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RapidFire: 3D Printing in Space
June 18, 2013 12:50 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | Comments
On today's episode of RapidFire, brought to you by 3D Creation Systems, your number one source for 3D printing services and technologies, we're doing 3D printing experiments in microgravity.
Photos of the Day: CubeSats Satellites
June 19, 2013 12:00 pm | by Anna Heiney, NASA's Kennedy Space Center | News | Comments
CubeSats are 4-inch cubes that pack a lot of capability into their small size. While they...
Printing Tiny Batteries
June 19, 2013 11:06 am | by Wyss Institute | News | Comments
3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The...
3 Million Mile Motor
June 19, 2013 10:33 am | by Laura Venezia, Volvo Cars of North America | News | Comments
When he drove off the lot in 1966, Gordon began a movement. That movement continues to grow...
HotSpot 17: New Supercomputer is Worn Around the Neck
June 19, 2013 12:58 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsOn the HotSpot, a patent-pending supercomputer you wear around your neck, a new study finds that hands-free technologies create dangerous mental distractions, experts tell us how to be more private, and researchers are leveraging Wi-Fi signals to detect movements without sensors.
3D Printed Shapes Using New Design Tool, Bare Hands
June 19, 2013 12:56 pm | by Emil Venere, Purdue University | News | CommentsA new design tool interprets hand gestures, enabling designers and artists to create and modify three-dimensional shapes using only their hands as a "natural user interface" instead of keyboard and mouse.
ShapeItUp
June 19, 2013 12:52 pm | by Purdue C Design Lab | Videos | Comments"Shape-It-Up", for creative expression of 3D shapes through the naturalistic integration of human hand gestures with a modeling scheme dubbed intelligent generalized cylinders (IGC).
Unmanned Aircraft Struggle to Shed 'Drone' Image
June 19, 2013 12:43 pm | by Sarah DiLorenzo, Associated Press | News | CommentsUnmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. These remote-controlled planes have many more potential peacetime uses. But unmanned aircraft have an image problem: They're also known as drones.
Computing and Graphics Performance for Automation
June 19, 2013 12:30 pm | by PD&D Staff | B&R Ind Automation | Product Releases | CommentsUntil now, new processor generations have generally been limited to office and home computers. It often took time for industrial PCs to play catch up in terms of performance and multimedia capabilities. This isn't the case with the new Automation PC 910 from B&R.
Stainless Steel Thrust Pads
June 19, 2013 12:26 pm | by PD&D Staff | J.W. Winco, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsJ.W. Winco has announced that it now offers GN 631.5 Stainless Steel Thrust Pads, in metric sizes. These RoHS-compliant thrust pads, when used with GN 632.5 grub screws, are a low cost solution for clamping operations or for load bearing purposes.
Fanless Touch Panel PC Series
June 19, 2013 12:23 pm | by PD&D Staff | Saelig Co. Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsSaelig Company has introduced the WP-2L Series of IP65-Compliant Fanless Touch Panel PCs. WP-2L Series Panel PCs are VESA-mount controllers, designed especially for harsh environments where corrosive materials are used or where dust, rain, oil or directed water may be present.
Senators Seek Cost Cuts for F-35 Fighter Jet
June 19, 2013 12:17 pm | by Bradley Klapper, Associated Press | News | CommentsSenators are seeking cost-cutting opportunities in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders say America cannot afford not to build. Chairing the hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin on Wednesday compared the F-35's history to a textbook on how not to develop a plane.
United Tech Sees Impact from Order on Fraud Charge
June 19, 2013 12:16 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsUnited Technologies says a federal court ordering it to pay $473 million plus interest to compensate for alleged fraud in its sale of fighter jet engines will cut revenue and profit. The Justice Department said that United Technologies subsidiary Pratt & Whitney violated the False Claims Act, resulting in alleged overpayments for F100 jet engines from 1985 to 1990.
Small Satellites Soar in High-Altitude Demonstration
June 19, 2013 12:05 pm | by Anna Heiney, NASA's Kennedy Space Center | News | CommentsFour tiny spacecraft soared over the California desert June 15 in a high-altitude demonstration flight that tested the sensor and equipment designs created by NASA engineers and student launch teams. The satellites, known as CubeSats, lifted off from the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch site in the Mojave Desert aboard a Prospector 18 rocket, built by Garvey Spacecraft of Long Beach.
3D Printing a Tiny Battery
June 19, 2013 11:05 am | by Wyss Institute | News | CommentsIn this video, a 3D-printer nozzle narrower than a human hair lays down a specially formulated “ink” layer by layer to build a microbattery’s anode from the ground up. Unlike ink in an office inkjet printer, which comes out as droplets of liquid and wets a piece of paper.
Sound Waves Precisely Position Nanowires
June 19, 2013 10:52 am | by Penn State | News | CommentsThe smaller components become, the more difficult it is to create patterns in an economical and reproducible way, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers who, using sound waves, can place nanowires in repeatable patterns for potential use in a variety of sensors, optoelectronics and nanoscale circuits.
Making Memories: Practical Quantum Computing Moves Closer to Reality
June 19, 2013 10:44 am | by Dartmouth College | News | CommentsQuantum computing may revolutionize information processing, by providing a means to solve problems too complex for traditional computers, with applications in code breaking, materials science and physics. But figuring out how to engineer such a machine, including vital subsystems like quantum memory, remains elusive.
Traffic Returns to Wash. Bridge that Collapsed
June 19, 2013 10:37 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsCars and trucks are rolling again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge, restoring the traffic flow on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. A temporary span opened Wednesday morning, replacing a section of the bridge that collapsed May 23 when it was struck by a truck with an oversize load.
Photos of the Day: 1966 Volvo P1800, Millions of Miles Later
June 19, 2013 10:35 am | by Volvo Cars of North America | News | CommentsIn a journey that has lasted nearly half a century, spanned the globe and elicited awe from generations of car lovers, Long Island's Irv Gordon has a phenomenal achievement in his sight: driving 3,000,000 miles in the same car - a shiny, red 1966 Volvo P1800.
