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News: Electronics & Computers
Hydraulics Tech Tips Via Social Media
Rexroth engineers connect with fans and followers via Facebook and Twitter on Tech Tip Tuesdays, sharing knowledge about mechanical and electrical engineering, hydraulics, drives and controls, linear motion, and retrofits and maintenance. Each Tuesday, a new technical tip is posted to the company’s social...
News: Software
Liquid ring pumps are used in aircraft fuel systems in conjunction with main impeller pumps and serve the function of removing fuel vapor and air from the fuel. Thus, their reliable functioning plays a...
Videos: Aerospace
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are experimenting with a form of water called supercritical water that a strange property - it can...
INSIDER: Medical
Optimized Implant Coatings Can Reduce Infection
A team of researchers at Aalto University, Finland, developed a method to select new surface treatment processes for orthopaedic and dental implants that may reduce the risk of infection. Implants are commonly made from metals, such as titanium alloys, which are made porous during processing used to...
News: Software
After a 10-month selection process involving 25 proposals from 24 states, the U.S. FAA has chosen six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test site operators across the country. In selecting...
News: Defense
Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding with EGTS International, a joint-venture company between Safran and Honeywell Aerospace, to further develop and evaluate an autonomous...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is a competition of robot systems and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Micro-Muscle Breakthrough
While vanadium dioxide is already known for its ability to change size, shape, and physical identity, a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory say that super strength can now be added to that list of attributes. They demonstrated a micro-sized robotic...
INSIDER: Imaging
Easy Scanning Detection of Eye Diseases
A new optical device about the size of a hand-held video camera, developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, can scan a patient’s entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in early detection of many retinal diseases, including diabetic retinopathy,...
R&D: Medical
The ankle is a complex joint, supported by muscle, tendon, and bones, and maintaining stability and locomotion. Characterizing how it works, however, is not so straightforward says a group of researchers from...
R&D: Medical
Approximately two million people, including 400,000 children, in the US are being treated for epilepsy, and, despite treatment, one-third continue to have seizures. In response, RTI International,...
R&D: Medical
Researchers at The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, and their partners are building a database of new titanium alloys that, they say, will be used to reduce the stress that pins, plates, and...
R&D: Medical
A new headpiece for brain stimulation technique, designed by engineers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, may considerably improve treatment of tough cases of depression. Computer simulations have...
R&D: Medical
A team of engineers and cardiology experts at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Children’s Center have teamed up to develop a fingernail-sized biosensor that could alert...
R&D: Medical
Recent advances in robotics technology enables prosthetics that can dramatically improve the mobility of lower-limb amputees, allowing them to negotiate stairs and slopes and uneven ground, and...
Technical Innovation: Transportation
As environmental standards become stricter and consumer demands for vehicles with greater fuel efficiency rise, automotive suppliers need to support...
Articles: Software
Automotive developers are transforming interiors to meet expectations driven by consumer electronics, using larger color displays with sharper images. Design teams are working overtime to determine the best size...
News: Transportation
The “power costs fuel” rule has been repealed by the 2014 Acura RlX sport hybrid midsize sedan. It’s the most powerful vehicle the Honda luxury division has ever built at 377 hp (281 kW),...
Global Vehicles: Transportation
The world’s original “pony car” is entering its 50th year of production, with global recognition that is the envy of all but a few American vehicles. The Ford Mustang is really a brand unto...
News: Transportation
The problem with electric drive systems is that they are too electrified. That’s Mazda’s view, judging from the company’s plans to fortify internal-combustion technology so...
News: Propulsion
The all-new 2014 Accord Hybrid employs Honda’s new i-mmD (intelligent Multi-Mode Drive) two-motor hybrid system for midsize vehicles that debuted earlier this year on the Accord Plug-in...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Goodfellow Corporation, Coraopolis, PA, introduces a new line of glass capillary tubes available with inner diameters as small as 0.005mm and in a range of materials that can be sterilized, are inert, and are...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Traditionally, spacecraft maneuvering is performed by onboard particle- based thrusters, such as ion thrusters, with a limited amount of fuel that restricts lifetime and V capability. In...
Application Briefs: Materials
Solar technologies are all measured and specified under standard test conditions. The conditions state that the solar panel be tested at 25°C and be subjected to 1000 W/m2...
Briefs: Physical Sciences
V-Assembly Dual-Head Efficiency Resonator (VADER) Laser Transmitter
A complete demonstration breadboard unit for advanced development as a high-TRL (technology readiness level) system has been constructed and characterized. Infusion of several new component technologies, such as ceramic:YAG material and high-power laser diode arrays (LDAs),...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Twin Head Efficient Oscillator Development for the ACE Multi- Beam Lidar and 3D-Winds
The Twin Head Efficient Oscillator (THEO) concept uses a pair of smaller, identical laser pump modules, oriented to remove asymmetrical thermo-optical effects typical in single-slab lasers such as HOMER (High Output Maximum Efficiency Resonator), MLA (Mercury...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Planetary Polarization Nephelometer
Aerosols in planetary atmospheres have a significant impact on the energy balance of the planets, yet are often poorly characterized. An in situ instrument was developed that would provide more diagnostic information on the nature of aerosols it encountered if deployed on a planetary descent probe. Previous probe...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
GaSb-Based Diode Lasers for Remote Detection of Carbon Dioxide
Monolithic ridge-waveguide GaSbbased diode lasers were fabricated with a second-order, laterally etched Bragg grating to generate single-mode emission from InGaAsSb/AlGaAsSb multiquantum- well structures. In this design, the monolithic Type-I GaSb-based diode lasers use grating...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Optical Tunable-Based Transmitter for Multiple High-Frequency Bands
The purpose of this innovation is to be able to deliver, individually or simultaneously, multiple microwave high-frequency bands including, but not limited to, L (1.5 GHz), C (7 GHz), X (8.4 GHz), Ku (14.5 GHz), Ka (32 GHz), and Q (38 GHz) frequencies at high data rates and with...
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Ask the Expert
Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire
In collaboration with the Fort Wayne Metals Engineering team, Eric Dietsch focuses on supporting customers with material recommendations, product development, and education. Eric is available to help you and your company with any Nitinol-related questions or needs that you may have.
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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.