Graphene Sensor Boosts Camera Performance
I’m starting to think graphene may very well be the greatest thing ever to emerge from a laboratory. The latest in a long line of advancements: researchers at Nanyang Technological University have developed a graphene image sensor that can detect broad spectrum light and allow cameras to take clear photos even in low light.
Uniform Platinum Nanoparticles
University of Illinois researchers have come up with a way to create uniform nanoparticles that could impact fuel cell technology.
The team developed a way to synthesize highly uniform icosahedral nanoparticles made of platinum. An icosahedron crystal is a polyhedron with 20 identical equilateral triangular faces, 30 edges, and 12 vertices. The research was published earlier this month in the journal NANO Letters. Continue reading
Touch-Sensitive Electronic ‘Skin’
Robots with feelings have been a trope in science fiction since … well, since robots first appeared in fiction. But how about robots that can actually “feel”—as in physically experiencing the sensation of touch the same way humans do? Continue reading
HP Develops Portable 3D Projection System
Remember that moment in Star Wars when R2D2 beams the holographic recording of Princess Leia calling for Obi-Wan Kenobi’s help? HP Labs is bringing a similar kind of holographic projection to the LCD on your phone or computer.
Cryogenic Machining Honored
There’s a lot of innovation represented in Frost & Sullivan’s 2013 Manufacturing Leadership Awards. Nestled in the “Game Changing Technology” category you’ll find Nanocomp’s carbon nanotube materials and 3D printing service provider In’Tech Industries, along with MAG IAS, which has developed a cryogenic machining process.
- Siemens to Integrate Altair HyperWorks
- iBASEt Introduces Integration Package for Creo and Windchill
- Rasterex Releases RxView and RxHighlight R14.1
- Mechatronic Integration for Wiring Harness Development and Manufacture
- Optomec Launches New Low-Cost 3D Printer for Metal Additive Manufacturing
- Luxion Unveils KeyShot 4.1
- GibbsCAM 2013 Released
- SEAL Swim Band Team Dives Into Pool of Design Challenges
- PTC Live Global 2013: This is Your Car, Reminding You to Change Oil
- Intel Haswell Signals Shifting Focus with Mobile Readiness and Power Efficiency
- COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b Introduces Single-Window Integration with Inventor and Excel, Five New Modules
- Dassault Acquires Apriso to Stake Out Manufacturing Operations Turf
- MIT 3D Prints Bone
- Amazon Launches 3D Printer Sales Department
- Autodesk’s Tinkercad Deal: A Boon to 3D Printer Adoption?
- Optomec Launches LENS 450 Metal 3D Printer
- Rapid 2013 Day 2: The State of the Additive Manufacturing Industry
- Multi Proto Lab Debuts at RAPID 2013
- Optimism Abounds at RAPID 2013 Conference and Exhibition