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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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Choosing the right battery will save trouble and expense in the long run.
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Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Smart sensors for hazardous areas monitor essential assets, such as motors and pumps.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Empa researchers were able to demonstrate real-time acoustic monitoring of laser weld seams.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Predictive maintenance is poised to become much more widely adopted, and that will help to boost productivity in a time when we really need it.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
With accelerated time from design to production, specialized foil sensor arrays will be expanding to many new areas.
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Articles: Data Acquisition
Tech Briefs posed questions to machine learning/AI industry execs to get their opinions on platform selection, data interpretation, and more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive manufacturing creates cooling solutions with sizes and shapes not previously possible.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inspired by parasites, the tiny needles could help eliminate painful shots.
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Briefs: Materials
Aerogels based on cellulose nanofibers can effectively shield electromagnetic radiation over a wide frequency range.
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Briefs: Materials
This material could be used for artificial muscles that power bio-inspired robots.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
In place of flat breadboards, 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products.
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Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
See how one company reached out to NASA with an offer to develop a custom sensor for the Mars 2020 mission rover.
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Briefs: Materials
Biomaterial Shields Against Harmful Radiation
A new form of melanin can protect human tissue from X-rays during medical treatment or spaceflight.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.
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Briefs: Materials
The instrument has uses in photography where the goal is to image a dim object near a bright one.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body.
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Briefs: Wearables
The material was designed specifically for biomedical or wearable technologies, since sweat and volatile organic compounds evaporate away from the skin.
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NASA Spinoff: Materials
In 2019, NASA engineers test-fired a 3D-printed rocket engine combustion chamber.
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Briefs: Materials
Liquid-Repelling Substance Works on All Surfaces
The new coating can eliminate complex disinfectant procedures for protective face shields.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Features include unusual color changes and high touch sensitivity.
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Briefs: Energy
The robots could fly silently for covert operations and stay steady through turbulence.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This high-strength material could be used to improve safety and reduce the cost of producing cars.
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Blog: Materials
Dr. James Rees is spending the time in his lab testing sensors made from bacteria.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have developed a new way to build power efficient and programmable integrated switching units on a silicon photonics chip. The new technology is...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique they call depth...
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Smart Manufacturing - August 2020
Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in connectivity, controls, sensors, and robotics. See the future of manufacturing in this compendium of recent articles from the...

Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Altair released updates to all of its design, simulation, and data analytics software products.
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Briefs: Materials
Polymer Composite for Radiation Shielding
The polymer composite could replace conventional radiation shielding materials such as lead.

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