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News: Aerospace
Bonded composite airframe structures offer a potential to achieve more affordable manufacturing and more efficient structures, ultimately meeting United States Air Force (USAF) goals to increase range and reduce fuel...
News: Automotive
With Laser-Based Imaging, Self-Driving Cars See Around Corners
Stanford University is developing a laser-based imaging technology that allows cars to peek around corners.
INSIDER: Imaging
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has used data mining and computational tools to discover a new phosphor material for white LEDs that is inexpensive and easy...
INSIDER: Imaging
New software developed by BGU researchers will enable standard cameras and smartphones to capture both hyperspectral images and video with a faster and more cost-efficient approach...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have, for the first time, integrated two technologies widely used in applications such as optical communications, bio-imaging and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) systems...
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Although a production version of its battery-electric Mission E concept sedan remains nearly two years away, Porsche unveiled a stunning companion at the 2018 Geneva motor...
Videos: Photonics/Optics
Lenses are no longer necessary, according to Rice University engineers developing a fluorescent microscope as thin as a credit card. 'FlatScope' eliminates the tradeoff that hinders traditional...
Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A team from MIT is aiming to democratize the design and fabrication of carpentered items by integrating professional CAD systems with user-friendly customization and robotic...
Question of the Week: Data Acquisition
Will edible electronics catch on?
In this week's Tech Briefs TV video, Rice University scientists demonstrated an ability to embed graphene into paper, cloth, and even your breakfast. Why etch patterns into toast? James Tour, a chemist at Rice University, envisions never-before-seen applications, like embedding electronics as a self-cooking heat...
Blog: Aerospace
A Role for Boston Dynamics’ Back-Flipping Robots: Is Space the Place?
NASA robotics engineers react to Boston Dynamics' back-flipping robots.
Videos: Motion Control
The Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard, or EMILY, is called into action by lifeguards and emergency response teams around the world for water rescues. With support...
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
The ‘Create the Future’ Design Contest is Open for Entries
Have a product design idea? The "Create the Future" Design Contest is now open for submissions until July 2, 2018.
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Unfortunately, 1.8 million people acquire HIV each year, with the World Health Organization estimating that 1 in 5 people living with HIV do not realize they are infected....
News: Medical
Medical Device Preclinical Bootcamp to Explore Testing Pathway
An upcoming seminar will explore the preclinical testing pathway for medical devices. The event will cover everything from concept to regulatory submission, including relevant regulations and standards, as well as the role each type of test plays in the overall testing program. It will...
R&D: Medical
Software Better Predicts Leakage Around Aortic Stents
Researchers have developed software to better predict the risk of blood leaking around a patient’s aortic stent.
R&D: Medical
With a smartphone and an app, qualified healthcare professionals can now diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in their office. A newly developed system was trained to recognize the alcohol-related...
R&D: Medical
A single blood test screens for eight common cancer types and helps identify the location of the cancer. The test, called CancerSEEK, is a unique noninvasive, multianalyte test that...
R&D: Medical
A new smartphone app called WoundCare enables patients to remotely send images of their surgical wounds for monitoring by nurses.
R&D: Medical
Researchers have developed a new way to capture the detailed biomechanical properties of heart tissue. The high-resolution optical technique fills an important technology gap necessary...
R&D: Medical
Scientists have built and tested a new biomaterial-based delivery system — known as a hydrogel — that will encase a desired cargo and dissolve to release its freight only...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Acoustic methods have been used for detecting blockages in pipes for many years. Researchers set out to discover if similar methods could be used for real aircraft Pitot tubes,...
From the Editor: Photonics/Optics
In December, we asked Medical Design Briefs readers to cast their ballot to choose from our 12 Products of the Month the technology they felt was the most significant new introduction to the design...
Videos: Motion Control
A manufacturer of shape cutting equipment uses Yaskawa technology to boost metal cutting quality. Plasma cutting equipment from W.A. Whitney rivals the performance of laser...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have developed a stretchable sensor that can be weaved into a fabric to detect a range of complex human movements, including finger gestures and heartbeats.
Technology Report: Automotive
For the all-new 2019 Ram 1500 pickup, FCA engineers again surprised their industry competitors with an impressive array of integrated technologies aimed at improving the pickup’s...
Editorial: Transportation
One of the perks of my job is access to the latest vehicles. Such hands-on product exposure is essential, I believe, for understanding the rapid advances of automated-driving technology and...
Supplier Eye: Automotive
Near-term profitability vs. long-term viability — suppliers must have both. And for many, bearing the cost of developing new technologies — for autonomous/connected driving, greater safety and...
Articles: Transportation
Mercedes-Benz’s ‘User Experience’ digital cockpit, previewed at the 2018 CES, is entering production in the new 2018 A-Class (W177). The cockpit is the first in a new generation of...
Articles: Transportation
In 2016, after six frustrating years of R&D invested in an ultra-lean-burn, high-compression gasoline engine, Mazda’s managing executive officer, Mitsuo Hitomi, 63, had this brainstorm: Adding spark ignition might...
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.