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Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Wearable electronic devices that aim to track and measure the body's movements must be able to flex and stretch with the body, yet integrating rigid electrical components on or within...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Middletown, CT, announced the OEM-2306 non-contact linear displacement measuring instrument using eddy current technology. The board is factory-configured for each...
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Technical Innovation: Propulsion
PACCAR has announced a new 12-speed automated transmission (AT) and column-mounted shifter to improve fuel economy and driver ergonomics in Peterbilt and Kenworth...
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Original Equipment: Propulsion
Volvo Construction Equipment partnered with Waste Management (WM), the California Energy Commission and CALSTART to put its LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader to...
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Videos: Test & Measurement
Wearing waders and face masks, Rice University engineering professors and graduate students explored the natural laboratory that Tropical Storm Harvey's floodwaters created in...
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Videos: Imaging
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 12:06 p.m. EDT on September 10, 2017. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured this video of...
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INSIDER: Defense
The Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois, has successfully three-dimensionally printed a 512 square-foot concrete structure. The structure, called a barracks hut or B-Hut, was...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the Virginia Tech College of Science are carrying out a research project at Dominion Power’s North Anna Nuclear Generating Station in Virginia that could lead...
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INSIDER: Defense
Soldiering in arctic conditions is tough. Protective clothing can be heavy and cause overheating and sweating upon exertion. And hands and feet can grow numb despite wearing such...
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Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Virginia Tech engineers and chemists have discovered a way to print Kapton, and in the process they have created the highest temperature 3D printed material available....
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Videos: Software
Building a quantum computer has been called the 'space race of the 21st century' - a difficult and ambitious challenge with the potential to deliver revolutionary tools for...
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Technical Innovation: Propulsion
Stressing that Nikola Motor’s primary intent is to eliminate emissions related to Class 8 over-the-road trucking, company president and CEO Trevor Milton confirmed at a technology...
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News: Power
There have been C-Type, D-Type, E-Type, F-Type and S-Type Jaguars—now the company has revealed a new arrival: the Future-Type.
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Road Ready: Green Design & Manufacturing
When Volkswagen fell afoul of U.S. and European emissions rules, it effectively stripped the U.S. car market of small turbodiesels for passenger vehicles. While Mazda is still certifying its...
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News: Electronics & Computers
Williams Advanced Engineering has joined the rapidly expanding world of electrified vehicle R&D. The company recently unveiled a lightweight, high performance platform concept created to be...
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News: Materials
Kapton, a material used in electronics and aerospace applications, has only been available in sheet form. Researchers from Virginia Tech have found a way to 3D-print a polymer with Kapton's structural...
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Videos: Imaging
The International Space Station passed over two major Atlantic hurricanes on Friday, September 8. First, the station flew approximately 250 miles over Hurricane Jose at...
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News: Medical
Heraeus Medical Components Acquires Biotectix Assets
Heraeus Medical Components, a global business unit of Heraeus Holding GmbH, has entered into a purchase agreement for the acquisition of Biotectix. The acquisition will enable Heraeus Medical Components to offer the Biotectix conductive polymer materials to enhance the performance of sensing and...
Imaging
Researchers have developed a fast and practical molecular-scale imaging technique that could let scientists view never-before-seen dynamics of biological processes involved in...
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Imaging
Using advanced imaging technology, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered a hitherto invisible inscription on the back of a pottery shard that has been on display at the Israel...
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Imaging
Almost all life is based on DNA being copied or replicated. Now for the first time, scientists have been able to watch the replication of a single DNA molecule, with some surprising findings. For...
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Imaging
Researchers at the Universities of York and Leiden have pioneered a technique that uses fluorescent imaging to track the actions of key enzymes in cancer, genetic disorders, and kidney...
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Videos: Medical
Rice University engineers have constructed nanomachines to deliver drugs and destroy diseased cells. The motorized molecules are driven by light, and have been used to drill holes in...
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INSIDER: Medical
A team of electrical engineers have developed a way to simultaneously control diverse optical properties of dielectric waveguides by using a two-layer coating, each layer with a near zero...
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INSIDER: AR/AI
To make it easier to diagnose and study sleep problems, engineers have created a device to monitor sleep stages without sensors attached to the body. Their device instead uses an advanced...
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INSIDER: Medical
A novel, high-frequency electronic chip is potentially capable of transmitting tens of gigabits of data per second. The chip was designed using a phased array antenna system, which...
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INSIDER: Medical
Scientists and engineers have invented a range of bioactive “tissue papers” made of materials derived from organs that are thin and flexible enough to even fold into an origami bird. The new...
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INSIDER: Medical
Imagine repeatedly lifting 165 times your weight without breaking a sweat — a feat normally reserved for heroes like Spider-Man. Engineers have discovered a simple, economical way to make a...
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News: Medical
Three Companies Merge to Form Innovatus Imaging
Innovatus Imaging Corp., a newly created holding company formed by private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners and other co-investors, has acquired three medical device service and manufacturing companies, Pittsburgh-based Multi Vendor Service (MVS), Tulsa-based Wetsco, and Denver-based MD...

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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.

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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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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.