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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A tiny underwater robot may someday filter out water contaminants by catching them with its tentacles.
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its hundreds...
INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Ultraviolet-Enhanced Circular Photodetector
Opto Diode Corporation (Camarillo, CA) has introduced the UVG5S, an ultraviolet-enhanced photodiode with a 5 mm² circular active area. The new device is suitable for detection between...
INSIDER: Communications
Carolin Frueh is among only a handful of researchers who have persisted in using a complex technique that can diagnose a problem from thousands of miles away based on how a...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of...
Videos: Motion Control
Engineering researchers at North Carolina State University have developed jellyfish-inspired soft robots that can out-swim their real-life counterparts. These jellyfish-bots demonstrate a technique...
Videos: Motion Control
Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a navigation algorithm that enables drones to learn acrobatic maneuvers using nothing more than onboard sensor measurements. Autonomous...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
When soldiers enter a new environment, their mission demands they stay one step ahead of the enemy; however, they may find it challenging to maintain a high level of alertness if they're...
INSIDER: Wearables
Since World War I, the vast majority of American combat casualties has come not from gunshot wounds but from explosions. Today, most soldiers wear a heavy, bullet-proof vest to protect...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Dropped from above 25,000 feet, the mock B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb was in the air for approximately 55 seconds before hitting and embedding in the lakebed, splashing a 40- to 50-foot...
Blog: Medical
Maplewood Senior Living, a progressive senior living provider with a flagship Manhattan high-rise location, is now helping residents reconnect with their loved ones with...
Question of the Week: Materials
Will Morphing Wings Take Off?
Our lead INSIDER story today showcased a morphing MADCAT aircraft wing.
“From a first glance, it literally doesn’t look like anything that anyone’s ever seen before,” said MIT researcher Ben Jennet in our Here's an Idea episode.
How about you? Will Morphing Wings Take Off?
Technical Innovation: Unmanned Systems
Modern heavy-duty vehicles, such as trucks and buses but also forestry and agricultural machines or construction equipment, are packed with E/E components that support...
Videos: Materials
Researchers from Harvard have designed materials that can control and mold a balloon into pre-programmed shapes. The system uses kirigami sheets, which are thin sheets of material with...
Videos: Materials
Master Bond's one and two component epoxy systems feature outstanding physical strength properties for industrial applications. These compounds offer excellent flexural, tensile, shear, peel and...
Videos: Aerospace
Bye Aerospace is the story of how an electric aircraft startup is achieving success through electrification and an accelerated verification process by using Siemens software. CEO George Bye, Chief Engineer Tom...
Blog: Aerospace
The Mars rover Perseverance has a helicopter. Will the rover have to carry it around?
News: Connectivity
In 2016, Oregon-based PolySync introduced DriveKit, a set of open-source hardware and software tools that enabled skunkworks engineering teams to electronically assume...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Soon, the U.S. Army will be able to deploy autonomous air vehicles that can change shape during flight. A new tool was developed that can rapidly optimize the structural configuration for unmanned...
INSIDER: Aerospace
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will travel with the Perseverance rover through 314 million miles to get to Mars. Once there, the Mars Helicopter Delivery System will set it free from the rover’s...
Blog: Medical
A team of engineers and physicians at the University of California San Diego has developed a low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients that is built...
Blog: Design
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues with many thousands of new infections reported each day, there is a need for widely applicable surveillance testing to gain a better understanding...
Blog: Design
Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to...
Blog: Packaging & Sterilization
NASA’s Glenn Research Center and University Hospitals (UH) in Cleveland have collaborated to develop new methods and technologies for decontaminating personal protective equipment...
Podcasts: Aerospace
Ben Jennet is a PhD student at MIT and a former space research fellow at NASA. He is working with NASA to develop a new kind of aircraft wing that's flexible and changes mid-flight.
Videos: Test & Measurement
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft has gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the Sun, taking one every 0.75 seconds. As of June 2020, SDO has been watching the Sun non-stop for...
Question of the Week: Imaging
Can Camera Systems Replace the Wall-Mounted Thermostat?
Our lead INSIDER story today showcased an autonomous 'HEAT' camera system that uses facial temperatures to determine a room's optimum temperature.
What do you think? Can Camera Systems Replace the Wall-Mounted Thermostat?
Share your questions and comments.
Videos: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology to print electronic sensors directly on organs that are expanding and...
Videos: Electronics & Computers
Researchers from KAIST have developed an electronic skin sensor powered by deep learning that can capture human motion from a distance. The measuring system extracts signals corresponding to...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
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From the Editor: Medical
From The Editor: Charting the Technologies That Will Shape Medtech in 2026
INSIDER: Medical
Oxygen Scavenger Doubles Biosensor Performance
Features: AR/AI
Engineering for the Future: The Trends Transforming Medtech in 2026
Ask the Expert
Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.
Webcasts
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Medical
Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
Podcasts: Design
Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices
Podcasts: AR/AI
Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Green Design & Manufacturing
Inside Story
Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.