’
A Tech Brief this month highlighted a manufacturing method from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that integrates sensing capabilities into 3D-printed objects.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
The two components offer predictable responses that support new robots and new energy-absorbing materials.
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Articles: Software
SAE WCX 2022 will convene the engineering community to connect, learn, and collaborate on the biggest issues facing the mobility industry.
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Question of the Week: Design
Would You Luge?
Could You Go 90 Miles an Hour in a Luge?
Blog: Test & Measurement
Which machinery requires constant monitoring? According to one industry expert, the answer boils down to “Criticality.”
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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new approach to designing luge sleds could help shave off those extra 1/1000 of a second that can be the difference between silver and gold at the Olympics.
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NASA Spinoff: Lighting
NASA’s lighting research gives people on Earth better rest and helps plants grow.
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5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn the Who, What, Where, Why, and When for an ocean battery that holds onto excess energy from offshore wind farms.
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Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
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Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - February 2022
How virtual, cloud-based technologies are powering the next industrial revolution...transforming plastic parts into high-value products...designing optics for medical 3D printing. Read these...

Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Test & Measurement - February 2022
From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...

Briefs: Wearables
The technology shines through fabrics to show notifications for email messages, time, weather, or other forms of basic information.
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Briefs: Materials
Parts remain crack-free and defect-resistant, making them conducive for use in metal-based 3D-printing applications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensing is incorporated directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.
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Briefs: Materials
A 3D-printable elastomer yields soft, elastic objects that feel like human tissue.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, and long operating life.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
A new fabrication methodology addresses the need for a thin, double-sided circuitry board.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Four industry experts explore the future outlook for smart sensors and IIoT.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A remotely controlled microswimmer could navigate the human body and aid in drug delivery.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A software makes industrial robots nimbler and almost as sensitive as human hands.
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Question of the Week: Energy
Will ‘Ocean Batteries’ Catch On?
Our lead story today highlights an innovative energy approach from a Netherlands-based company called Ocean Grazer. Tied to existing wind farms, the team’s “Ocean Battery” pumps water from solid subsea reservoirs into flexible bladders located just above the seabed. When there is a demand for power, the...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new robot developed by Caltech researchers LEO carves out a new type of locomotion somewhere between walking and flying.
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A pair of University of Houston engineers has discovered that they can create upward fountains in water by shining laser beams on the water’s surface. Jiming Bao, professor of...
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