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Products: Defense
Rate Indicator/Totalizer
The Hoffer (Elizabeth City, NC) HIT-4U Rate Indicator/Totalizer is being offered with additional options providing the user with enhanced functionality and flexibility in a compact enclosure. The choice of...
Products: Medical
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH — Introducer Sheath
Freudenberg Medical, Jeffersonville, IN, has launched a new introducer sheath for medical device companies looking to accelerate time to market with a unique white label device. The...
Products: Medical
Pulsed Fiber Laser Welding System
Amada Miyachi America, Monrovia, CA, has added a new pulsed fiber laser welding system to its LMF series of lasers. The 70-W LMF70-HP is ideal for welding small components and thin...
Products: Motion Control
Variable Frequency Drives
Through a new partnership, variable frequency drives (VFDs) from American Control Electronics (South Beloit, IL) will now be offered as a product add-on to Brother Gearmotors’ portfolio of...
Application Briefs: Defense
Kelvin Hughes Enfield, UK +44 19 9280 5200www.kelvinhughes.com
Kelvin Hughes recently announced that it has developed a way to bring all the benefits of its innovative SharpEye™ radar technology to submarines.
Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Metal 3D printing has enormous potential to revolutionize modern manufacturing. However, parts produced through the most popular metal printing processes, which use...
INSIDER: Medical
Magnetic Fields Enable New Soft Robots
Researchers from North Carolina State University have a found a new way to control robots. The team used magnetic fields to remotely manipulate microparticle chains embedded in soft robotic devices.
News: Imaging
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to "non-planet" status. Johns Hopkins University scientist Kirby Runyon led a group of six researchers to draft a new definition of...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI) is a promising idea NASA researchers are studying to reduce fuel burn in jet engines, thus reducing emissions and the cost of operating the aircraft. Thrust makes...
Videos: Electronics & Computers
Organophosphate pesticides are very effective at getting rid of unwanted pests, but they can also make people very sick. Related compounds (organophosphate nerve agents)...
News: Electronics & Computers
“Everybody is investing in electric cars,” said Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn during the Geneva Motor Show. His company has more than 2000 engineers working on EV-related...
News: Energy
A prize-winning hybrid technology puts a Toyota Prius-like spin on the tractor trailer.
INSIDER: Motion Control
The Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) that’s in development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, was inspired by origami. It travels with a rover, and its lightweight...
Videos: Motion Control
NASA's Astrobee - a robotic cube filled with sensors, cameras, computers, and a propulsion system - is designed to fly freely on board the International Space Station,...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Northrop Grumman completed its successful inaugural flight test of the UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) MS-177 sensor payload on an RQ-4 Global Hawk on March 1, 2017. The flight tests mark the...
Question of the Week: Physical Sciences
This week’s Question: Last week at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Johns Hopkins University's Kirby Runyon reignited an often fierce debate within the scientific community:...
Videos: Medical
Engineers from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, who have previously developed an electronic 'skin' covering for prosthetic hands made from graphene, have now found a...
Videos: Automotive
University of Michigan engineers have created a self-healing, water-repellent spray-on coating developed that is hundreds of times more durable than its counterparts and could...
INSIDER: Medical
Smartphone technology is helping to make rapid, mobile testing possible for Zika and other viruses. Researchers have developed a smartphone-controlled, battery-operated diagnostic device that weighs...
INSIDER: Medical
Medical devices implanted in the body for drug delivery, sensing, or tissue regeneration usually come under fire from the host’s immune system. Defense cells work to isolate material they consider...
INSIDER: Medical
A strategy for coating complicated surfaces with biodegradable polymers has been pioneered by a team of researchers. It could enable development of coatings for implants that dissolve in the body,...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Non-Toxic Material Generates Electricity Through Heat, Cold Air
Imagine a body sensor powered by one's jewelry, or a cooking pan that charges a cell phone in a few hours.
Using a combination of the chemical elements calcium, cobalt, and terbium, University of Utah researchers created an efficient, inexpensive and bio-friendly material that...
Articles: Automotive
Replacing the decade-old Jeep Compass is the new-for-2017 Jeep Compass.
News: Medical
CVRx President and CEO Nadim Yared Named Chairman of AdvaMed’s Board of Directors
The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) today announced that CVRx President and CEO Nadim Yared has been named chairman of the AdvaMed Board of Directors for a two-year term.
Who's Who: Communications
In outdoor locations, firefighters and emergency responders can use GPS technology to track one another. Indoor environments like high-rises and...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA originally designed the Valkyrie (R5) humanoid robot several years ago to compete in DARPA's disaster-relief robotics contest, and now the agency is looking for outside...
News: Aerospace
ArcelorMittal (Chicago, IL) and ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks began co-engineering work with FCA US LLC in 2012 to identify applications that would meet all objectives.
What's Online: Propulsion
With improvements in aerodynamics, rolling resistance and reduced weight, Volvo Trucks has developed and enhanced the Volvo Concept Truck. First unveiled in 2016,...
Q&A: Green Design & Manufacturing
OEMs are increasing their focus on the vehicle driveline, working with Tier 1s to wring out greater efficiencies, mass and NVH reduction and cost. Making drive axles as efficient, light...
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From the Editor: Medical
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Ask the Expert
Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.
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.