Disc Magnet Motors Hit Sweet Spot
Blog 6/18/2013 Post a comment New disc magnet motors fit into the design trend of stepping up to closed loop performance while maintaining the cost advantage of stepper motor technology.
Aluminum Extrusion Gives Shape Options
Blog 6/18/2013 Post a comment At the Design News webinar on June 27, learn all about aluminum extrusion: designing the right shape so it costs the least, is simplest to manufacture, and best fits the application's structural requirements.
Sulfur-Based Battery Outperforms Lithium-Ion in Tests
Blog 6/17/2013 18 comments A new battery design, which replaces lithium with abundant and low-cost elemental sulfur, is still in its nascent stages but shows real promise for giving batteries more energy potential.
Connectivity Enabling Smart Manufacturing
Blog 6/17/2013 6 comments The push to achieving more intelligent, integrated manufacturing is putting a strong focus on networking and connectivity as key enabling technologies.
Culture Changes Drive Auto Design
Blog 6/13/2013 27 comments Siemens PLM has pointed to climate change, urbanization, and the aging population as its guidelines in automotive design decisions.
Slideshow: Flying Robots Take Action
Blog 6/12/2013 39 comments Surveillance, reconnaissance, and search and rescue in military and first responder situations are popular applications for aerial robots. Yet not all the robots are considered unmanned aerial vehicles.
Two Approaches to IoT
Blog 6/12/2013 9 comments The Internet of Things revolution is real and it’s here -- just ask Intel and Freescale.
Video: Students Develop Tornado-Seeking Drones
Blog 6/10/2013 26 comments An unmanned aerial vehicle under development at Oklahoma State University can penetrate severe thunderstorms, including the supercells from which tornadoes can develop.
Mobile Machine Monitoring
Blog 6/7/2013 8 comments With apps for smartphones and tablets growing at an exponential rate, automation suppliers are responding with development tools that simplify integration of these devices with machine controllers and factory networks.
Motors for Portable Medical Devices
Blog 6/6/2013 5 comments Understanding the advantages of different motor technologies is essential for designing motion solutions for low power, portable medical applications.
Student Team Designs Solar-Powered Wheelchair
Blog 6/4/2013 32 comments A solar-powered wheelchair designed by students in UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science won first place in a contest held in conjunction with last year’s World Cerebral Palsy Day.
Video: RoboBee Finally Takes Off
Blog 6/4/2013 13 comments An engineering team at Harvard University's Microrobotics Lab has completed the maiden flight of its tiny RoboBee robot. The controlled flight of the insect-sized robot that flaps its wings is considered a robotics first.
Researchers Poke Holes in Solar Cells to Improve Efficiency
Blog 6/3/2013 11 comments The method, called “dark solar,” has been developed by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and it enables the cells to reflect only 2 percent of the sunlight that reaches them.
Misconceptions About 3D Printing
Blog 6/3/2013 17 comments Brand director Rich Nass moderated a recent radio show on 3D printing. Bottom line -- the technology is here for the long haul.
Video: Mobile App-Driven Robot Bartender Makes, Shakes Drinks to Order
Blog 5/31/2013 23 comments Makr Shakr works like this: People download an app to their Android or iPhone mobile device, then create drink combinations. The robot makes the drinks requested with assembly-line efficiency and graceful movements modeled on two professional dancers.
Straw Lampshade-Like Cover Turns Skyscraper Into Energy Harvester
Blog 5/30/2013 30 comments Strawscraper, the invention of Swedish architecture firm Belatchew Arkitekter, aims to extend a building in Stockholm with an energy-producing outer shell made of piezoelectric straws that can recover wind energy.
Machine Vision Using Ethernet Powerlink
Blog 5/30/2013 8 comments New connectivity between vision systems and automation solutions based on Ethernet Powerlink communications is creating simplified system architectures that enable higher performance application possibilities.
Are Your Valves Leaking?
Blog 5/28/2013 7 comments Here's a seminar that goes into the details of spec'ing the right valve for the right operation.
Energy Harvesting Wireless Technology
Blog 5/28/2013 9 comments Self-powered wireless switches, sensors, and controls are being utilized in a wide range of building automation and industrial applications, leveraging energy harvesting wireless technology to cut installation costs and enable efficient use of energy.
MIT Research Could Dramatically Improve Solar Cell Efficiency
Blog 5/24/2013 24 comments By experimenting with the photovoltaic reaction in solar cells, researchers at MIT have made a breakthrough in energy efficiency that significantly pushes the boundaries of current commercial cells on the market.
