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Microgels Let Medical Implants Fight Off Bacteria
Joint replacements are among the most common elective surgeries, but about one in 100 patients suffer post-surgical infections, turning a routine procedure into an expensive, dangerous ordeal. Now, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a "self-defensive surface" for these...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
Building conventional robots requires putting together components like motors, batteries, actuators, legs, and wheels. Researchers from Georgia Tech have built robots completely from smaller robots known as...
Blog: Transportation
See what a vehicle can do as its data communication rates get faster and faster.
Videos: Automotive
RTP Company, your global compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics, is passionate about formulating and manufacturing a precise solution for your molded part or component. We...
Videos: Motion Control
Boston Dynamics' "Atlas" robot got another upgrade. Moving on from being able to do a backflip, the robot can now use its legs, arms, and torso to perform a sequence of maneuvers that...
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A lake is usually a picture of serenity, perhaps the last place you’d expect to find a flying-fish robot launching itself 85 feet in the air.
INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers from North Carolina State University developed a way to measure speed and distance in indoor environments. WiFi-assisted Inertial Odometry (WIO) uses WiFi as a velocity sensor to accurately track...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers built robots entirely from smaller robots known as smarticles, unlocking the principles of a potentially new locomotion technique. The smarticles (smart active particles) can do...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
A team of roboticists and aerospace engineering researchers from the University of Michigan introduce the first experimental demonstration of an autonomous roofing system using an...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new technique called SWIFT (sacrificial writing into functional tissue) enables 3D printing of vascular channels into living matrices composed of stem-cell-derived organ building...
INSIDER: Medical
Cancer treatment could be dramatically improved by an invention designed to precisely locate the edges of tumors during surgery to remove them. The new imaging technology uses the...
INSIDER: Medical
A therapeutic shoe engineered to improve stroke recovery is proving successful and expected to hit the market by the end of the year. Since patients are often disappointed in their progress after...
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Would You Customize a Product with PhotoChromeleon?
An MIT team came up with a new way of producing a multicolor part: “PhotoChromeleon.” The system’s reprogrammable photochromic ink enables objects to change colors when exposed to ultraviolet and visible light. Watch the demo on Tech Briefs TV.
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
Mechanical engineers at the University of Virginia (UVA) and biologists from Harvard University say they have created the first robotic fish proven to mimic the speed and...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
"MagLinkage" is a new high-speed actuator, developed at the University of Tokyo's Ishikawa Senoo Laboratory, that has a small size, low friction, and high torque. The actuator...
Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 will carry the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B for the launch of Artemis 1. One of the few women to ever...
Robotics, Automation & Control
A synthetic optical lace developed by a Cornell Ph.D. student creates a linked sensory network similar to a biological nervous system. The flexible, porous lattice structure is manufactured from...
Manufacturing & Prototyping
A team of undergrad engineers discovered a method that could make materials more resilient against massive shocks such as earthquakes or explosions. The students tested whether...
Blog: Propulsion
NASA is set to return to the Moon in 2024. But why the lunar south pole?
Videos: Automotive
FLIR produces the only automotive-qualified thermal camera that is in cars today. Through Tier 1 automotive supplier Veoneer, more than 500,000 cars have reliable...
INSIDER: Aerospace
NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft will eliminate the cockpit’s forward-facing window, replacing it with the eXternal Visibility System (XVS) that uses a 4K monitor that serves...
INSIDER: Propulsion
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Missouri University of Science and Technology, and NASA conducted experiments to understand the behavior of a...
INSIDER: Aerospace
An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed product called HydroSkip repels water from aircraft transparencies, addressing the issue of limited visibility caused by heavy rain that can...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
University at Buffalo engineers have developed a two-fingered robotic hand that can alter the firmness of its grip. The robotic hand's design enables it to absorb energy from...
Blog: Data Acquisition
It took over 3,000 pouches of spaceflight food, but Timothy Goulette and Hang Xiao ultimately created a mathematical model that NASA will soon use to ensure that its...
Videos: Test & Measurement
Created by researchers at Imperial College London, this bio-inspired robot uses water from its environment to create a gas and then launch itself from the water’s surface. The robot can...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
EPFL scientists are developing new approaches for improved control of robotic hands, particularly for amputees, that combines individual finger control and automation for improved...
Blog: Medical
Latest Patent Trends Favor Patentees — What Device Makers Need to Know
Medical device companies have challenged thousands of patents using the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) administrative adjudication system. Introduced in 2012, PTAB provides an alternative to bringing much more expensive and time-consuming patent lawsuits in federal...
Question of the Week: Materials
Are You Lightweighting with Plastics and Composites?
A Tech Briefs webinar this month focused on the idea of lightweighting – or replacing traditionally metal parts, like engine components, with plastics and composites.
Top Stories
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From the Editor: Medical
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INSIDER: Medical
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Features: AR/AI
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Ask the Expert
Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.
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.