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High-Power Electrostatic Actuators to Realize Artificial Muscles

It may be possible to use electrostatic actuators in artificial muscles thanks to research that made use of ferroelectric materials to create an electrostatic actuator that can generate a strong force at a low driving voltage.

The Promise of Mobile Photoacoustic Imaging

Photoacoustic imaging, which combines optical and acoustic modalities, is enabling some of the most promising medical research.

New Products & Services

The new products and services for March 2023, including pressure sensors, coaxial cable assemblies, a pressure switch, and more.

Product Focus: Disposables

The product focus for March 2023 is disposables.

From the Editor

Here are the winners of the 2022 Medical Design Briefs’ Readers’ Choice Products of the Year.

Analyzing Sweat via Microelectronic Fibers for Noninvasive Health Monitoring

The fiber could lead to fiber-based smart clothes that provide greater versatility in functions, larger sensing areas, and greater comfort.

Products of Tomorrow

To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.

Videos of the Month

Videos of the month for March 2023.

Lumotive’s New LCM Underpins Next-Gen Lidar

“The future happened yesterday” is an appropriate description of the rapid pace of development in automated-driving technology. The expression may be most accurate in sensor tech where, for...

Leveraging Machine Data to Improve the Bottom Line

Industry has developed from break/fix to preventative maintenance, to predictive maintenance, which relies on smart components to detect out-of-spec conditions.

Artificial Intelligence in Design Engineering

In the age of industry digital transformation, visual data has received minimal focus yet can have significant impacts on a company's success.

SAE WCX™ 2023 Preview: Paving the Future of Mobility

SAE's WCX World Congress Experience, will be held from April 18-20, in Detroit, MI.

Shark Skin Inspires Functional Surface Film for Aircraft

Following nature's example, Lufthansa Technik and BASF have jointly developed the functional surface film AeroSHARK for commercial aircraft.

Using Small Drones to Monitor Volcanoes

A team at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has recently been assessing the potential for using a small, portable observation drone in remote regions.

Aerospace Vehicle Entry Flightpath Control

This novel flightpath control system exploits the dihedral effect to control the bank angle of the vehicle by modulating sideslip.

Serial Arrayed Waveguide Grating

The technology has several applications including optical communications, remote sensing/LiDAR, and beam steering.

Health Monitoring with Skin-Like Electronics

Flexible, wearable electronics could be used for precision medical sensors attached to the skin, designed to perform health monitoring and diagnosis.

Wearable Electronics for Continuous Cardiac, Respiratory Monitoring

A highly sensitive wearable sensor for cardiorespiratory monitoring could potentially be worn continuously by cardiac patients or others who require constant monitoring.

Bioelectronic Devices Enable Real-Time Sensing

If a chemical spill in a river goes unnoticed for 20 minutes, it might be too late to remediate. Living bioelectronic sensors developed at Rice University can help.

Impact and Trajectory Detection System

The system can indicate the time and location of an impact and the trajectory of that projectile using piezoelectric polymer film and sensors.

Sensor Can Detect Scarred or Fatty Liver Tissue

Diagnosing liver damage earlier could help to prevent liver failure in many patients.

Suture of the Future Fights Infection

The smart bandage can dispense antibiotic, monitor wound-healing biomarkers, and report important data directly to doctors.

Sustainability Shines in Asahi Kasei Electric Shuttle Concept

Asahi Kasei’s latest concept vehicle is a rolling showcase of the supplier’s materials and electronics innovations, with a strong focus on sustainability. Dubbed the AKXY2,...

Room Temperature Oxygen Sensors

Traditional oxygen sensors have significant drawbacks and suffer from high power consumption.

Lunar Surface Navigation System

Scientists have developed a novel concept for a lunar navigation system based on the reverse-ephemeris technique.

Electronic Skin Sensor Decodes Human Motion

This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.

Chevrolet Unveils 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hybrid

Rather than toasting their sports car’s 70th birthday with polite champagne sips, Chevy yanked the wraps off another edition of the eighth-generation Corvette: the 2024 hybrid E-Ray which...