Optical Tweezers Grab Blood Cells
Blog 5/22/2013 4 comments Yin-Mei Li of the University of Science and Technology of China developed a way to manipulate blood cells using lasers.
Slideshow: The Greenest Cars of 2013
Blog 5/21/2013 29 comments We looked at a number of sources to determine this year's greenest cars, from KBB to automotive trade magazines to environmental organizations. These 14 cars emerged as being great at either stretching fuel or reducing carbon footprint.
Researchers Improve Potential for Lithium-Air Batteries
Blog 5/21/2013 2 comments Researchers at MIT and Sandia National Labs have observed a reaction in lithium-air batteries that could help improve the design of these cells for electric vehicles and other applications.
The Internet of Things' Impact on Medical Care
Blog 5/21/2013 8 comments Healthcare might seem to be an unlikely target application for the Internet of Things technology, but recent developments show small ways that big-data is going to make an impact on patient care moving into the future.
Slideshow: Energy Harvesters Lift Power From Surprising Sources
Blog 5/20/2013 24 comments As energy efficiency becomes more and more a concern for makers of electronics devices, researchers are coming up with new ways to harvest energy from sound vibration, footsteps, and even electromagnetic fields in the air.
Peak Sine Drive Controller Packs 15X the Power
Blog 5/17/2013 5 comments By refining topologies and using new fluid technology, Moog's new peak sine drive controller increases available power without increasing controller volume.
Ethernet Drives Networking Advances
Blog 5/15/2013 3 comments Two new introductions in the world of motion drives for automation are moving toward use of standard Ethernet communications, eliminating the use of custom hardware.
Alvaro GIANT: 84 Inches of Ultra-HD Multi-Touch Display
Blog 5/14/2013 18 comments As some companies try to increase the quality and functionality of high-definition touchscreens for miniaturized, mobile applications, others, like MyMultitouch, are blowing up the size of multi-touch displays to create a completely new way to experience the advanced technology.
Wireless Sensor for Devices Harvests Solar Energy
Blog 5/14/2013 11 comments Two Israel-based providers of electronics components have collaborated to provide solar-energy harvesting technology that can power wireless sensors so they require little or no battery power to operate.
Video Shows How We Can Make a Difference in People’s Lives
Blog 5/9/2013 6 comments PTC video looks at a few individuals who have made use of College Park prosthetics to lead perfectly normal lives, if you consider motorcycle racing, snowboarding, and mountain climbing normal.
How to Create a Low-Pass Filter
Blog 5/7/2013 5 comments Sometimes you will not find a low-pass filter with the specifications you need in an anti-alias circuit. So you might decide to design your own. But you wonder, “Can I get the same performance I see in application notes?”
Who Needs That Much TV?
Blog 5/3/2013 21 comments Front-seat television technology is beginning to creep into the worldwide automotive market. Is it really necessary?
Andrew Morris designed a circuit that could detect a stroke victim's groan and convert the sound into a signal so caregivers would know when help was needed.
New disc magnet motors fit into the design trend of stepping up to closed loop performance while maintaining the cost advantage of stepper motor technology.
At the Design News webinar on June 27, learn all about aluminum extrusion: designing the right shape so it costs the least, is simplest to manufacture, and best fits the application's structural requirements.
On April 21, NASA launched a novel project, putting into orbit three satellites that employ an off-the-shelf commercial smartphone as the control system.
From Dell / Intel® New Paradigms in Design Work Scott Hamilton, vertical market strategist for Dell Precision workstations, 5/2/2013 5
Early in my career, I worked as a draftsman and remember the days of drawing on vellum with numbered pencils and Mylar with plastic lead. This was a fun experience in the sense that I ...
I've been using workstations for more than 10 years and love finding ways to get more performance from my system. With demanding professional applications that require more power each ...
A lasting memory from my first job as an engineer in an auto assembly plant is standing on hard concrete at six in the morning, vending-machine coffee clutched in hand, listening to ...
For industrial control applications, or even a simple assembly line, that machine can go almost 24/7 without a break. But what happens when the task is a little more complex? That’s where the “smart” machine would come in. The smart machine is one that has some simple (or complex in some cases) processing capability to be able to adapt to changing conditions. Such machines are suited for a host of applications, including automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, computers and electronics, telecommunications, consumer goods, and so on. This radio show will show what’s possible with smart machines, and what tradeoffs need to be made to implement such a solution.
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