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Blog: Wearables
Tufts University engineers are making transistors from a material you’re more likely to see in a fabric store than in the field of electronics.
News: Automotive
Texas A&M University is putting a human behind the wheel of its autonomous shuttle fleet with a partnership with Designated Driver, a teleoperation...
News: Green Design & Manufacturing
British electric vehicle (EV) charging station start-up, Urban Electric Networks, Ltd., has unveiled the first pop-up charge point that addresses the...
Articles: Connectivity
Research into potential automotive applications for biometrics ─ facial and retina scans or fingerprints ─ is increasing, despite rising concerns about privacy and data security, and outcries from civil liberties...
Question of the Week: Test & Measurement
Beyond Camouflage, Do You See Other Applications for Artificial ‘Chameleon Skin?’
A Cambridge University team developed an artificial "chameleon skin" that changes color when exposed to light. The material supports a range of applications, including active camouflage, large-scale dynamic displays, and maybe even medical diagnostics.
News: Photonics/Optics
Pratt & Miller Engineering Joins Raytheon, Rheinmetall Team for U.S. Army Combat Vehicle Competition
The Raytheon Company and Rheinmetall Defence have added a new player to the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle team. Detroit-based Pratt &...
News: Design
The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM), a non-profit consortium based in Prince George County, Virginia, uses a 3D visualization lab to expand beyond the...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A technique was developed that could allow expectant parents to hear their baby’s heartbeat continuously at home with a non-invasive and safe device that is potentially more accurate than any...
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Most soft robots are actuated by rigid, noisy pumps that push fluids into the machines’ moving parts. Because they are connected to these bulky pumps by tubes, these robots have limited autonomy and...
News: Connectivity
Lockheed Martin Corporation cyber security experts have released a new Cyber Resiliency Level (CRL) model. CRL a risk-based, mission-focused and cost-conscious framework that...
Blog: Imaging
"Actually it was not something we really planned!" Dr. Andrew Salmon told Tech Briefs.
Technology Report: Propulsion
ZF Project Engineer Volker Vogel checked that the Lausitzring test track ahead was clear and announced: “Now from stationary on full throttle.” From the rear of the prototype van came the...
News: Connectivity
Parsons Corporation has created a new series of government collaboration opportunities with its Smart Cities Challenge campaign. Smart Cities Challenge: Transforming...
News: Automotive
After wrapping up a wing swap on 173 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support attack aircraft, the Boeing Company was awarded with another Indefinite...
News: Automotive
Subaru Corporation is using tools developed by Pittsburgh-based ANSYS, Inc. to create control systems that deliver unrivaled safety and reliability for their next-generation...
Blog: Materials
How much does windshield glazing matter when cars drive themselves?
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
United Launch Alliance (ULA) will supply launch vehicles for the Dream Chaser Cargo System. Starting in 2021, Dream Chaser – Sierra Nevada...
News: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A funny thing happened on the way to the total-vehicle lightweighting that’s now a common engineering dictate for nearly every new vehicle: structural adhesives—which entered low-volume automotive use in...
News: Unmanned Systems
During a public demonstration, an unmodified production Impossible Aerospace Corporation’s US-1 quadcopter, carrying both a FLIR Duo Pro R thermal camera and HD...
Question of the Week: Materials
Will Comfort-Adjusting Clothing Catch On?
Researchers from the University of Maryland have created a fabric that automatically regulates the amount of heat passing through. The engineered yarn expands and collapses based on temperature and humidity, cooling and warming a wearer as needed. What do you think?
Videos: Materials
A team of chemists from China and the University of Texas at Austin have constructed a cube of colored blocks that looks and acts a lot like a Rubik's Cube®. Unlike the...
Videos: Imaging
Scientists at ETH Zurich are using 3D printing to manufacture custom-made artificial heart valves from silicone. Unlike conventional heart valves, the silicone heart valve can be...
Videos: Motion Control
Most soft robots are actuated by rigid, noisy pumps that push fluids into the machines’ moving parts. Scientists at EPFL have developed the first entirely soft pump – even the electrodes...
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers from Newcastle University continue to explore the source of Mars' mysterious methane.
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Beep Inc., an automated vehicle (AV) distributor based in Orlando, Florida, is partnering with Bestmile SA – a developer of fleet orchestration software. Through the...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Researchers are testing methods of making helicopters fly faster and more efficiently by controlling the flow and separation of air over the blades including a blade shaped in...
INSIDER: Aerospace
The Air Force Research Laboratory has investigated the effects of space weather damage to polyimides – materials used extensively in spacecraft construction due to their high heat...
INSIDER: Nanotechnology
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new method for producing malleable microstructures, including vascular stents that are 40 times smaller than previously possible.
INSIDER: Lighting
Researchers from the School of Electrical Engineering at KAIST have developed a soft neural implant that can be wirelessly controlled using a smartphone.
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
Brain Implant Enables Safer Drug Delivery
Features: Medical
Built to Adapt: Rethinking Contract Manufacturing for a New Era
Features: Materials
OEM Toll Processing Advances High-Value Products
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
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.