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Special Reports: Unmanned Systems
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Adas/Connected Car - December 2021
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this...

Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Learn about a contactless holographic systems for machine, factory, and other rugged industrial applications.
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Briefs: Imaging
The technology could help improve the reliability and performance of lithium-ion batteries.
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Briefs: Energy
This practical technique uses magnetism to transmit electricity wirelessly to recharge electric cars, robots, or drones.
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Briefs: Energy
A new anode for aqueous batteries uses seawater as an electrolyte.
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Briefs: Unmanned Systems
A silicon chip provides a low-cost solution to help machines see the world clearly.
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Briefs: Wearables
A tiny sensor chip records multiple lung and heart signals along with body movements.
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Products: Software
Rugged laptops, DC-DC converters, CMOS sensors, and more.
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Articles: Software
Learn what to look for when selecting computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming software for the DED manufacturing process.
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Briefs: Materials
The film monitors how well aircraft and spacecraft withstand the mechanical stresses of flight.
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Briefs: Imaging
The camera combines lasers, computers, and terahertz waves to see “unseen” details.
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Briefs: Connectivity
“Dumb” headphones are made smart by turning them into sensors.
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Briefs: Transportation
The low-density, graphene-based aerogel could make aircraft as quiet as a hairdryer.
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Application Briefs: Aerospace
The power and propulsion element of NASA’s Gateway is a high-power, 50-kilowatt solar electric propulsion spacecraft.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
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Application Briefs: Motion Control
The retrofit uses unconventional technologies.
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Articles: Motion Control
Hypoid gears have a growing presence in the industrial power transmission and motion control industries.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
As more manufacturers implement robots, hand guidance tools and techniques will continue to expand in functionality and become even easier to use.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The “nanoswimmers” could be used to remediate contaminated soil, improve water filtration, or even deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Motors, suspension arms, slit couplings, and more.
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Question of the Week: Automotive
Will Automotive and Aerospace Industries Adopt Self-Healing Composites?
An INSIDER story this month highlighted how researchers from RPI and the University of Washington have created a composite that reverses fatigue damage — after applying some heat.
Blog: Transportation
A reader asks our industry expert:""Do the materials of construction have a big effect on gear generated noise?"
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Special Reports: Aerospace
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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: Automotive
A reader asks a simulation expert: How do you compensate for the interaction of rain or snow storms on lidar sensors?
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Blog: Materials
Prof. Jake J. Abbott is leading a team that has discovered a way to manipulate orbiting debris with spinning magnets.
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Articles: Aerospace
Artemis I will launch from Kennedy Space Center into Earth orbit, where it will travel 40,000 miles beyond the Moon.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Dinkle International offers universal interface modules for connecting equipment signals to I/O modules.
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