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Build-to-Print Service for Test Stations

In the world of high-tech product manufacturing, speed, quality, and consistency are everything. The faster you can test and deliver your products, the better your margins and customer experience. Watch...

Product Spotlight: Master Bond UV22DC80-1

Master Bond UV22DC80-1 is a one part nanosilica filled system for bonding and sealing and coating applications in the aerospace, optical and electronic industries. This video demonstrates the epoxy...

Technique Predicts Early Warning Signs of Structure’s “Wellness”

Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have shown that early fatigue damage behavior in structures may be predicted through the study of the microscale...

UAV Has Dual Flight Modes

Engineers have revealed a new technology concept –Adaptable UAVs – which can alternate between fixed and rotary wing flight modes in the same mission. When in rotary wing mode, the UAVs can be launched and...

Flights Less Risky with Digital Copilot

Digital Copilot is an intuitive technology that listens, talks—and to some extent—thinks like a human, offering enhanced air safety. It performs like a virtual copilot, helping to increase in-flight...

ADAS: Functional Safety and Freedom from Unacceptable Risk

“When it comes to safety in cars, there are two main considerations: firstly, reducing dependency on driver skill and awareness and secondly, functional safety,” said Tim Mace,...

Caltech Opens Autonomous Research Center - 'Cassie' Goes for a Stroll Around Campus

This month, Caltech officially opened the new Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST), a 10,000-square-foot facility where machines and...

Trick or Treat: Spooky Space Sounds from NASA, and 7 Techs that Creep and Crawl

Getting into the Halloween spirit, NASA released a collection of the spookiest sounds ever recorded by the agency's spacecraft instruments. Captured radio emissions...

Will transparent solar technologies supply a significant amount of US energy?

Today's lead INSIDER story features a report on transparent solar cell technology. The authors believe see-through solar cells have the potential of supplying...

Soft Robotic Gripper Manipulates Objects Without Training

An engineering team at the University of California San Diego has designed and built a gripper that can pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them and without being...

Vacuum System Powers Modular Soft Robot

Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created the first functional robot powered entirely by vacuum. It is made up of soft building blocks that move by...

Multi-Legged Robot Reconfigures in Real Time

Scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, PA have developed a modular, reconfigurable legged robot named Snapbot that can move forward, interact with its environment, and perform other tasks...

Suppliers Take the Tech Lead

Glen DeVos, Chief Technology Officer, Delphi: On being a data broker Are we more comfortable if the financial community starts to call us a ‘tech company’ and not an ‘automotive supplier’? Yes, in part....

Transparent, Solar Power-Harvesting Windows Could Provide 40% of U.S. Energy

Transparent solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive source of untapped energy, as a team of scientists recently reported in Nature Energy....

Researchers See a Bright Future for ‘See-Through’ Solar Cells

Michigan State University researchers say a new transparent solar panel technology is right outside your door. Or more precisely: inside your window. The completely clear...

Featured Product: Themis Announces Next-Gen Rugged Enterprise Servers

Rugged computing platform manufacturer Themis Computer® released its next-generation XR6 Rugged Enterprise Servers (RES) featuring the newest Intel® Xeon® Scalable...

Jet Aviation, Honeywell Partner on Business Jet Avionics

Jet Aviation has developed a supplemental type certificate (STC) through the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to update aging cockpit displays with Honeywell DU-875 liquid...

Regulatory Framework Emerging as Autonomy Becomes Reality

If the future of driving is autonomous, testing and legislation must be in accord to assure public safety when autonomous vehicles (AVs) begin to deploy.

Gold ‘Nanoprobes’ Track Blood Flow in Tiny Vessels

Scientists have designed gold nanoparticles, no bigger than 100 nm, that can be coated and used to track blood flow in the smallest blood vessels in the body. By improving our...

Augmented Tongue Ultrasound for Speech Therapy

A team of researchers has developed a system that can display the movements of our own tongues in real time. Captured using an ultrasound probe placed under the jaw, these movements are...

Breath Test Shows Whether You’re Burning Fat

Experts advise anyone looking to shed extra pounds is to eat less and exercise more. One way is with endurance training, during which the body burns not only carbohydrates such as sugar, but...

Surgical Implant Grows with a Child

Until now, the use of medical implants in children has been complicated by the fact that fixed-size implants cannot expand in tune with a child’s natural growth. To address this, a team of researchers...

Watching What You Eat? Flexible Sensors Could Monitor Food Intake

Researchers have built a flexible sensor that can be rolled up and swallowed. Upon ingestion, the sensor adheres to the stomach wall or intestinal lining, where it can...

New 'RoboBee' Can Fly, Swim, and Take Off from Water Using Air Bubbles

The latest-generation RoboBee from Harvard University is 1,000 times lighter than any previous aerial-to-aquatic robot. Once the robot swims to the surface of the water,...

700 Miles, Hands-Free!

Two sunny days in late September, a state-of-the-art luxury sedan, and good company make for a potentially great road trip. But this one was special.

Does Autonomy Have Room for the ‘Engineer Enthusiast?’

It’s no secret that car companies cultivate the “engineer enthusiasts” in their ranks to work on niche models and other special projects intended to demonstrate that...

A Q&A with Orbital ATK: Exploring the Roots of Rocketry

At Orbital ATK, Mark Ogren works on the preliminary design of the company’s propulsion technologies, including targets, interceptors, or space launch vehicles. Ogren spoke with Tech...

Sound-Off: How Do Automotive OEMs Detect Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)?

A technique known as Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) instantly analyzes air down to part-per-trillion (ppt) concentrations. The SIFT-MS technology...