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MIT’s new ‘bifur-circuits’ let smart devices change shape without losing power - The Brighter Side of News
MIT’s 3D-printed bifur-circuits let smart structures change shape while preserving electrical connections and sensing their form.
MPIF and APMI to relocate headquarters to Hamilton
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) and APMI International have announced plans to relocate their joint headquarters. After 46 years at the current Princeton, New Jersey site, MPIF and APMI will move to Hamilton The post MPIF and APMI to relocate headquarters to…
How Embedded Systems Are Coping with the Heat of Today's Avionics
With faster processors, more functions, and higher bandwidth than ever before, today’s avionics are pushing the cooling technology envelope to the breaking point – and beyond. “The result of this trend is increasing heat flux at both the component and circuit board levels with…
Tips on working with copper in additive manufacturing
Copper is viewed as a material that will accelerate future aerospace production. For example, the privately funded company Ursa Major delivered a copper-based 3D-printed rocket engine combustion chamber from its additive manufacturing lab in Youngstown, Ohio. A challenge…
CNC Machining for Medical Devices: Applications, Materials, Quality Requirements, and Manufacturing Guide - Custom Precision Manufacturing for Complex Industrial Components | TOPS
For medical device companies, however, choosing a CNC machining supplier is about more than machining accuracy. Material traceability, inspection, process control, documentation, surface treatment, regulatory requirements, and supplier quality management can all affect the…
Overcoming the thermal barrier in next-generation AI ASICs
As the demand for custom AI ASICs and HPC hits unprecedented levels, electronic design engineers are facing a severe, multi-faceted roadblock: thermal management at the semiconductor and system level. As deep learning architectures demand higher computational density, ASICs…
Bodycote agrees £1.65B acquisition by Veritas Capital
Bodycote, headquartered in Macclesfield, England, UK, has agreed the terms of a recommended cash acquisition by Vulcan Alpha Bidco Limited, a newly formed company owned by US investment firm Veritas Capital The post Bodycote agrees £1.65B acquisition by Veritas Capital…
PyroGenesis secures repeat order for coarse-cut Ti64 powder
PyroGenesis Inc, headquartered in Montréal, Canada, has received a second order, valued at $73,700, from a US-based OEM technology provider serving the Additive Manufacturing industry. PyroGenesis will supply The post PyroGenesis secures repeat order for coarse-cut Ti64 powder…
Ames National Laboratory adds high-temperature refractory metal powder atomiser
The US Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory has installed a new refractory metal powder atomiser capable of processing materials at temperatures up to 3,400°C, with production rates of up to 1 kg per minute. The post Ames National Laboratory adds high-temperature…
Copper’s supply squeeze spreads, market needs more metal - Mining.com.au
As copper concentrate availability tightens, smelters and fabricators are turning towards recycled material to secure the feedstock needed.
China tells automakers to keep price wars out of exports
Aggressive discounting already broke domestic margins badly enough that exports now cushion the profits of BYD and others. By Stewart Burnett The post China tells automakers to keep price wars out of exports appeared first on Automotive World .
DiDi launches R2 driverless service tests in China
A purpose-built level 4 vehicle entering public trials shifts the robotaxi debate from technical readiness to operational durability The post DiDi launches R2 driverless service tests in China appeared first on Automotive World .
VDA urges overhaul of truck charging infrastructure
Truck charging infrastructure policy and vehicle CO₂ regulation have diverged: the trucks exist but the network to run them does not The post VDA urges overhaul of truck charging infrastructure appeared first on Automotive World .