Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Product of the Month: November 2016
Wolfram Research, Champaign, IL, released Mathematica 11 technical computing software that features more than 500 new functions, including improvements in machine learning, 3D printing and geometry,...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Metamaterial Structures Shrink When Heated
While most solid materials expand with heat, a new 3D-printed structure built by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers is designed to shrink. The metamaterial may enable heat-resistant circuit boards.
INSIDER: Materials
Thermal Metamaterial for Waste-Heat Harvesting in Power Plants and Factories
An international research team has used a thermal metamaterial to control the emission of radiation at high temperatures, an advance that could bring devices...
INSIDER: Imaging
New Scanning Method Speeds Up 3D Printing
Penn State University researchers have used a beam deflector to increase the speed of 2D and 3D printing by up to 1000 times.
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Smart Threads Could Save Lives
Engineers are joining forces with designers, scientists, and doctors at Drexel University to produce new biomedical textiles, and the resulting smart clothes are not only fashionably functional but could also...
INSIDER: Materials
Flexible Solar Panels Absorb Diffused Light
Virginia Tech researchers have produced flexible solar panels that can become part of window shades or wallpaper. The material will capture light from the sun as well as light from sources inside buildings.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Low-Power-Consumption, Single-Mode Quantum Cascade Lasers Fabricated Without Epitaxial Regrowth
Quantum cascade (QC) lasers employ intersubband electronic transitions in semiconductor quantum well structures to generate emission at specific...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A Versatile Three-Dimensional Printing Approach
NASA has developed a versatile method and associated apparatus for constructing and using a conductive filament in various applications of 3D printing. It uses an attractive polymer...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Puncture-Healing Thermoplastic Resin Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Composites
NASA’s Langley Research Center has developed carbon fiber reinforced composites with self-healing properties. The initiation and propagation of damage to carbon...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Improved Impact Toughness and Heat Treatment for Cast Aluminum
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center researchers have developed a new, stronger aluminum alloy, ideal for cast aluminum products that have powder or paint-baked thermal coatings. With advanced mechanical properties, the NASA-427 alloy shows greater tensile strength and increased...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dynamically Variable Spot Size Laser System
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center developed the handheld laser torch, designed for welding and brazing metals, to repair hard-to-reach Space Shuttle engine nozzles. It incorporates various...
Articles: Aerospace
Precision Coffeemaker Adapts Brews to Beans and Taste
Technology often takes circuitous paths. A magnetron developed for precision bombing during World War II led to the microwave oven, and a battery-powered drill created for collecting...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
2016 Create the Future Design Contest: Machinery/Automation/Robotics Category Winner
Nicholas W. Pinto, Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Chandra S. Namuduri, Nancy L. Johnson, and Mark Vann General Motors,...
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Products of Tomorrow: November 2016
The technologies NASA develops don’t just blast off into space. They also improve our lives here on Earth. Life-saving search-and-rescue tools, implantable medical devices, advances in commercial...
Products: Test & Measurement
Temperature Monitors
Measurement Computing, Norton, MA, offers the TC-32 and TC-32- EXP temperature monitors for thermocouple (TC) measurement. Providing both Ethernet and USB ports, the TC- 32 provides 32 channels of 24-bit resolution for...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Oscilloscopes
Teledyne LeCroy, Chestnut Ridge, NY, introduced HDO9000 high-definition oscilloscopes with HD1024 high-definition technology. Features include OneTouch user interface, 15.4" capacitive touchscreen, 10- bit resolution,...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Semiconductor Test System
Marvin Test Solutions, Irvine, CA, released the TS-960e PXI Express semiconductor test platform that features test capabilities for RF devices and SoC applications. It features 256 125-MHz digital I/O channels with...
Products: Test & Measurement
Load Frame
To facilitate materials testing on the mesoscale, Psylotech, Evanston, IL, offers the TS™ modular platform that validates material models across 6 orders of magnitude of force and length scales. Users can discern NIST-traceable...
Products: Test & Measurement
Measurement System
KAMAN Precision Products, Colorado Springs, CO, offers the digiVIT non-contact position measuring system for monitoring movement, position, vibration, alignment, or deflection. The eddy current sensor for...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
USB Hub
ACCES I/O Products, San Diego, CA, announced the USB-104-IHUB rugged, industrial-strength 4-port isolated USB hub that features Tru-Iso™ signal isolation up to 4kV, temperature operation from -40 to 85 °C, high-retention USB...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Safety Interlock Switches
The OMEGA® K-SS Series tongue operated safety interlock switches from OMEGA Engineering, Stamford, CT, are designed to fit to the leading edge of sliding, hinged, or liftoff machine guards to provide positively...
Products: Software
Signal Routing Software
Pickering Interfaces, Clacton-on-Sea, UK, offers Switch Path Manager™ signal routing software that simplifies signal routing through switching systems, and automatically connects system endpoints. CLOSE and OPEN...
Products: Software
Operator Interface
Parker’s Electromechanical and Drives Division North America, Rohnert Park, CA, released the XT Parker’s Xpress™ Power Station operator interface with Xpress 4.1 runtime and development software. The solid-state...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Gasket
Dymax Corp., Torrington, CT, offers GA-201, a colorless, UV/visible-light-curable, tack-free, moisture- and chemical-resistant FIP/CIP gasket for sealing heatsensitive substrates. The low-durometer, high-elongation, silicon-free, and...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Overmolding Service
Proto Labs, Maple Plain, MN, has launched an overmolding service. Product designers and engineers use overmolding to improve grip and durability, dampen vibration, and add two-color aesthetics to parts. Overmolded parts go through a multi-step process that results in common products like tool handles, personal care products,...
Articles: Medical
2016 Create the Future Design Contest: Consumer Products Category Winner
Jon Sumroy, Carfoldio, Ltd., Ra’anana, Israel
The mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat for children aged 4-12 is more than ten times smaller than a...
Briefs: Materials
Adaptive Thermal Management System
NASA seeks to license the Adaptive Thermal Management System (ATMS) for use in commercial applications. Developed at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, the ATMS provides a way to regulate heat transfer and...
Briefs: Materials
Method of Bonding Dissimilar Materials
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has developed a new method for bonding dissimilar materials using an elastic adhesive to permit the bond to withstand variations in temperature and pressure....
The Johnson Space Center researched methods to coat aerogel insulation in order to make it better able to withstand vibration, mechanical compression and...
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