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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
Breath-regulating garments, humidity sensors, thin-film antennas, and more.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The suit can be controlled with a double tap to the chest or via an app.
Products: RF & Microwave Electronics
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The robots move more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots.
Briefs: Materials
These elastomers have a wide range of uses for the building, automotive, and electronics industries.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Learn about the interconnects that are supporting today's miniature satellites.
Briefs: Imaging
Large machines can breathe in and out cooling blasts of water to keep their systems from overheating.
Products: Materials
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
INSIDER: Motion Control
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....
Products: Imaging
Learn about a contactless holographic systems for machine, factory, and other rugged industrial applications.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A tiny sensor chip records multiple lung and heart signals along with body movements.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Rugged laptops, DC-DC converters, CMOS sensors, and more.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn what to look for when selecting computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming software for the DED manufacturing process.
Briefs: Aerospace
The film monitors how well aircraft and spacecraft withstand the mechanical stresses of flight.
Briefs: Communications
“Dumb” headphones are made smart by turning them into sensors.
Briefs: Motion Control
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The retrofit uses unconventional technologies.
Articles: Motion Control
Hypoid gears have a growing presence in the industrial power transmission and motion control industries.
Articles: Motion Control
As more manufacturers implement robots, hand guidance tools and techniques will continue to expand in functionality and become even easier to use.
Blog: Transportation
A reader asks our industry expert:""Do the materials of construction have a big effect on gear generated noise?"
Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - November 2021
In this new report from the editors of Medical Design Briefs and Tech Briefs magazines, discover how the latest advances in 3D printing, machining, molding and more are changing the way...Question of the Week: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Will Spinning Magnets Clean Up Space Debris?
Our lead story today highlights an effort from the University of Utah to use spinning magnets – and robots – to someday retrieve scraps and bring them to a decaying orbit.
Blog: Materials
Prof. Jake J. Abbott is leading a team that has discovered a way to manipulate orbiting debris with spinning magnets.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Artemis I will launch from Kennedy Space Center into Earth orbit, where it will travel 40,000 miles beyond the Moon.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Dinkle International offers universal interface modules for connecting equipment signals to I/O modules.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The optically powered machines self-assemble and could be used for nanoscale manipulation of tiny cargo.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
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