Get the Most from Advanced Materials
The need for composite and customized materials grows within the product engineering realm, but multiscale modeling and simulation software still needs fine tuning.
article/get-the-most-from-advanced-materialsRobots Are Going Soft
Materials innovations are helping create less rigid, more compliant robotic structures.
article/robots-are-going-softMaking Sense of Industrial Connectivity Trends
Today, the industry sees M2M as a set of technologies that connect machines, devices and objects in a way that helps them exchange information without human intervention.
article/making-sense-of-industrial-connectivity-trendsWill Robots Find a Place in the Smart Home?
For developers and engineers, emerging “social robot” applications are still a work in progress.
article/will-robots-find-a-place-in-the-smart-homeWith UX, the User Drives Design
Market changes are causing engineers to redefine what UX design means.
article/with-ux-the-user-drives-designDesigning Machines in the Age of the IIoT
To design equipment for the new digital age, engineers are reinventing the product design process.
article/designing-machines-in-the-age-of-the-iiotIs Mixed Reality Worth a Try?
The visual technology holds much promise for design review and collaboration, but still faces limitations in hardware and processing power.
article/is-mixed-reality-worth-a-tryCan AR Enhance Design?
Though augmented reality brings benefits for collaboration and design review, hardware limitations make engineers wonder about its viability.
article/can-ar-enhance-designNAND Flash Finds a Home in the IoT
Advances in the technology now let NAND flash memory offer faster throughput, greater flexibility and better price points per byte, opening the door for its use as primary storage.
article/nand-flash-finds-a-home-in-the-iotThe IoT Processor Dilemma
Proliferation of Internet of Things connected devices has led to increased complexities in product design.
article/the-iot-processor-dilemmaCreating an Origami Sensor Array
The rise of the Internet of Things, the growing role of printed electronics and the increasing number of technologies that mimic nature have all shaped the system’s development.
article/creating-an-origami-sensor-arraySensors Smarten Up the Edge
Companies that want to bring AI to the edge face hardware and data processing challenges.
article/sensors-smarten-up-the-edgeMorphing 3D-Printed Architectures into 4D
No longer will designers focus solely on dimensions like height, width and depth.
article/morphing-3d-printed-architectures-into-4dPushing the Printed Electronics Envelope
The prospects are real, but we may have to wait a bit before we can experience the full benefit of additive manufacturing in electronics.
article/pushing-the-printed-electronics-envelopeMaking Autonomous Vehicles Smarter
Combining real-world info and simulated conditions to build a data set.
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