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Sensor company launches people-counting system for manufacturing space
Sensor solutions company SICK has launched a device that tracks the number of people in manufacturing and other settings amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Video: Functional fibers form flexible robotic fabrics
A robotic fabric that can alter its shape and stiffness might find applications in smart clothing, self-deployable tents or robotic parachutes.
Watch a soft-bodied robot capture a fly
Researchers from Austria’s Johannes Kepler University have developed a fast moving robot composed of soft material.
Watch: Test flight of a jet suit with potential for paramedics
The field trial in England's Lake District evaluated the performance of a jet suit as a tool to quickly bring paramedics to just about anywhere.
Team develops a nanocoating for air filters capable of trapping COVID-19
A team of researchers from the University of Houston has developed a nanocoating for air filters that is capable of capturing airborne droplets of the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Study: Vein-based 3D biometric authentication nearly fool-proof
Researchers from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, have developed a virtually fool-proof biometric authentication approach using 3D images of veins.
Innovating fluid control solutions for over 70 years
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Wastewater reveals COVID-19 infection rates
PSU researchers are monitoring campus sewer systems to predict coronavirus outbreaks.
Video: General Motors to power electric vehicles with Ultium Drive
A new system of drive units and electric motors is being planned to propel the next generation of electric vehicles from General Motors.
Tough carbon-flourine bonds broken by photo-powered nanocatalyst
This power catalyst could help clean up a certain group of long-lasting environmental pollutants.
New software enables improved well planning
CGG GeoSoftware has launched WellPath, a new interactive 3D well path planning solution for optimal well planning in unconventional and fractured reservoirs and offshore development platforms, as part of its InsightEarth® 3D visualisation and interpretation software suite.
Video: Contain pump energy costs with savings calculator from the Hydraulic Institute
The downloadable work tool is designed to help determine the most energy and cost-efficient pump systems for specific applications.
How to prevent component shortages in a crisis
COVID-19’s impact on manufacturing has created a number of business roadblocks, including order cancelations, large fluctuations in demand, supply chain issues and reduced production capacities.
Watch how tea and magnets combine to combat biofilms
Biocompatible microbots composed of antibactericidal polyphenols extracted from tea buds are directed with magnets to destroy and remove biofilms.
New resource to help oil & gas industry recover following COVID-19
Axora, a provider of digital solutions for industrial companies, has launched its online Oil and Gas Resource Centre to assist oil and gas companies to rebound from the aftermath of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Tech up, cost down: chainflex® flexible cables
igus® offers more than 30 different types of Ethernet chainflex® cables. You read that right. Why so many? Find out here how that selection benefits you and your machine.
Uncover fault masking to minimize machinery safety risks
Older equipment with electromechanical systems and complex systems with multiple safety switches may be prone to fault masking.
Seepex introduces the latest addition to its suite of progressive cavity pump designs: the SCT AutoAdjust
Seepex upped the ante in pumping technology innovation when it recently launched its automatically adjustable stator clamping progressive cavity pump.
ITT claims 'zero unplanned downtime' with its latest i-Alert monitoring solution for a wide range of industry equipment
The latest system in i-Alert’s suite of wireless condition monitoring tools offers automated diagnostics capability to not only detect but diagnose machine issues.
The ML1000 series of M-DRIVES for the robot and automation industries
Innovative gear architecture provides robot suppliers increased performance at a lower total solution cost.