Materials & Manufacturing

Browse innovative developments in materials and manufacturing that significantly impact military, medical devices, automotive, and industrial manufacturing. Advances in plastics, metals, and composites are transforming 3D printing and rapid prototyping.

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5 Ws: Electronics & Computers
Wireless sensors inspired by Dandelions could be used to monitor climate change.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Penn State-led team of interdisciplinary researchers have developed a polymer with robust piezoelectric effectiveness, resulting in 60% more efficient electricity generation than previous iterations.
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Question of the Week: Materials
Is the Future of Computing in Fabrics?
Fabric-based computing is the future, according to a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA-derived air-quality technologies help curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...

Products: Test & Measurement
A new suite helps Ada developers build safe, secure software as well as meet internal security and quality procedures.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Self-healing materials, quick disconnects, and eco-friendly micro-supercapacitors.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
High-performance laser trackers, gimbal motors, air-quality sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The advance could accelerate engineers’ design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equations.
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Briefs: Materials
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
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Briefs: Medical
Potential applications for a graphene atomic-level sensor include detecting COVID, ALS, and cancer.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
By electrically stimulating nerves, this therapy can reduce epileptic seizures and soothe chronic pain without the use of conventional drugs like opioids.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
3D micro-printing was used to develop this small, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.
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Briefs: Materials
Applications include detection of chemical and biological agents as well as dangerous gases from vehicle emissions.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The device ultimately should be able to provide accurate signals from a person who is walking, running, or climbing stairs.
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Briefs: Materials
The Slinky-like sensor survives washing machines, cars, and hammers.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A reversible polymer changes color when it senses a material is about to fail.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The material improves connectivity while maintaining recyclability and low cost.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The flexible, washable microgrid uses the human body to sustainably power small electronics.
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Briefs: Energy
The material enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The battery is smaller than a traditional lithium-ion battery due to the elimination of dendrites.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Making one kilometer of a two-lane road would use up about three million masks.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Surgeons can use the heart model as a tool for planning and practice.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This method fabricates 3D nanostructures for electronics, manufacturing, and healthcare.
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Briefs: Materials
This method prints 3D structures made of metal and plastic, paving the way for 3D electronics.
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Briefs: Materials
Metamaterials that manipulate microwave energy can be fabricated using low-cost inkjet printing.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
A hybrid method enables 3D printing of self-powered wearable devices.
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Articles: Materials
Epoxy and silicone compounds serve a critical role as adhesives in electronics.
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Articles: Motion Control
One major concern for manufacturers is how safe and secure it is to open the OT network’s doors to the internet.
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