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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Avnet, Phoenix, AZ, released the ONIXVU440 flexible platform based on the Xilinx Virtex® UltraScaleTM XCVU440 FPGA. The board is designed for rapid prototyping and ASIC emulation of high-performance, highcomplexity...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Spring Connectors
Harwin, Salem, NH, offers Spring Contact Connectors including extended C and Positive Stop models in nine heights that maintain a positive force against a mating surface. They are available in different widths for a choice of spring contact forces, and offer “positive stop” to prevent damage caused by over-compression. They...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
VertiGo is a wall-climbing robot that can transition from the ground to the wall, created in collaboration between Disney Research Zurich and ETH Zurich. The robot has two tiltable...
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News: Electronics & Computers
Inside every plug-in vehicle there’s a black box the size of a six-pack cooler that connects the battery to the electric motor. It’s called the power inverter. This crucial, but often...
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Industry News: Medical
December 2015 Month-End Industry News
Happy 2016! Here is the latest batch of news from the medical products community. Please click the link for more.
News: Propulsion
The first Nissan twin-turbo V6 to power an Infiniti model debuts in the 2016 Q50 sports sedan, the brand's top-selling model in North America.
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INSIDER: Medical
Manipulating Sound to Enhance Acoustic Imaging
Researchers from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and Duke University have developed a metamaterial made of paper and aluminum that can manipulate acoustic waves to more than double the resolution of acoustic imaging, focus acoustic waves, and control the angles at which sound passes through...
News: Transportation
When Land Rover designed its highly successful Range Rover Evoque premium compact SUV in 2007-2008, it created 3-door coupe and 5-door versions. But a convertible was not on the alternative body...
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News: Green Design & Manufacturing
Ford Motor Co. is accelerating its electrified vehicle development program, backed by a recent $4.5 billion investment aimed at making 40% of the company’s global...
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INSIDER: Aerospace
NASA Takes First Steps Toward Drone Traffic Management
NASA recently successfully demonstrated rural operations of its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management (UTM) concept, integrating operator platforms, vehicle performance, and ground infrastructure. The next steps involve further validation through Federal Aviation Administration...
INSIDER: Materials
Researchers are developing tools and technology to detect the formation of cracks in aircraft components and monitor their progression. The team is conducting comprehensive...
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INSIDER: Aerospace
The European Space Agency’s LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is on its way to space with the Disturbance Reduction System (DRS), a thruster technology developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The...
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INSIDER: Medical
Tiny LEDs Shed Light on Neural Pathways
University of Michigan researchers have built and tested neural probes that hold what are believed to be the smallest implantable LEDs ever made. The new probes control and record the activity of many individual neurons, measuring how changes in the activity of a single neuron can affect its neighbors. The...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Two upstart Chinese companies with big automotive ambitions are grabbing headlines as they lure top engineering and product-development talent— and...
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News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Connectivity opens vehicle systems to the dark side of the Internet, forcing automakers to quickly develop strategies to ensure that they don’t join the litany of...
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INSIDER: Medical
Researchers Print 'Living' Blood Vessels
Using a 3D printer and a “bio-ink” made of materials compatible with the human body, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have successfully created structures with living cells and biomaterials. The material and environment are engineered to enable small blood vessels, including human...
INSIDER: Medical
First Biologically Powered Integrated Circuit
Columbia University Engineering Department researchers have, for the first time, harnessed living systems to power an integrated circuit using adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy currency of life. The team integrated a conventional solid-state complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuit...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Each of the single-molecule, 244-atom submersibles built at Rice University has a motor powered by ultraviolet light. With each full revolution, the motor’s tail-like propeller moves the sub forward...
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INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Unplugged Powered Suit (UPS), a new model of pneumatic muscle and an active type of assistive equipment incorporating the muscle, is wearable equipment that supports human movement without...
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INSIDER: Medical
Researchers Study Biofilm Development on Catheter Materials
New research from the University of Southampton could lead to advanced treatments to prevent blockages and urinary tract infections experienced by many long-term catheter users. Using an imaging technique called episcopic differential interference contrast (EDIC) microscopy, researchers...
Videos: Defense
ROVéo is a robot whose unique four-wheel design allows it to climb over obstacles up to two-thirds its height. Rovenso, the Switzerland-based start-up that developed this...
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Videos: Imaging
State-of-the-art atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are designed to capture images of structures as small as a fraction of a nanometer - a million times smaller than the width of...
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INSIDER Product: Electronics & Computers
Littelfuse, Inc. (Chicago, IL) has introduced the SPxx-01WTG-C-HV Series (SPxx Series) of general purpose ESD Protection TVS Diode Arrays (SPA® Diodes). These new “high-voltage” 0201-size components are suited for...
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INSIDER Product: Electronics & Computers
TDK Corporation (San Diego, CA) announced the introduction of the 35 Ampere TDK-Lambda iJA series of POL (Point of Load) non-isolated DC-DC converters. Being PMBus™ compliant and featuring digital control, these converters...
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INSIDER Product: Electronics & Computers
Teledyne LeCroy (Chestnut Ridge, NY) has introduced a new Harmonics Calculation option for the Motor Drive Analyzer (MDA800) series. This optional software adds advanced harmonic filtering for AC Input and Drive...
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INSIDER Product: Electronics & Computers
AccelStor (Taipei, Taiwan) has announced its latest flash appliance, NeoSapphire 3505, a 1U rack-mount storage appliance featuring 500K sustained IOPS performance with 5TB usable storage capacity and high-speed InfiniBand...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Flexible sensors have been developed for use in consumer electronics, robotics, health care, and space flight. Future possible applications could include the creation of...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
As smartphones become people’s primary computers and their primary cameras, there is growing demand for mobile versions of image-processing applications. Image processing, however, can be...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Ultrasensitive Sensors Made from Boron-Doped Graphene
An international team of researchers, led by Penn State, has developed ultrasensitive gas sensors based on the infusion of boron atoms into the tightly bound matrix of carbon atoms known as graphene. The group is composed of researchers from six countries and includes the 2010 Noble laureate and...

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Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.

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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.