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Medical Design Briefs: 2022 Technology Leaders
Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2022.
Application Briefs Test & Measurement
How a UV-Visible-NIR Range Microscope-Spectrometer Works
Discussing the basic design concepts of a UV-visible-NIR range microscope-spectrometer in several different configurations.
Application Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Compact MEMS-Based NIR Spectroscopy for Mobile Applications
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Inductive Non-Contact Position Sensor
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Light-Analyzing ‘Lab on A Chip’ Opens Door to Widespread Use of Portable Spectrometers
The device is 100 percent electrically controllable regarding the colors of light it absorbs, which gives it massive potential for widespread usability.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable Device Monitors Jaundice-Causing Bilirubin and Vitals in Newborns
Device detects pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation in real time.
Special Reports Unmanned Systems
ADAS/Connected Car - December 2022
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines, see how advances in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, lidar and radar, and...
Supplements Materials
Winter 2022 Resource Guide
In our summer edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.
Articles Materials
Proposed Standards and Methods for Leak Testing Lithium-Ion Battery Packs
Battery packs, whether made of prismatic, cylindrical, or pouch cells, are cooled by common automotive thermal management systems.
Articles Design
Enhancing Design Efficiency in Linear Motion Automation
The integrated measuring system (IMS) has demonstrated notable cost savings and improved design efficiencies in linear motion automation applications.
Articles Test & Measurement
Products of Tomorrow
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow.
Products Software
Product Focus: Test & Measurement
Test and Measurement are the subjects of this month's Product Focus.
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Miniaturized Infrared Detectors
Extreme miniaturization of infrared (IR) detectors is critical for their integration into next-generation consumer electronics, wearables and ultra-small satellites. Thus far, however, IR detectors have...
Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Vote for Tech Briefs’ 28th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2022 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
Products Motion Control
New on the Market: November 2022
New products on the market in November 2022.
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Optical Strain for Precision Measurements and Certification
Optical strain is material independent and measures the response of the integrated system, so designers can get a measure of the true response and strength of their designs.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
AI-Enabled Optical Fiber Sensor Device Monitors Brain Injury
The results from tests on animal brain tissues suggest it could help clinicians to better monitor both disease progression and patients’ response to treatment than is currently possible.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Making Measurements with a Fine-Toothed Comb
Enter the frequency comb, a Nobel Prize-winning device and the result of decades of research from NIST and others. The comb generates a billion pulses of light per second, which bounce back and forth inside an optical cavity.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Miniature Optical Fiber Treatment Device Offers More Effective Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer immunotherapy, one of the most important and promising therapies for cancer treatments, is being used by oncologists to treat patients suffering from many different cancers including breast, cervical, colon, stomach, and skin.
INSIDER Test & Measurement
NIST is Calibrating Gear Artifacts
Gears are sophisticated parts that play a vital role in cars, airplanes, construction and mining equipment, food processing, clock making, and more. And, companies are still trying to make them better...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
5G Cellular to 5G.MIL® Pilot Network Data Transfer Demonstrated
Lockheed Martin and AT&T securely and rapidly transferred UH-60M Black Hawk health and usage data through an AT&T 5G private cellular network and Lockheed...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Flight-Testing of New Airbus A321XLR Gathers Momentum
Following the maiden flight of A321XLR development aircraft MSN11000, two more prototypes, currently in advanced stages of manufacture, will join the certification flight-test...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Air Force Conducts Aircrew Chemical Weapon Protection Test
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently executed an in-flight vapor purge test in a F-15E Strike...
Features Medical
Cobots Offer Advantages for Biomedical Testing Applications
A collaborative robot, or cobot, is an automation tool that can be adapted for use in mechanical testing laboratories. Cobots are robotic arms designed to work alongside humans...
Special Reports Imaging
Test & Measurement - September 2022
Test strategies to track hypersonic threats…overcoming challenges of EV battery and electric aircraft testing…an innovative way to measure the thermal properties of materials. These are just a few of...
Products Test & Measurement
Product of the Month
The compact optoNCDT 1420LL laser sensors from Micro-Epsilon, Ortenburg, Germany, perform precise distance measurements on metallic and structured surfaces. The sensor projects a small laser line onto the...
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