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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Prototypes show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration option.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
While soft robots hold promise in applications ranging from search-and-rescue efforts to wearable exoskeletons, the technologies are often held back by the electronics, says William Grover, a...
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This episode of our Tech Briefs podcast series Here’s an Idea™ explores a variety of new-and-improved hearing aids, from $5 “do-it-yourself” devices to advanced systems that monitor brain waves.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn how a low-cost machine known as the 'Coventor' stacks up to a traditional ventilator.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
UC Berkeley engineers have created a lightweight and durable robot that achieves exquisite control and agility by modulating the electrostatic forces between its feet and surfaces.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Temperature transmitters, robotic tool changers, epoxy adhesives, and more.
Briefs: Software
A production-based X-ray solution performs product quality evaluation directly on the manufacturing line.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The size and shape of the nanostructure can be controlled as it is assembled piece by piece.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These tiny aerial robots can operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Battery recycling, NASA's water treatment, and a wireless wearable transmitter.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The technology uses tactile sensing to identify objects underground.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A valve actuator has deep-sea applications.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Vision systems, signal generators, AC-DC converters, and more.
Briefs: Aerospace
Applications include portable aerospace structures and terrestrial structures such as cleanrooms and field hospitals.
Articles: Motion Control
Learn the distinct forms that linear bearings take, and where the bearings are being used today.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The technology could boost quantum computers and other superconducting electronics.
Products: Data Acquisition
Cable ties, milling software, snap-action switches, and more.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
The new hinge is the key to get loadbearing, large quadrotors to climb a few dozen feet in seconds.
Briefs: Aerospace
Potential applications include parachutes, hot air balloons, weather balloons, blimps, sails, and parasails.
NASA Spinoff: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
With a clever design by NASA, waiting for hot water could be a thing of the past.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
In North America alone, the gripper market is worth roughly $100 million — and that number is expected to climb up to 5 percent each year.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Servo drives, magnetic angle sensors, draw wires, and more.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Displacement sensors, metal 3D printers, shielding materials, and more.
Articles: Software
The more complex the vehicle, the greater the need for comprehensive design solutions.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Shape and environment can cause materials to move without motors or hands.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A prototype version could be demonstrated on a large cargo lunar lander.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Is "SPE" the future of industrial automation and automotive? It certainly has the potential, says Mike Anderson.
Products: Software
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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