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Features: Medical
Hard to believe another year is nearly over. 2016 is just around the corner. Another election year, and that will bring many changes, we can be certain. A new president and a new Congress could substantially impact the...
Features: Medical
Engineering thermoplastics are used throughout the consumer electronics (CE) industry today because they enable design freedom while also providing high...
Features: Medical
Medical device manufacturers have a tremendous opportunity to improve patient health care and boost the productivity of nurses and physicians with innovative products...
Features: Medical
From securing the simplest bandage to adhering components of the most complex diagnostic devices, pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) have long had a crucial role...
Applications: Medical
Last year, more than 50 million surgical procedures were performed in the United States. As that number grows each year, the quantity of and preference for minimally invasive...
Applications: Medical
Heavy-duty gas springs are often used to replace or supplement human power when lifting or lowering heavy loads such as lids, hoods, and flaps in construction and...
Briefs: Medical
Epidermal electronics use cut-and-paste method for speed.
A team of engineers, led by assistant professor Nanshu Lu, in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has...
Briefs: Medical
Device could change how cancer is tracked.
A team of scientists at the University of California, Davis, was awarded a $15.5 million five-year grant, as part of the part of the National Institutes of...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
New tool uses light to image tissue in real time.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Illinois has performed a clinical study comparing a new surgical tool that uses light to...
Products: Medical
Microsemi Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA, announces the availability of the smallest radio module it has ever produced. The ZL70323 is optimized for implantable medical devices...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technologies NASA develops don’t just blast off into space. They also improve our lives here on Earth. Life-saving search-and-rescue tools, implantable medical devices, advances in commercial aircraft safety,...
Articles: Aerospace
Combustion instability in solid rocket motors and liquid engines is a complication that continues to plague designers and engineers. Many rocket systems experience...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Valencia, CA 888-311-1017 www.stratasysdirect.com
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is currently leading the...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
NASA Leverages Analytical Modeling to Improve Astronaut Mission Readiness
Probabilistic modeling Charles River Analytics Cambridge, MA 617-491-3474 www.cra.com
NASA has contracted with Charles River Analytics to develop a system to measure and assess astronaut workload. The system for Cognitive Assessment and Prediction to Promote Individualized...
Articles: Aerospace
Top prizes in the 2015 Create the Future Design Contest were awarded on November 6 in New York City. The Grand Prize winner, and winners in seven categories, took home awards for their...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
Langley Research Center aeronautics engineer Richard T. Whitcomb was 34 when he did something no other single person could do. Whitcomb overcame the aviation challenge of the day — the...
Articles: Aerospace
Each December, we ask our readers to cast their vote for the annual NASA Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year Awards. Each month, our editors choose a Product of the Month...
Question of the Week
Will Li-Fi catch on?
This week's Question: A technology called ìLi-Fiî uses light waves from ordinary LED light bulbs to deliver internet connectivity that, according to its creators, is cheaper, more secure, and 100 times faster that broadband internet. Velmini ó a tech company in Tallinn, Estonia ó is the first to test visible light...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
NASA researchers are poring over data from a recent test that involved sending volcanic ash through an airplane engine. The primary issue, according to NASA, is that volcanic ash forms...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In the future, it's possible that some unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) might sport wings that flap like a bird or a butterfly. The Army Research Lab has been testing such a UAV, known as...
INSIDER: Aerospace
A new modular, subscale remotely piloted aircraft offers NASA researchers more affordable options for developing a wide range of cutting edge aviation and space...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
Using pheromone-based communication, simple lifeforms like bees, ants, and termites form communities that exhibit complex and intelligent behavior. Until now, researchers specializing...
News: Propulsion
Textron Aviation has opted for GE Aviation’s all-new turboprop engine to power its single engine turboprop (SETP). The 1300 shaft horsepower (SHP)-rated turboprop engine...
Product Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The Sensear Heavy Vehicle Communication Solution (HVCS) enables clear transmission of two-way radio communications and stereo audio for operating heavy vehicles at industrial sites. The combination of noise from...
Industry News: Medical
November 2015 Month-End Industry News
Here is the latest batch of news from the medical products community. Please click the link for more.
News: Transportation
A patented emissions assessment system for on-the-road testing is coming to market just as governments expand their vehicle test procedures in the wake of the Volkswagen cheating...
Videos: Motion Control
Traditionally it is difficult for industrial robots to achieve high-speed motion with high accuracy due to large dynamical uncertainties. Researchers from the University of...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Gamma-Ray Spectroscope Supports Asteroid Mining Missions
A new gamma-ray spectroscope detects the veins of gold, platinum, and rare earths hidden within the asteroids, moons, and other airless objects floating around the solar system. The sensor, developed by teams at Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Tractor beams are mysterious rays that can grab and lift objects. Now, researchers have built a working tractor beam that uses high-amplitude sound waves to generate an acoustic...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
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Features: Medical
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OEM Toll Processing Advances High-Value Products
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
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.