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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The handheld printer deposits sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds.
Q&A: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An "E-Skin" material can be printed without polymer binders.
Products: Connectivity
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
These elastomers have a wide range of uses for the building, automotive, and electronics industries.
Articles: AR/AI
In the high-tech sector, there's been a shift from “just-in-time” to “just-in-case” inventory strategies.
Products: Materials
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: Test & Measurement
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: Semiconductors & ICs
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: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Learn about a contactless holographic systems for machine, factory, and other rugged industrial applications.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This practical technique uses magnetism to transmit electricity wirelessly to recharge electric cars, robots, or drones.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A silicon chip provides a low-cost solution to help machines see the world clearly.
Articles: Software
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2021 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
UpFront: Aerospace
NASA's satellite data reveals the pandemic's effect on our atmosphere, and a team of shoebox-sized rover scouts is prepped for the lunar surface.
Articles: Aerospace
Learn what to look for when selecting computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming software for the DED manufacturing process.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The camera combines lasers, computers, and terahertz waves to see “unseen” details.
Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Purdue University is helping to create better battery monitoring, stretchable biosensors, allergen detectors, and more.
Briefs: Automotive
The low-density, graphene-based aerogel could make aircraft as quiet as a hairdryer.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Applications include manufacturing/assembly line tracking, industrial transportation and logistics, and healthcare.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Articles: Motion Control
As more manufacturers implement robots, hand guidance tools and techniques will continue to expand in functionality and become even easier to use.
Briefs: Motion Control
The multi-legged robots are capable of maneuvering in challenging environments.
Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - November 2021
In this new report from the editors of Medical Design Briefs and Tech Briefs magazines, discover how the latest advances in 3D printing, machining, molding and more are changing the way...Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Can Borophane Beat Graphene?
A Tech Brief in our November issue highlights a new material that’s super-thin and super-strong. By combining hydrogen with an atom-thick sheet of boron known as borophane, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have created a potential alternative to the breakthrough 2D material graphene. The Argonne...
Articles: Materials
Silicon Carbide (SiC) optics are becoming more and more prevalent in high-energy laser (HEL) designs, and manufacturers must be aware of the potential risks
Top Stories
Blog: Lighting
A Stretchable OLED that Can Maintain Most of Its Luminescence
Blog: Energy
Batteries that Can Withstand the Cold
INSIDER: Energy
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
Blog: Power
My Opinion: We Need More Power Soon — Is Nuclear the Answer?
Quiz: Power
Blog: Data Acquisition
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
From Spreadsheets to Insights: Fast Data Analysis Without Complex...
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Cooling a New Generation of Aerospace and Defense Embedded...
Upcoming Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Beyond AI-Copy-Paste Engineering: Advanced AI-Integration Success...
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Upcoming Webinars: Communications
A FREE Two-Day Event Dedicated to Connected Mobility
Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement
Choosing the Right N-Port Strategy: Multiport VNAs vs. Switch...
