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Electronics & Computers

When Engineers and Technicians Collide

Engineers and technicians can use their differences to help each other solve technical problems.

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Power

New Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency

A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation’s electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just...

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Energy

Reused car batteries rev up electric grid

When aging vehicle batteries lack the juice to power your car anymore, they may still hold energy. Yet it’s tough to find new uses for lithium-ion batteries with different makers, ages, and...

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Materials

New Compound Withstands Extreme Heat and Electricity for Next-Generation Energy Storage

Flexible polymers made with a new generation of the Nobel-winning “click chemistry” reaction find use in capacitors and other applications.

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Materials

One Man’s Trash Can Be That Same Man’s Treasure

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Frank Leibfarth tests molecules to turn plastic waste into useful materials, diversifying our options for recycling. He focused on the largest class of plastics,...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

Are Agricultural Robots the Future of Farming?

Labor shortages have caused farmers and food manufacturers to increasingly utilize agricultural robots for farming. Take this quiz to learn more.

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Unmanned Systems

Smoothing The Way To Vehicle Autonomy: Essential Hardware Components At Level 3 And Higher

Tomorrow’s ADAS systems will be redesigned to meet the new requirements that come with each level of autonomy. The transition will involve choosing...

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Electronics & Computers

Leveraging Machine Learning in CAE to Reduce Prototype Simulation and Testing

The ability to apply machine learning processes to engineering problems has revolutionized design and test across industries, but performing these...

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Materials

Superconductivity: 100+ Years in the Making

University of Rochester researchers have created a superconducting material at both a temperature and pressure low enough for practical applications; scientists have been pursuing this for...

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Materials

Using Gold to Thwart Fogging Lenses

An ETH Zurich team has developed a new, ultra-thin, and transparent gold coating that can convert sunlight to heat. The aim is to harnesses sunlight to heat glasses’ lenses to prevent them from...

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Test & Measurement

NB Anti Cage-Creep Cross Roller Slide Guides and Tables

This NB STUDROLLER™ crossed-roller linear bearing is perfect for motion control applications with extremely fast acceleration and deceleration (at dimensions ranging from...

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Design

Mech Suit Gives Humans 50X Strength

The all-terrain walking mech’s aim is to give humans the size and strength of giants. It does just that — times 50.

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

New Material Solves Pressure Problem for Wearables

A team of researchers has synthesized a new material that solves one of the most difficult problems in the quest to create wearable, unobtrusive sensitive sensors: the problem of...

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Wearables

Contact Lenses Treat Dry Eye Syndrome

A contact lens prototype has been specifically designed to prevent contact lens-induced dry eye (CLIDE). The lens alleviates this condition by facilitating tear flow in response to normal eye...

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

Stretchable, Wearable Patch for Cardiac Ultrasound

A wearable cardiac ultrasound imager can noninvasively capture real-time images of the human heart for an extended period of time. The patch, which is about the size of a postage stamp,...

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Aerospace

Destroy the Target, Not Everything Else

The days are quickly coming when military personnel will no longer be put in harm’s way to defend our country. High-powered Directed Energy laser systems have proven to be an efficient and effective...

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Medical

How to Maximize the Benefits of Medical Device Onshoring

Medical device manufacturers continue to confront supply chain continuity challenges, rising logistics costs, labor shortages, and overall production constraints. Successful...

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Aerospace

7 Questions with Astronaut Eileen Collins

The first female pilot and first female commander of a space shuttle, Eileen Collins, shares leadership lessons for women in aerospace.

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Test & Measurement

The Benefits of Using SiC Technology in Next-Generation Programmable Power Supplies

With the worldwide effort to increase energy conservation and reduce fossil fuel use, electrification is occurring at a rapid pace. The electrification of...

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Test & Measurement

Fundamentals of An RF Design

In a wireless or radio-frequency (RF) system, we are typically communicating through free space or air, as opposed to through a wire or a fiber network. In early applications, it was more common to have a one-way...

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Design

A Chat with an AI CAD Designer via ChatGPT

The release of OpenAi's ChatGPT has unleashed a wave of renewed interest in AI. How will this language-based AI affect 3D CAD design and 3D printing?

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Test & Measurement

Get the Inside Story on Package Testing

Creating an appropriate testing plan for package performance testing compliant with international regulations is of utmost importance for safely shipping and transporting medical devices. To find out...

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Electronics & Computers

Navy to Start Using Autonomous Cold Spray Metallization Technology for H-1 Helicopter Maintenance

Following years of rigorous testing and evaluation, a cold spray metallization technology that was initially demonstrated at Fleet...

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Data Acquisition

University of Rochester Lab Creates New 'Reddmatter' Superconductivity Material

In a historic achievement, University of Rochester researchers have created a superconducting material at both a temperature and pressure low enough for...

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Government

New Consortium to Develop Thermal Protection Materials for Hypersonic Vehicles

Several countries are competing to develop the most advanced hypersonic vehicles, and a team of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

The Michael Phelps of Robots / High-Speed, Efficient Butterfly Stroking Robot

North Carolina State University researchers recently developed a butterfly-stroking soft robotic swimmer that can reach speeds of 3.74 body length per...

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Medical

Remote-Controlled, Muscle-Driven, Battery-Free Robots

A team studied remote-controlled biohybrid robots using mouse-cell-based optogenetic muscle actuators and wireless optoelectronics. The aim was to bring together optoelectronics,...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

Psychology, Physics, and Geometry for Smarter Robots

A Columbia Engineering team created a machine, DextAIRity, that watches videos to learn physical concepts with the aim of training the computer to anticipate what the scene would...

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Manned Systems

Test Your Knowledge About the Artemis Generation

How well do you know the Artemis generation?

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