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Demaco announces the release of its new cryogenic control valve
The valve is EC 1935/2004 and FDA conformant, allowing integration into a wider market spectrum including the food, medical and pharmaceutical industry.
Valworx releases all-stainless-steel air actuated sanitary butterfly valve
The new sanitary butterfly valves feature heavy duty quarter turn stainless steel rack and pinion actuators designed for long service life.
Monitoring solutions for cutting machines
The solution to both productivity and quality can be found in real-time machine monitoring.
AI-guided laser beams aimed at cockroaches
The device features a Jetson Nano, an electronic device that runs machine-learning software; two cameras; a galvanometer, which is an instrument for detecting and measuring small electric currents; and a laser.
New data-sharing platform helps optimize infrastructure industry
The platform provides a comprehensive map interface with utility locations, site hazards, geotechnical conditions, land rights and permit constraints.
ANCILLARY program tech would enable warfighters to deploy, retrieve VTOL systems without infrastructure
As part of the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane (ANCILLARY), the agency plans to build a plane that launches from ship flight decks, for instance, in adverse weather without the launch and recovery equipment generally required of these systems.
Modified X-ray machine identifies explosives in luggage
Researchers scanned a set of objects featuring embedded explosives and determined that the machine could identify the explosives with 100% accuracy in the lab.
Cornell mircrobots smaller than the head of an ant
The solar-powered microbots feature an onboard microprocessor "brain" that enables the robots to walk without being externally controlled.
Watch an obstacle-climbing robot designed for the law enforcement sector
The Mini Vantage robot is described by Transcend Robotics as an obstacle-climbing robot capable of assisting law enforcement during potentially dangerous missions.
Caterpillar-inspired millirobot eyed for biomedical applications
Altering various factors — the composition of ammonium sulfate, the thickness of the gel or the strength of the magnetic field for instance — could potentially enable researchers to fine tune the properties of the gel.
Landmine detection tech to automate the identification of explosives
Grids of mines and munitions are being installed in Oklahoma to train a drone-based, machine-learning-powered detection system to autonomously locate explosives without risking the lives of human workers manually seeking out these explosives.
The differences between capacitive and piezoresistive pressure sensors
Pressure sensors currently installed are based on MEMS technology and utilize piezoresistive or capacitive measurement principles.
Shape-shifting robots can split apart, reassemble
The robots are composed of a ferrofluid featuring magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles suspended in clear oil. According to the researchers, the robots are controlled using magnets.
The origins of orbital debris
According to data from NASA, Russia, the U.S. and China are the biggest contributors of space junk.
Video: NASA’s DART mission is a smashing success
This first planetary defense test was designed to alter the orbit of a space rock to prove humanity could deflect a dangerous asteroid if one was headed for Earth.
Peer inside a Category 4 hurricane
On September 22, 2022, an unmanned surface vehicle sailed into the path of Hurricane Fiona south of Bermuda, capturing video of the Category 4 storm.
ABB launches IRB 365 FlexPicker
The IRB 365 has been developed for applications including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods, where production line speed and adaptability are essential.
Prepare to watch a NASA spacecraft collide with an asteroid
On Monday, September 26, 2022, DART will careen into the asteroid Dimorphos at about 14,000 miles per hour.
Data science toolkit for energy grid machine learning
The open source tool analyzes and leverages electricity use data from millions of smart meters installed in the U.S.
Mask detects respiratory pathogens surrounding the wearer in just minutes
The mask is designed to quickly detect the presence of respiratory pathogens responsible for COVID-19 and H1N1 influenza, among others, that are spread via small droplets and aerosols released by infected people.