Products: Electronics & Computers
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Blog: Materials
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
A collaborative effort has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size — smaller than an ant’s head — so that they can walk autonomously...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Gears are sophisticated parts that play a vital role in cars, airplanes, construction and mining equipment, food processing, clock making, and more. And, companies are still trying to make them better...
Blog: Aerospace
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
INSIDER: Imaging
A team of engineers and doctors at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have designed a unique 3D-printed light-sensing medical device that is placed directly on the skin...
INSIDER: Materials
Anyone who has watched steam billow up from a boiling kettle or seen ice crystals form on a wet window in winter has observed what scientists call a phase transition. Phase...
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Special Reports: AR/AI
Smart Factory/IIoT - September 2022
Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in AI, robotics, connectivity and sensors. In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Sensor...
Special Reports: Defense
Aerospace & Military Robotics - September 2022
Autonomous robots explore the deep sea...AI-powered machines think for themselves in hazardous places...advanced bipedal robots combine walking with flying. These are just a few of the...
Articles: Energy
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Special Reports: Imaging
Test & Measurement - September 2022
Test strategies to track hypersonic threats…overcoming challenges of EV battery and electric aircraft testing…an innovative way to measure the thermal properties of materials. These are just a few of...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Materials
Briefs: Energy
Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have developed a method to measure the total and fractional heat response of large format Li-ion cells (cells with capacities greater than 100Ah) when driven into...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Products: Test & Measurement
The compact optoNCDT 1420LL laser sensors from Micro-Epsilon, Ortenburg, Germany, perform precise distance measurements on metallic and structured surfaces. The sensor projects a small laser line onto the...
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Briefs: Test & Measurement
INSIDER: Propulsion
Using biological experiments, robot models, and a geometric theory of locomotion, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated how and why intermediate lizard...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Blog: Research Lab
INSIDER: Medical
A new material holds promise for the next generation of organic electronics.
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are creating patient-specific 3D-printed smart metamaterial implants that double as sensors to monitor spinal healing.
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Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Tesla Valve-Inspired Design Could Improve the Performance of Rotating...
Podcasts: RF & Microwave Electronics
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From Data to Decision: How AI Enhances Warfighter Readiness
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April Battery & Electrification Summit
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Tech Update: 3D Printing for Transportation in 2024
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Unleashing Epoxy's Potential: Ensuring Hermetic Sealing in Modern...
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Building an Automotive EMC Test Plan