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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A team of scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has investigated the behavior of hafnium oxide, or hafnia, and its potential for use in novel semiconductor applications.
Materials such as hafnia exhibit ferroelectricity, which means that they are…
Anne Trafton
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- By mining data from X-ray images, researchers at MIT, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator, and the Toyota Research Institute have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate, a material used in batteries for electric cars and in…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek GAR series spring-loaded gage heads are used in automated dimensional gaging applications as part of inline inspection processes where the sensor probe must move out of the way between readings. The probes of these LVDTs extend when taking dimensional measurements…
William A. Levinson
The difference between common (or random) cause and special (or assignable) cause variation is the foundation of statistical process control (SPC). An SPC chart prevents tampering or overadjustment by assuming that the process is in control, i.e., special or assignable causes are absent unless a…
Matthew T. Hughes, Srinivas Garimella
Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones, data centers, cars, and airplanes, become less efficient and degrade more quickly in extreme heat. Machines generate their own heat, too, which can make hot temperatures…
Baxi Chong
Adding legs to robots that have minimal awareness of the environment around them can help them operate more effectively in difficult terrain, my colleagues and I found.
We were inspired by mathematician and engineer Claude Shannon’s communication theory about how to transmit signals over distance…
(Aras: Andover, MA) -- Aras, which provides a powerful low-code application platform to design, build, and operate complex products, announced that Kyocera Unimerco is using Aras Innovator to manage data, information, and business processes for product life cycle management (PLM).
Kyocera Unimerco…
(AIMS: Dayton, OH) -- AIMS Metrology has announced its partnership with OGP, a division of QVI. The 5-axis coordinate measuring machine OEM is a single-source provider that builds and assembles its machines in the U.S. The affiliation with OGP allows AIMS to provide multisensor measurement with…
(CloudNC: London) -- CAM Assist, from CloudNC, automatically generates professional machining strategies in seconds at the click of a button, accelerating CAM programming time by up to 80% and saving hundreds of production hours.
Precision manufacturers using CAM Assist can become much more…
Mike Figliuolo
Meetings give me a rash. A really bad one. One that not even calamine lotion can soothe. The only things worse than meetings are reports. Standard daily reports, weekly reports, hourly reports. Reports on the status of reports. If I wasn’t already insane, these things would drive me insane.
Take a…
David Suttle
You often hear about self-driving cars and their levels of autonomy. When can drivers completely remove their hands from the steering wheel? This also applies to robots. How can robots become fully autonomous?
What are autonomous robots?
Let’s look at the levels of freedom for self-driving cars…
(Exergyn: Dublin) -- With global surface temperatures soaring past highs not seen for millennia, the need for climate-friendly cooling has never been greater. Increasingly frequent events directly linked to climate change are drawing attention to the damaging effects of traditional refrigerant…
(ZEISS: Oberkochen, Germany) -- More than 300 ZEISS employees worldwide are getting involved with A Heart for Science (AH4S).
The program is supported by ZEISS employees’ willingness to get involved and give of their free time; their objective is to awaken enthusiasm for nature and technology…
Discussion of artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, including in healthcare. Learn how AI can be used to improve and augment QMS in heavily regulated areas, enhancing the ability of organizations to adhere to global regulatory requirements and best practices.
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David Cantor
One of the most concerning uncertainties surrounding the emergence of artificial intelligence is the impact on jobs. Human jobs.
Innovation and progress are cornerstones of mankind. From the invention of the wheel to machine learning, the effect on our lives transcends generations and influences…
Daniel Marzullo
If you could experience the perfect workday, what would you be doing? Have you ever taken the time to think about it?
Whether you’re an entrepreneur climbing the corporate ladder or you’re selling donuts out of the back of your car, it’s essential to pause and reflect periodically on the work you…
Adam Zewe
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- MIT researchers have demonstrated the first system for ultralow-power underwater networking and communication that can transmit signals across kilometer-scale distances.
This technique, which the researchers began developing several years ago, uses about one-millionth the…
(Quantzig: Toronto) -- Quantzig, a data analytics and advisory firm, has vastly improved the business operations of a leading U.S. e-commerce retailer with a cutting-edge supply chain analytics solution. The client was grappling with challenges stemming from a complex supply chain network…
Eric Whitley
Manufacturing has come a long way from manual labor and assembly lines. The industry has evolved through various phases, from the Industrial Revolution to mass production, and now to Industry 4.0. Each phase has brought its own set of challenges and opportunities, shaping the way goods are produced…
Etienne Nichols
Supply chain management is crucial to any medtech company’s ability to deliver safe, effective, and high-quality devices to their customers.
But as anyone in the industry can tell you, consistently getting the products and services you need to manufacture your devices is harder than it sounds. In…
(EasyFlow: Kaunas, Lithuania) -- Artificial intelligence can significantly increase accuracy and reduce time for car seat quality inspection. EasyFlow’s EasyODM—a dedicated AI and computer vision software—was deployed at a production facility of a leading global car seat manufacturer. Over the…
(SwipeGuide: Amsterdam) -- Manufacturing excellence depends on the ability to make sure everyone can perform the task at hand in a safe and compliant manner. Unfortunately, in a world of labor shortage and high employee turnover, this isn’t always a simple task. Dutch-American B2B SaaS scale-up…
InnovMetric Software
Today, manufacturing companies have sophisticated 3D measurement labs with portable and CNC coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), laser scanners, laser trackers, and digital gauges, and every brand of hardware uses its own software solution. When relying on multiple software programs, multiple…
Peter Nathanial, David Zuluaga Martínez, Theodoros Evgeniou, Francois Candelon
Last month, the heads of seven major American AI companies emerged from the White House with an agreement on “self-regulation.” On the other side of the Atlantic, Europeans debate the long-awaited EU AI Act, the next major digital regulation following the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA is…
MIT News
The Singapore MIT-Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, has launched a new interdisciplinary research group aimed at tackling key social and institutional challenges around the rise of artificial intelligence and other new technologies. The group,…
