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Videos: Medical
Medical equipment that cannot stand up to the daily rigors of disinfection poses a risk to patient safety and a hospital's bottom line. High costs that result from needing to replace or...
INSIDER: Communications
NASA has achieved a first for the class of tiny spacecraft known as CubeSats. The MarCO-A and MarCO-B CubeSats are designed to trail InSight on the way to Mars, aiming to relay back data about InSight as it enters...
INSIDER: Software
Flight schedules that allow for a little carefully designed wiggle room could prevent the frustration of cascading airport delays and cancellations. By focusing on the early phases of flight...
News: Automotive
Aerospace systems, subsystems, and components must continue to operate as intended when exposed to fire, rather than going up in flames and ceasing to...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
U.S. Coast Guard officials are expanding their deployment of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, after...
News: Propulsion
This week, Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), announced the establishment of GatorWorks, a newly formed prototyping arm that will focus on the rapid and agile development...
Blog: Energy
Professor Jaana Vapaavuori spoke with Tech Briefs about the manufacturing methods that could someday decrease the cost and increase the lifetime of flexible solar cells.
News: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The 3D printing materials market will experience high double-digit growth in the aerospace industry through 2024, as manufacturers of aircraft and spacecraft vehicles and...
News: Defense
The first five Airbus BelugaXL aircraft are slated to enter service in 2019. But, to reach that milestone, an exhaustive schedule of test and certification work must be completed.
Videos: Medical
MIT researchers introduce 'RF-Pose' - a system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to teach wireless devices to sense people's movement, even from the other side of a wall. The...
INSIDER: Defense
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are lending their expertise in metal additive manufacturing to a new collaboration aimed at 3D printing critical replacement...
INSIDER: Defense
Cardiff University’s School of Engineering joined forces with California-headquartered Microsemi to develop A-Ultra – a lightweight handheld system that uses ultrasound to spot damage to personal...
INSIDER: Propulsion
A team at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Center, Aviation and Missile, has been working to develop a new dual pulse rocket motor incorporating insensitive...
News: Transportation
There is a subdued hum in the emerging world of the EV: the sound of several types of electric motor vying for top podium position within the industry.
News: Lighting
As a compliment to cameras, LIDAR and radar, a new family of Infrared LEDs (IREDs) can expand the vision of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles without harming human eyes.
News: Energy
Eaton’s Internal Exhaust Gas Recirculation (iEGR) solution production-debuts in the 2020MY as a next-generation technology providing near-instantaneous heating of the selective...
News: Unmanned Systems
Drawing up a specification for a transmission or driveline may be relatively routine for a conventional vehicle, but for an autonomous...
News: Electronics & Computers
One of the world’s largest producers of automotive brakes and calipers debuts its first North American manufactured products in 2018.
News: Manned Systems
The Aerospace Material Specification committee on Additive Manufacturing (AMS-AM) at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, has released its first...
Videos: Power
A team led by MIT Media Lab presents IVN (In-Vivo Networking) - a system that can wirelessly power and communicate with tiny devices implanted or injected in deep tissues in...
Blog: Materials
How does a spider's glue maintain its stickiness, even in high humidity? Researchers in Akron investigated the question.
What We’re Driving: Power
For enthusiast users of high performance sports cars, cylinders count. But when the counting stops at four, it can be a figure of disappointment for many who have become accustomed to the sound of six or eight.
In...
News: Test & Measurement
A new North American technical center is the product development centerpiece for Martinrea’s new mixed-material vehicle subframes currently under development.
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Electronically controlled shocks and a new Trail Control system that automatically adjusts power and braking at each wheel lead the 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor’s suspension...
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The drive by OEMs to get the best parts price is always in play, yet an industry study finds no correlation between an automaker’s pricing pressure and good OEM-supplier working...
News: Defense
The next generation of civil aircraft are intended to achieve greater fuel efficiency, with natural laminar flow wings. They will also have to be built more quickly and at reduced cost,...
Question of the Week: Software
What’s the Hold-Up with Digital Product Development?
Digital technologies are bringing big data, automation, and mobile capabilities to processes like IT, HR, sales, and marketing, but what is the hold-up with product development? Has your product development process been modernized and “digitized?”
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
At a recent industry conference, Toyota’s lead for autonomous driving research said the company will continue to focus on a strategy of driver...
Videos: Test & Measurement
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found organic molecules in three-billion-year-old sedimentary rocks near the surface of Mars, which suggest the planet could have supported...
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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.