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Question of the Week: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Will a Breath-Like Approach Cool Down Machinery?
University of Central Florida researchers are developing a human-like way for large machines to cool off: Letting the machines "breathe." (See our January issue of Tech Briefs to learn more.)
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A combination of materials can morph into various shapes before hardening.
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Would You Try ‘Intelligent’ Lawn Care?
Our lead story today featured “Best of Innovation” products at CES, including a smart irrigation system called “OtO Lawn.” The cloud-connected system only requires a hose and a Wi-Fi connection. A user goes into their phone and moves a joystick to determine zones requiring lawn care. The technology...
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Have a look at the 'Best of Innovation' technologies at CES 2022, including a foldable EV, "see and spray" agriculture, ocean batteries, and more.
Question of the Week: Imaging
Would You Use A.I-Driven Laser Cutters like SensiCut?
Laser cutters are a popular tool for today’s design engineers. Users, however, still face difficulties distinguishing among stockpiles of metals, woods, papers, and plastics.
Blog: Design
Duke scientists have created a fabric that releases heat once you start sweating.
Special Reports: Automotive
Vehicle Electrification - January 2022
Innovation is happening at a rapid pace in the e-mobility space. Read this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Truck & Off-Highway Engineering to learn about...Briefs: Photonics/Optics
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
Briefs: Materials
The flexible, self-healing coating protects buildings, bridges, and anything above or below the water made of steel.
Briefs: Materials
Biobots based on muscle cells can swim at unprecedented velocities.
Briefs: Materials
The hydrogels can morph multiple times in a preprogrammed or on-demand manner in response to external trigger signals.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The system creates accurate defect standards for in-situ inspection systems.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Supply chains run best when all the stakeholders involved stay keenly focused on their core competencies, says Tom Vanderheyden from TTI Americas.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include avionics, data storage, process control, reconfigurable manufacturing lines, and civil and structural engineering.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The handheld printer deposits sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds.
Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An "E-Skin" material can be printed without polymer binders.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
Briefs: Materials
These elastomers have a wide range of uses for the building, automotive, and electronics industries.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In the high-tech sector, there's been a shift from “just-in-time” to “just-in-case” inventory strategies.
Products: Test & Measurement
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
The main Photonics West exhibition opens on Tuesday, January 25.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
With advanced tech, mirrors can be made with high accuracy.
Application Briefs: Software
The Opti-Scan inspection system can measure surfaces and edges in 3D.
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will Microneedles Catch On?
A brand-new episode of our podcast series Here’s an Idea looks at microneedles, specifically their use in delivering drugs and vaccines. The array of tiny injectors, less than a millimeter in height, avoid nerve endings and feel a bit like Velcro. The patch creates little, micron size pathways that lead a drug directly...
Podcasts: Wearables
Microneedles offer an intriguing alternative to the drug-delivery devices we know and don't love.
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have devised and tested a highly sensitive method of detecting and counting defects in transistors...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn about a contactless holographic systems for machine, factory, and other rugged industrial applications.
Briefs: Power
This practical technique uses magnetism to transmit electricity wirelessly to recharge electric cars, robots, or drones.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
SAE Automotive Podcast: Solid-State Batteries
Podcasts: Power
