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The Create the Future Design Contest was launched in 2002 to help stimulate and reward engineering innovation. In the past 17 years, the annual contest has drawn more than 14,000 product design i...

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At one time, robotics was considered more science fiction than reality. That's changing. Today, robots are increasingly playing a role in our everyday lives. They're zooming around our homes to p...

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This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow. To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided...

https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/23-tb/features/articles/35707-products-of-tomorrow-december-2019?Itemid=690

With the rise in electrification and design complexity, aerospace original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to look for new methodologies to mitigate compliance risk.

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Collaborative robots, often called “cobots,” offer opportunities for companies of almost any size to cost-effectively automate processes that were previously out of reach. Cobots are availabl...

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Machine vision is a proven process control tool for a variety of industrial automation applications. Traditionally, this technology integrates commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) imaging sensors, lig...

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LIVOX Carlos Edmar Pereira and Paulo Henrique Araujo de Menezes Rodrigues Livox International LLC Orlando, FL USA According to the World Health Organization, there are more than one billion p...

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See the eight winners of the 2019 "Create the Future" Design Contest

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In the past few years, it has become increasingly common for hospitals, clinics, healthcare and life science organizations, and other businesses to use an electronic temperature monitoring system...

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A prototype of the AC 'Biode' battery has been developed at 20W.

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Learn more about the how "CSD" offers a cost-effective, non-invasive way of saving the lives of infants.

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Battelle's simple, cost-effective sensor detects the onset of battery faults.

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A team of inventors found a fast way to join plastic to metal.

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THE FOLDABLE DRONE: A MORPHING QUADROTOR THAT CAN SQUEEZE AND FLY Davide Falanga, Kevin Kleber, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano, and Davide Scaramuzza University of Zurich, Switzerland Rece...

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The use of laser light for precise illumination has been limited to high-end applications like optical lithography or small niche markets like measurement technologies. Now that such industries a...

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Learn more about ULISSES, an organ-preserving device that received top honors in the "Create the Future" Design Contest.

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Learn about the world's first wave-driven desalination system.

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This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow. To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided...

https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/23-tb/features/articles/35460-products-of-tomorrow-november-2019?Itemid=690

Permeable concrete, quick disconnects, and more

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Program managers and engineers in the military markets need to know about the emergence of new display technologies in the consumer sector.

https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/23-tb/features/articles/35280-mobile-rugged-displays-for-situational-awareness?Itemid=690