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Special Reports: Energy
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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: Materials
The device provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near-perfect efficiency.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This robot can run, jump, carry heavy payloads, and turn on a dime.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
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Briefs: Materials
An electrically driven soft valve paves the way for fully soft robots.
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Briefs: Materials
The flexible, self-healing coating protects buildings, bridges, and anything above or below the water made of steel.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Biobots based on muscle cells can swim at unprecedented velocities.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The hydrogels can morph multiple times in a preprogrammed or on-demand manner in response to external trigger signals.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Diamonds’ atomic flaws are converted into atomic sensors that watch a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The system creates accurate defect standards for in-situ inspection systems.
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Briefs: Medical
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
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UpFront: Materials
Private stations get NASA funding; a camera "sees the unseen," and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
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Articles: AR/AI
Supply chains run best when all the stakeholders involved stay keenly focused on their core competencies, says Tom Vanderheyden from TTI Americas.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Breath-regulating garments, humidity sensors, thin-film antennas, and more.
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Facility Focus: Manned Systems
Learn about the technologies being developed at NC State, including vehicle armor, a monitoring patch for plants, and origami-inspired materials.
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Briefs: Energy
Applications include avionics, data storage, process control, reconfigurable manufacturing lines, and civil and structural engineering.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The handheld printer deposits sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds.
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Briefs: Communications
The suit can be controlled with a double tap to the chest or via an app.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An "E-Skin" material can be printed without polymer binders.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
These elastomers have a wide range of uses for the building, automotive, and electronics industries.
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Articles: AR/AI
In the high-tech sector, there's been a shift from “just-in-time” to “just-in-case” inventory strategies.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
The main Photonics West exhibition opens on Tuesday, January 25.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers from SEAS have found "hidden potential" in metasurfaces.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
With advanced tech, mirrors can be made with high accuracy.
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Application Briefs: Materials
The Opti-Scan inspection system can measure surfaces and edges in 3D.
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