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SMTA New England Expo to focus on reflow optimization

Editorial Team Oct 14, 2016

KIC has announced plans to exhibit at the New England Expo and Tech Forum at booth 604, scheduled to take place Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. MB (Marybeth) Allen will present “Optimization of the Reflow…

Optoelectronics

High power laser diode driver provides pulsed current

Editorial Team Oct 14, 2016

IXYS Corporation has announced the introduction of the PCX-6425 high power laser diode driver/current source by its IXYS Colorado division. This instrument provides precision pulsed current with accurate microprocessor-based digital power…

A&D

Good vibrations: NASA shakes up Mars-bound spacecraft

Editorial Team Oct 14, 2016

Engineers at NASA Glenn’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio recently finished a series of tests on a full-size test version of Orion’s service module to verify that it can withstand the vibrations it will experience when it launches and…

Sensors

Engineers share secret of revolutionary transparent sensors

Editorial Team Oct 14, 2016

In 2014, when University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers announced in the journal Nature Communications that they had developed transparent sensors for use in imaging the brain, researchers around the world took notice. Then the requests…

Featured

Paralyzed man feels again through brain computer

Editorial Team Oct 14, 2016

Imagine being in an accident that leaves you unable to feel any sensation in your arms and fingers. Now imagine regaining that sensation, a decade later, through a mind-controlled robotic arm that is directly connected to your brain.…

Nanotechnology

System drives fluid droplets across surfaces in a controlled way

Editorial Team Oct 14, 2016

A new way of driving fluid droplets across surfaces in a precisely controlled way has been developed by researchers at MIT. The method could open up new possibilities for highly adaptable microfluidic devices, as well as for…

Energy

New world record for nuclear fusion reactor

Editorial Team Oct 14, 2016

On Friday, September 30th, at 9:25 p.m. EDT, scientists and engineers at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center made a leap forward in the pursuit of clean energy. The team set a new world record for plasma pressure in the…

Featured

Fitness trackers on the wrong track for weight loss?

Daisy Stapley-Bunten Oct 14, 2016

Author: Daisy Stapley-Bunten Does a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), titled 'Effect of Wearable Technology Combined With a Lifestyle Intervention on Long-term Weight Loss', by the IDEA…

Production

CNC technology utilized for precision positioning

Editorial Team Oct 13, 2016

To maintain competitive market edge through the use of precise positioning techniques, US machine tool control specialist CNC Onestop is being helped with advanced CNC systems from NUM. Based in Ohio, but also operating in Toronto, CNC…

Optoelectronics

Partner program delivers intelligent transport networks

Editorial Team Oct 13, 2016

Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, launched a partner program to simplify bringing innovative optical networking technology to end-users facing growing bandwidth demands. The Infinera Partner Program offers channel…