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Test & Measurement - February 2021
Sensors to search for ancient life on Mars...nano-thermometers that could revolutionize temperature measurement...a major advance in semiconductor testing. These are just a few of the technologies you'll read...

Articles: Materials
Next-generation solar panels, 3D-printed composites from NASA, and a new way to sterilize medical devices.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Applications include aiding patients with impaired hand muscle strength and in manufacturing for operating tools for extended periods of time.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See why Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. is excited for the potential of additive manufacturing.
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Articles: Motion Control
As 5G arrives, devices will need to expand I/O counts at the controller, as well as overall networking capabilities.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The integrated tool eliminates the need for manual operators or additional custom fixtures.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New online tools — coupled with online libraries of pre-selected and tested component specifications — simplify machine design.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A technique enables manufacturing of minuscule robots by interlocking multiple materials in a complex way.
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Products: Motion Control
Industrial robots, motor disconnect switches, position sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Lighting Technology
The material could enable cheaper and more environmentally friendly displays and large-area lighting.
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Briefs: Materials
Applications include detection of explosives, navigation, and aerospace altitude sensing.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel through their pressurized suits.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The stretchable sensor has applications in environmental monitoring and healthcare.
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Application Briefs: Materials
“The disruption promised by Industry 4.0 has already begun,” says Jason Melcher from the aerospace manufacturing company Ingersoll.
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Briefs: Materials
A new method of linking materials with unique mechanical properties could enable robots made of robots.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This system treats light-responsive disorders or deficits such as eating disorders, sleep problems, hormone-sensitive cancers, and cardiovascular disorders.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Material for Wearable Biosensors
Electrospinning is used to make porous silicone that allows sweat to evaporate.
5 Ws: Wearables
The battery can be used in flexible, stretchable electronics for wearables as well as soft robotics.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This rapid and cost-effective technique yields a uniform etched surface with 99.5 percent emissivity.
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NASA Spinoff: Wearables
With a technique first used at NASA, researchers are making glasses that can improve your concentration.
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Briefs: Materials
Applications include terahertz medical imaging and communications.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A new method manufactures complex shapeshifters for soft robots and biomedical implants.
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Briefs: Materials
The polyimide composites have uses in aerospace, automotive, construction, electronics, mechanical systems, and industrial machinery.
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Briefs: Energy
These nanomaterial strain sensors are ten times more sensitive when measuring minute movements compared to existing technology.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Ultra-thin and flexible metalenses could replace traditional camera lenses.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology welds adjacent 3D-printed layers more effectively, thereby increasing the reliability of the final part.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The improved rectennas could operate low-power devices such as temperature sensors.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
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