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Maxon Markets a Redesigned Position Controller
The controllers can control brushed or brushless DC motors to 750W continuous power and 1500W peak power.
A Step Closer to Dissolvable Electronics
Unlike conventional electronics that contribute to growing amounts of harmful waste, dissolvable devices are designed to be compatible with the environment.
Beach Buoys Deployed to Detect Water Contamination
By combining statistical models with real-time data that are gathered by embedded sensors, the buoys provide quick and dependable information on water quality.
Analog Computer Chip Cuts Power Demand
The university research findings could alter the computing and automation landscape.
"Sea Snake" Robots to Perform Underwater Maintenance
The idea is to let these robots perform inspection and light intervention jobs on the seabed, reducing the use of large and expensive vessels.
Smart Sensors Identify When Motors Needs Servicing
The smart sensor provides information on parameters such as vibration, temperature and overload—and calculates power consumption.
Fish-Eye Lens Cuts Through the Dark
Bomb-diffusing robots, laparoscopic surgeons and planet-seeking telescopes all need to resolve fine details through almost utter darkness.
Lens May Open the Terahertz Range
A lens that can image in the terahertz range could be used to advance biomedical research as well as security imaging, among other applications.
Nanowire as a Basis for Rechargable Batteries
400-year battery developed at UCIrvine
Salt Aids Growth of Conductive Sheets
Research method uses salt crystals as a substrate, allowing the crystals to spread and form a larger sheet of metal oxide.
Drone Measures Buildings' Energy Efficiency
The unmanned aerial vehicle, dubbed "Drone Wrangler," lifts off automatically and can link to up to 17 satellites at a time.
Samsonite Uses EID to Anonymously Track Bags
Travelers can use an app to check the location of their suitcase within a distance of 70 meters and be notified if it is moved closer or farther away from them.
Spider-Bots Could Speed Production of Large-Scale Structures
Each spider is equipped with an extruder similar to those on traditional 3D printers, but is limited—for now—to using a cornstarch-and-sugarcane printing substance known as poly lactic acid.
Test Driving: Insufficient to Demonstrate Autonomous Vehicles' Safety
Under even the most aggressive test-driving assumptions, it would take existing fleets hundreds of years to log sufficient miles to adequately assess the safety of autonomous vehicles.
Robot Falcon Chases Birds Away from Airports
Bird control at airports worldwide costs billions of dollars, the result of defacement of property by bird droppings and damage to aircraft equipment arising from bird strikes.
First Transistors Made Entirely of Nanocrystal "Inks" Developed
This is the first work showing that the metallic, insulating and semiconducting layers of the transistors, as well as the doping of the semiconductor, can be made from nanocrystals.
Ultrasound Technology Could Help Make Hands Touchscreens
The University of Sussex-led study is the first to find a way for users to feel what they are doing when interacting with displays projected on their hand.
Smart Sensor Predicts Failures in Car Tires and Hoses
The technology uses a sensor that can predict, up to two weeks in advance, when a tire or hose is compromised and in danger of breaking.
Pint-Sized Wireless Robot Inspects Power Lines
Equipped with a spinning brush, the robot can clear utility lines of vegetation, bird droppings, salt deposits and other debris that may degrade the line.
Drones to Begin Ferrying Blood Supplies in Rwanda
Zipline's battery-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) weigh 10 kg, use fixed wings with a 1.5 m span and can carry two pints of blood.