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Access the latest news and technical advancements impacting Mechanical and Fluid systems. Explore articles and technical briefs about fastening, joining, mechanical components, fluid handling, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMs).

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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Test servo drives, robot monitors, AC motors, and more
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new fabrication technique helps improve the performance of flying micro-robots.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
These “living machines” hold potential for applications from medical treatments to improving the environment.
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Products: Power
Charger ICs, backup units, power supplies, and more.
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Question of the Week: Energy
Will ‘Ocean Batteries’ Catch On?
Our lead story today highlights an innovative energy approach from a Netherlands-based company called Ocean Grazer. Tied to existing wind farms, the team’s “Ocean Battery” pumps water from solid subsea reservoirs into flexible bladders located just above the seabed. When there is a demand for power, the...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A pair of University of Houston engineers has discovered that they can create upward fountains in water by shining laser beams on the water’s surface. Jiming Bao, professor of...
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Podcasts: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Dr. Frits Bliek and his team at Ocean Grazer are building an "Ocean Battery" that brings hydrodam technology to the sea.
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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will a Breath-Like Approach Cool Down Machinery?
University of Central Florida researchers are developing a human-like way for large machines to cool off: Letting the machines "breathe." (See our January issue of Tech Briefs to learn more.)
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This robot can run, jump, carry heavy payloads, and turn on a dime.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
An electrically driven soft valve paves the way for fully soft robots.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The system creates accurate defect standards for in-situ inspection systems.
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Briefs: Energy
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
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Briefs: Energy
The engine is approximately 10 billion times smaller than a car engine.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An ultra-small actuator has nanometer-scale precision.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
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Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
Breath-regulating garments, humidity sensors, thin-film antennas, and more.
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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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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The robots move more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
These elastomers have a wide range of uses for the building, automotive, and electronics industries.
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Application Briefs: Aerospace
Learn about the interconnects that are supporting today's miniature satellites.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Large machines can breathe in and out cooling blasts of water to keep their systems from overheating.
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Products: Materials
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
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INSIDER: Automotive
Modern agricultural tractors contain so much cutting-edge technology, they rival even the latest spacecraft. But the back end is still old-school, relying largely on fossil fuels....
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Learn about a contactless holographic systems for machine, factory, and other rugged industrial applications.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A tiny sensor chip records multiple lung and heart signals along with body movements.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rugged laptops, DC-DC converters, CMOS sensors, and more.
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Articles: Automotive
Learn what to look for when selecting computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming software for the DED manufacturing process.
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