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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Through a collaboration between the University of Calgary, The City of Calgary and researchers in the United States, a group of physicists led by Wolfgang Tittel, professor in the...
INSIDER Product: Imaging
With the new EVT (Karlsruhe, Germany) EyeScan AT 3D, the EyeVision image processing software shows its new 3C commands and display options for the point cloud when inspecting connector pins. The system works for almost...
INSIDER Product: Imaging
PHOTONIS (Roden, NL) announced the release of a new single photon counting camera ideal for fast imaging under light starved conditions, such as Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC). The camera features...
INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Fastec Imaging’s (San Diego, CA) IL5 High-Speed 5MP Camera enables you to record production lines moving at high speed for analysis or troubleshooting using slow motion replay. There are four models to choose from, boasting...
INSIDER Product: Imaging
Sierra-Olympic Technologies (Hood River, OR) recently introduced the Viento 67-640 thermal camera for perimeter surveillance, robotics, and other rugged outdoor imaging applications. The new thermal imager features a fixed...
Videos: Transportation
Efficiency-reducing dendrites are the metal wire forming phenomenon that consumes electrolytes while new-generation lithium metal batteries are charging. University of...
Product Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Eaton’s (St. Louis, MO) new Bussmann series electric vehicle (EV) fuses are specifically designed to protect sensitive electric and hybrid automotive equipment, including high-voltage, high-capacity...
News: Electronics & Computers
Increasing its presence in a region some are beginning to refer to a “Silicon Valley – East,” Germany-based auto supplier Bosch this week opened an expanded technical center in...
Videos: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at the Human Media Lab at Queen's University have designed the 'WhammyPhone' - a flexible smartphone device that lets users bend the display in order to create musical sound effects....
Videos: Motion Control
Humanoid robots place near-constant, high-torque demands on their motors and generate enough heat that it regularly impedes their performance. This problem is usually solved in...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
3D-Printed Robots Feature Shock-Absorbing Skins
A “programmable viscoelastic material” (PVM) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) allows users to program every single part of a 3D-printed object, including exact levels of stiffness and elasticity.
News: Automotive
It was a showdown between the latest full-size performance pickups at the 2016 State Fair of Texas in Dallas, where SAE torque and towing ratings are worshiped as devoutly as homemade...
News: Transportation
Barely a week after Honda announced its CR-V compact crossover posted an all-time U.S. sales record for the month of September, the company revealed an all-new, fifth-generation...
News: Software
Aqira from HBM Prenscia (Tucson, AZ) is a brand-new software application that leverages existing nCode products and enables streamlined processes for durability, for both test and CAE simulation....
Product Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Tech Soft 3D (Bend, OR) offers enhancements to its Tetra 4D Converter, a powerful solution for converting 3D CAD to 3D PDFs, and Tetra4D Enrich, a new application that enables anyone to create rich, interactive 3D...
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nexteer Automotive opened a new manufacturing plant in Pune, India in late September, which makes it the third manufacturing plant in India for the China-owned steering and driveline supplier....
News: Software
Mimicking real life interactions in complex products like automobiles or aircraft often requires a Multiphysics approach. It requires combining, for example, simulations of combustion, heat transfer,...
Videos: Motion Control
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have created a rocket motor concept called a 'segregated fuel oxidizer' to enable CubeSat satellites to zoom across space. These small,...
Videos: Electronics & Computers
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, funded by DARPA, have demonstrated for the first time in a human a technology that allows an individual to experience...
Videos: Internet of Things
Storms are increasing, but in some cities sewer infrastructure has aged out and can't redirect the water, creating flooding in downstream neighborhoods. University of Michigan engineers...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers from several US and Mexican institutions are developing a transparent skull implant that will allow doctors to deliver laser-based treatments to the brain on demand and on a...
INSIDER: Medical
A new imaging technique has been developed that can help predict who is most at risk for stroke. This breakthrough could lead to better treatment and outcomes for patients with atrial...
INSIDER: Medical
MIT researchers have developed a technique for recovering visual information from light that has scattered because of interactions with the environment — such as passing through human...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Blood testing is the standard option for checking glucose levels, but a new technology could allow noninvasive testing via a contact lens that samples glucose levels in tears. Glucose...
Question of the Week: Software
Will selfies become the primary mode of authentication?
This week's Question: MasterCard has tested facial biometrics for payment authentication and has now begun rolling out its MasterCard Identity Check, or "selfie pay," to a greater number of users. The biometric authentication app is available throughout Europe, including Austria, Belgium, the...
Products: Software
National Instruments, Austin, TX, announced LabVIEW 2016 system design software that introduces new channel wires to simplify complex communication between parallel sections of code. Available on both desktop and real-time...
Videos: Medical
An EPFL team is developing soft, flexible, and reconfigurable robots. The low-cost, air-actuated robots are designed to be used on the human body in order to help people move. Made of elastomers,...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers Create Smallest Transistor Ever
A research team led by faculty scientist Ali Javey at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has created a transistor with a working 1-nanometer gate — the smallest to date.
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
The first mission of ESA's ExoMars program, scheduled to arrive at Mars on October 19, 2016, consists of a Trace Gas Orbiter plus an entry, descent, and landing demonstrator module, known as...
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
Oxygen Scavenger Doubles Biosensor Performance
Features: AR/AI
Engineering for the Future: The Trends Transforming Medtech in 2026
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.