Ultrasonic phased arrays are one of the wonders of the moment, with videos of small items being levitated by them shared far and wide. We’ve all seen them and some of us have even wondered about ...

The redesigned HS35 vector-duty hollow-shaft encoder from Dynapar Corp., Gurnee, Ill. (www.dynapar.com) has several new features but the same old price. For example, the encoder now carries a 400-g ...

Who wouldn’t want an autonomous drone to deliver cans of fizzy drink fresh from the fridge? [Alex Toussaint] did, and in thinking how such a machine might work he embarked on a path that eventually ...

In a recently published study in the journal EPSL neuroelectronics, researchers from The Pennsylvania State University and Washington University in St. Louis have introduced a modular 16-channel ...

Holodeck, anyone? Researchers at Bristol University are developing a system known as UltraHaptics that uses ultrasonic force fields to project the tactile sensations of objects in midair. Currently ...

There have been important technological advancements made in the nondestructive testing (NDT) industry with total focusing method (TFM) capable inspection devices becoming more common. In terms of ...

Austenitic welds and welds that contain heterogenous weld materials are increasingly used in various industries. These welds can be used to manufacture components with enhanced or custom-engineered ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a coin-sized flexible stick-on ultrasonic phased-array that allows blood pressure to be measured in arteries below surface layers.