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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UpFront: Unmanned Systems
How to be a NASA intern; a new ideas for moon fabrics; and NASA's need for a better rover.
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Articles: Materials
Once triggered, the enzyme-embedded plastics self-destruct, completely degrading and eliminating microplastics in days.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Halo replaces all metal retractors with one simple, one-size-fits-all design.
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Articles: Energy
The e-kit promises to be a low-cost solution in the developing world.
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Technology Leaders: Imaging
Deep learning-based AI allows users to identify 3D objects of arbitrary shape and size in various orientations with high accuracy in the 3D space.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items buried under piles and completely out of view.
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Articles: Aerospace
See this year's product designs from engineers, students, and entrepreneurs worldwide.
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Facility Focus: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The "ERDC" helps solve problems in civil and military engineering, geospatial sciences, water resources, and environmental sciences.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
Christopher Borroni-Bird and his team want to make an "e-kit" that provides a boost to wheelbarrows, bikes, and other non-motorized vehicles.
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Blog: Automotive
Long-haul trucking may be the best candidate for hydrogen power. An industry expert tells us when we can expect more hydrogen fuel cells on the highway.
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Special Reports: Aerospace
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Space Technology - October 2021
A new era of space exploration is set to begin with Artemis 1, the first in a series of increasingly complex NASA missions that will take humans back to the moon and then on to Mars. Read all about it in this...

Products: Test & Measurement
DATAQ® Instruments announced the Model DI-4730 high-voltage isolated data acquisition system.
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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Motion controllers, electric cylinders, cobot brakes, and more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In a collapsed building or on rough terrain, a robot could balance itself and move forward with just its feet.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Drive and control platforms provide the vital protection of people and machines in automated manufacturing efforts.
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Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
The global interoperability standard supports manufacturing and manufacturing DX (digital transformation) in the digital era.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Vibration-absorbing resonators could better soundproof walls and make vehicles more streamlined.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Learn how to outfit your equipment with sensors.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A tiny investment in system capital expenditures can lead to huge rewards in reduced capital and operating expenses.
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Products: Communications
Laser-distance sensors, light monitoring, flow meters, and more.
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Articles: Software
To find out about the impact of 5G mobile broadband service on the IoT/IIoT, I interviewed Jai Suri, Vice President, IoT and Blockchain Applications Development, Oracle, and Mike Anderson, Embedded Systems...
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The compact instrument measures thermal conductivity of materials at below ambient temperatures.
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Briefs: Materials
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
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Facility Focus: Aerospace
Today, Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering performs research in robotics, cyberphysical systems, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, energy, and other topics.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
These technologies provide a tantalizing glimpse into the future of manufacturing automation.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This component takes up ten times less space on computer chips.
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
A bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D-printed metals.
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5 Ws: Wearables
Who The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is still a major threat to public health. Wearing a facemask is a step in protecting against infection; the new facemask also diagnoses the wearer with COVID-19.
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