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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
With accelerated time from design to production, specialized foil sensor arrays will be expanding to many new areas.
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Articles: Software
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: Communications
Additive manufacturing creates cooling solutions with sizes and shapes not previously possible.
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Briefs: Medical
Inspired by parasites, the tiny needles could help eliminate painful shots.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Aerogels based on cellulose nanofibers can effectively shield electromagnetic radiation over a wide frequency range.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
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: Communications
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: Medical
Biomaterial Shields Against Harmful Radiation
A new form of melanin can protect human tissue from X-rays during medical treatment or spaceflight.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The instrument has uses in photography where the goal is to image a dim object near a bright one.
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Briefs: Wearables
Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
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: Aerospace
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: Communications
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: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The robots could fly silently for covert operations and stay steady through turbulence.
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Briefs: Materials
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: Electronics & Computers
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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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: Robotics, Automation & Control
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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: Software
Altair released updates to all of its design, simulation, and data analytics software products.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Polymer Composite for Radiation Shielding
The polymer composite could replace conventional radiation shielding materials such as lead.
Briefs: Wearables
The sensor has applications in fields such as robotics, healthcare, and security.
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Briefs: Materials
The system looks for chemical indicators found in sweat to give a real-time snapshot of what’s happening inside the body.
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Briefs: Materials
The removable adhesive could make it easier for surgeons to close up internal wounds.
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Briefs: Materials
The self-adapting material was inspired by how human bone adjusts mineral deposits in response to surrounding environments.
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