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Videos: Software
For decades, NASA has used computer models to simulate the flow of air around aircraft in order to test designs and improve the performance of next-generation vehicles. Researchers from...
News: Electronics & Computers
Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a mainstay of automated driving technologies, sparking a steady cadence of partnerships and product announcements. But the increased...
Videos: Materials
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Manchester have woven chains of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen atoms together in a triple braid -...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers Spin Artificial Spider Silk
Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Karolinska Institutet has, step by step, developed a way of "spinning" artificial spider silk.
Videos: Photonics/Optics
U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists have developed a gel substance with fluorescent properties that mimics the texture and mass of the human brain. Their goal is to show...
News: Transportation
Caterpillar plans to showcase 40 machines at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 in March, one being its new 14M3 motor grader that features a larger engine, increased power to ground,...
Technology Report: Electronics & Computers
When Gill Pratt, the CEO of Toyota Research Institute, the carmaker’s artificial intelligence (AI) lab in Menlo Park, CA, mounted the CES 2017 stage earlier this month, he delivered a...
Question of the Week: Communications
Would you use a flexible phone?
This week's Question: The Korea Herald reported last week that Samsung is developing a "fold-in" phone. The device's flexible display folds open into a 7-inch tablet. According to the article, the team is expected to ship more than 100,000 units during the third quarter of 2017. The paper reported that the...
News: Energy
"Range anxiety" is not just affecting electric vehicle drivers on the road—it is also a significant hurdle for Formula E teams on the track. Highly accurate energy consumption...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Precision farming and machine automation already play a significant role in agriculture. CNH Industrial’s Innovation Group is focusing on key times of the year when farm work still requires long...
Videos: Aerospace
NASA's Glenn Research Center houses a large-scale, 5-kg planar flow caster that recently demonstrated the cooling of a vat of molten metallic alloy, producing a magnetic ribbon that...
INSIDER: Defense
How much force does it take to shatter a Humvee, a soldier’s body armor, or a submarine?
INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
After a year of internal research and development, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, recently conducted a large, at-sea demonstration...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Soldiers witnessed the innovation of Army researchers recently during flight testing of 3-D printed unmanned aircraft systems that were created on-demand for specific missions.
Videos: Materials
A father and son team in University at Buffalo's START-UP NY program have invented a liquid metal printing machine that could represent a significant transformation in manufacturing....
Technology Report: Manned Systems
A new ultralight door architecture nets a 42.5% weight savings compared to a current production door—and that’s enough to put this lightweight concept in an enviable position.
Road Ready: Transportation
It’s a VW Microbus for future generations, an electric van capable of fully autonomous driving. But at this point, it’s only a concept.
Articles: Software
Let’s face it. For you (and everybody else), it’s all about you, you—and by the way, you. You know, me, the big "I."
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
The driver's experience of being in a vehicle—but not driving—means opportunities for working or relaxing as envisioned in a vehicle cabin concept from the world's...
Videos: Test & Measurement
A new technique raises the possibility of a 'DNA photocopier' small enough to hold in your hand that could identify the bacteria or virus causing an infection before symptoms appear....
Road Ready: Propulsion
The best-selling car in America for the past 15 years breaks its mold with a new platform and powertrains. Things have changed with Toyota’s 8th-generation flagship sedan and the...
INSIDER: Materials
Researchers Design Lightweight, 'Stronger-Than-Steel' Material
A team of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has successfully designed a new 3D material with five percent the density of steel and ten times the strength. By compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon, the sponge-link configuration...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Targeting high-efficiency designs and applications, Infineon Technologies’ (Munich, Germany) OptiMOS 5 150V portfolio product family further expands the OptiMOS 5 generation of power MOSFETs. The new product family is...
News: Propulsion
GKN Driveline’s (Auburn Hills, MI) complete electric-drive system for plug-in hybrid vehicles will help automakers more easily incorporate eDrive systems into their vehicle lines and eliminates the integration of...
News: Propulsion
The flagship sedan that inaugurated the Lexus brand in 1990 ups the power and luxury quotient for its fifth-generation iteration with an all-new turbocharged V6, a...
Videos: Medical
When used for disease testing, a centrifuge separates blood components and makes pathogens easier to detect. A typical centrifuge spins fluid samples inside an...
INSIDER: Materials
Engineers have created a new format of solids made from silk protein that can be preprogrammed with biological, chemical, or optical functions, such as mechanical components...
INSIDER: Medical
Widespread ownership of smartphones could potentially transform cardiovascular research by providing rapid, large-scale, and real-time measurement of individuals’ physical...
INSIDER: Materials
Electronic components that can be elongated or twisted — known as “stretchable” electronics — could soon be used to power medical devices and other products. And a 3D...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
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From the Editor: Medical
From The Editor: Charting the Technologies That Will Shape Medtech in 2026
INSIDER: Medical
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Features: AR/AI
Engineering for the Future: The Trends Transforming Medtech in 2026
Ask the Expert
John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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.
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.