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New Products: September 2023 Photonics & Imaging Insider

LWIR Thermal Imaging Cores LightPath Technologies Inc. (Orlando, FL), has introduced through its subsidiary Visimid Technologies, new high framerate long wave infrared ("LWIR")...

3D-Printed Ceramics Can Increase Gas Turbine Efficiency

Professor Stephen Lynch, of Penn State’s College of Engineering, along with colleagues at Michigan State University and the University of Wyoming, have developed a process for 3D printing a high-temperature ceramic gas turbine part.

Managing the Evolution of the EV Charging Standard

SAE International announced in late June, 2023, that it intended to standardize the Tesla-developed North American Charging Standard (NACS) EV charging connector for North America. SAE...

Sterling Medical Devices and RBC Medical Innovations Rebrand as Vantage MedTech

Sterling Medical Devices and RBC Medical Innovations has rebranded the combined company as Vantage MedTech. According to the company, leveraging decades of industry...

Speedy Robo-Gripper Reflexively Organizes Cluttered Spaces

Looking to give robots a more nimble, human-like touch, MIT engineers have developed a gripper that grasps by reflex. The team’s robot adapts in the moment to reflexively roll, palm,...

Battery-Free Robots Use Origami to Change Shape in Mid-Air

University of Washington researchers have developed small robotic devices — “microfliers” — that can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded...

A-Maze-ing Soft Robot Navigates Complex Layouts Sans Brain

Researchers at NC State University reported an intelligent soft robot that can self-escape from challenging mazes sans a human-like brain. The mazes include multi-channeled mazes, a...

MULTIGIG RT VITA: Future-Ready Connectivity

Discover the future of connectivity with TE Connectivity's MULTIGIG RT VITA. This cutting-edge product offers lightning-fast data transfer speeds, ensuring seamless performance for your applications....

Excelitas Technologies to Acquire Heraeus Noblelight Business

Excelitas Technologies Corp., which produces photonic solutions for the industrial and medical markets, has signed a definitive agreement with Heraeus Group (Hanau, Germany) to...

Detroit Three Focus on Customer-Friendly Tech at 2023 NAIAS

Only a first-time North American International Auto Show attendee would think this year’s exhibition in Detroit was a full-fledged affair. Despite the relative emptiness of...

How Much Do You Know About Drones?

Since they arrived on the scene around the turn of the century, drones have enhanced the applications of many different industries. So, how much do you know about drones and their technology? Find out with this quiz.

Breaking Barriers in Drug Delivery with Better Lipid Nanoparticles

A collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, is working to break through drug-delivery bottlenecks by designing...

Adhesive Film Offers Pain-Free Drug Delivery

A team of researchers has recently developed easy-to-use oral films that enable painless, efficient, and discreet drug administration. The novel oral film releases drugs into the bloodstream via...

Smart Pill Tracks Key Biomarkers in Real Time

A smart pill the size of a blueberry could be a game changer in the diagnosis and treatment of bowel diseases. That’s because it is the first technology compatible with ingestion that can...

Democratizing Analytics at Micron Technology

Ionicia Dembi is Senior Manager in Smart Manufacturing and AI at Micron Technology. For years, she has supported the organization’s yield enhancement, product yield engineering, quality and data...

DNA Combined with Glass Results in a Stronger, Lighter Material

Researchers say that by building a structure out of DNA and then coating it with glass, they have created a very strong material with very low density.

Navy Deploys Automated Energy Assessment Tools to the Fleet

Engineers at the Naval Sea Systems Command have achieved an important milestone with the installation of the Global Energy Information System (GENISYS) suite onboard DDG 51 Arleigh...

British Ministry of Defense Signs £90 Million Contract for New Assault Rifle

British troops will soon be more lethal on the battlefield, as a new £90 million contract delivers modern, high precision rifles.

AI Agents Execute Electronic Attack Using L-29s in ECHOS Demonstration

Lockheed Martin, in conjunction with the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), completed an artificial intelligence (AI) demonstration using two...

Tech Focus: A Production-Scale Microwave Plasma Process

6K Energy has developed the UniMelt® plasma process, a production platform to produce battery material, which reduces costs of materials by 50-70 percent, diminishes energy and water...

Product Launch: Advanced Energy Launches Liquid-Cooled Configurable Power Supply

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., a provider of precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions announced a new high-power, liquid-cooled...

Army Launches M1E3 Tank Development, Cancels M1 Abrams Upgrade Program

U.S. Army officials are cancelling their current upgrade plans for the M1 Abrams main battle tank in favor of a more significant modernization effort, the service...

DoD Replicator Low Cost Autonomy Initiative is Not a New Program of Record, Hicks Says

During an appearance at a Defense News conference last week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks provided more details about the new...

Solid-State EV Batteries Project to Low Penetration in 2030

Although the automotive industry sees solid-state batteries as the next game-changer for EV driving range, performance and safety, the technology is projected to penetrate the...

EV Battery Recycling Still Being Defined

The efficient and economical recycling of EV batteries is not just possible, but inevitable, said a panel of battery-recycling experts at the 2023 Battery Show North America in Novi, MI, this week....

A New World of Data Connectivity

Discover an overview of our high speed connector portfolio for on- and off-highway vehicles that enable the future of applications including infotainment, in-vehicle networks, and advanced driver assistance...

3 Battery Advances to Watch

Learn about three new battery advances and how they are impacting different industries.

Product Launch: EA Elektro-Automatik Announces Battery Test System with High Power Density

EA Elektro-Automatik, a manufacturer of DC programmable power supplies, bidirectional power supplies and regenerative electronic loads, has announced...

Getting EV Battery Gigafactories Up to Speed

The term “gigafactory” has become common lexicon for a manufacturing facility constructed to produce the almost incalculable number of individual battery cells required for the millions of...