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5 Ws of a Self-Healing Robot
A team of researchers at Cornell Engineering has developed a soft robot that can detect when and where it was damaged — and then heal itself on the spot.
Briefs Materials
Soft, Mechanical Metamaterials
Researchers produced a soft, mechanical metamaterial that can “think” about how forces are applied to it and respond via programmed reactions.
Briefs Design
Tentacle Robot Can Grasp Fragile Objects
Researchers designed a new type of soft robotic gripper that uses a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare objects.
Briefs Aerospace
Biobased Carbon Fibers and Thermosetting Resins for Use in DOD Composites Applications
The aim was to use renewable resources derived from plants and other sources to prepare high-performance carbon fiber and thermosetting matrix resins with high strength and high thermal resistance.
R&D Materials
Thermoresponsive Smart Materials
The researchers used water as the solvent and developed an LCST-type thermoresponsive polymer by adding alkaline earth metal ions — which are divalent cations — to polymers and aqueous solutions.
Briefs Materials
Building Better Gas-Phase Biosensors for Fight Against Diseases
By embedding enzymes inside the polymer string, the enzymes were operational even in a dry state.
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Solving Signal Interference Challenges in Aerospace and Defense Electronics
As the complexity of signal challenges in aerospace and defense technology increases, design engineers need to creatively combine materials to solve multiple problems at once.
Applications Medical
Why Cleanroom Assembly of Plastic Medical and Electronic Devices Requires Ultrasonic Welding Technology
For years, ultrasonic welding has been used in cleanrooms where plastic components are assembled to complete medical and electronic...
R&D Materials
Electrospinning Advantages for Wearable Technology
Researchers have shown that electrospun materials have many advantages over conventional bulk materials for the development of wearables. Electrospun materials’ high surface-to-volume...
Briefs Materials
Helmet Made of Magnetic Metamaterials Could Improve Brain Scans
It may look like a bizarre bike helmet, or a piece of equipment found in Doc Brown’s lab in Back to the Future, yet this gadget made of plastic and copper wire is a...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...
R&D Sensors/Data Acquisition
Hybrid Material Enables Next-Gen E-Skin
Researchers have developed three-in-one hybrid material smart skin for the next generation of artificial, electronic skin using a novel process. With 2,000 individual sensors per square millimeter,...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Keeping the Bugs at Bay
With its instant repellency and its ability to repel rather than kill or deactivate pathogens, RepelWrap presents an effective alternative to current technologies.
Features Medical
What Medical Device OEMs Should Know About Outsourced MIM
The basis of metal injection molding (MIM) technology involves fine metal powders, which are combined with thermoplastic binders and surfactants, allowing injection in a plastic...
Briefs Materials
New 3D Printing Technique: A Game Changer for Medical Testing Devices
Microfluidic devices are compact testing tools made up of tiny channels carved on a chip, which allow biomedical researchers to test the properties of liquids, particles,...
Briefs Materials
Method Sprays Extremely Thin Wires on 3D Objects
Engineers have invented a way to spray extremely thin wires made of a plant-based material that could be used in N95 mask filters, devices that harvest energy for electricity, and potentially...
Briefs Medical
Bandage Material Stops Bleeding Without Adhering to the Wound
Researchers have developed a new kind of bandage that helps blood to clot and doesn’t stick to the wound. They tested various superhydrophobic materials — which are, like...
Application Briefs Nanotechnology
Manufacturing Wafer-Level Optics Using UV Adhesives and Polymers
Micro-optics and nanostructures are key technologies for the latest optoelectronic components in smartphones, smart glasses and vehicles. Some examples used in consumer...
Features Medical
Medical Plastics: Understanding Ultrasonic Welding, Part 1
Plastic consumables for medical applications are often very complex and sophisticated devices. Before these devices can be used by healthcare workers or home care patients, they...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Polymer Mixture Creates Ultra-Sensitive Heat Sensor
An ultra-sensitive heat sensor was developed that is based on the fact that certain materials are thermoelectric. The electrons in a thermoelectric material move from the cold side to the...
Briefs Wearables
Electronic Skin Powered by Sweat Serves as Human-Machine Interface
Researchers have developed electronic skin (e-skin) that is applied directly on top of real skin. Made from soft, flexible rubber, it can be embedded with sensors that...
Briefs Aerospace
New Printing Process Advances 3D Capabilities
Substances such as plastics, metals, and wax are used in 3D printers to make products and parts for larger items. Products created through the 3D printing of plastics include every-thing from...
Briefs Aerospace
Multi-Material Manufacturing of Molded Composites
Researchers combined additive manufacturing with conventional compression molding to produce high-performance thermoplastic composites reinforced with short carbon fibers. The approach...
Briefs Materials
Elastic Polymer is Both Stiff and Tough
Elastic polymers, known as elastomers, can be stretched and released repeatedly and are used in applications such as gloves and heart valves, where they need to last a long time without tearing. But...
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Developing a Flexible Polymer with Robust Piezoelectric Effectiveness
A Penn State-led team of interdisciplinary researchers developed a polymer with robust piezoelectric effectiveness, resulting in 60 percent more efficient electricity...
Briefs Materials
Tiny Optical Elements Could Replace Traditional Refractive Lenses
Researchers have developed tiny optical elements from metal nanoparticles and a polymer that could replace traditional refractive lenses to realize portable imaging systems...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Fast-Acting Molecular Probe
A reversible polymer changes color when it senses a material is about to fail.
Briefs Materials
Metal-Plastic Hybrid 3D Printing
This method prints 3D structures made of metal and plastic, paving the way for 3D electronics.
Articles Materials
500°C-Rated Optical Fiber for High Temperature Applications
A metal-coated fiber capable of withstands high temperatures.
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