Videos
The Golden Touch: Behind the Webb Telescope
August 7, 2012 4:06 pm | by HubbleSiteChannel | CommentsThe Webb Telescope's mirrors are coated in an extremely thin film of gold. This gold layer, only a few millionths of an inch thick, enables the mirrors to best reflect the infrared light the telescope seeks. The thinner the layer, the better off the telescope will be -- every bit of weight counts when a telescope as big as Webb is being lifted into space by a rocket. Join us at Quantum Coating in New Jersey, where engineers are vaporizing gold to apply a thin, even layer to the telescope's mirrors. - HubbleSiteChannel
This week from NASA: Landing Curiousity, test firings for project Morpheus, International space station
August 7, 2012 4:02 pm | CommentsThis week on @NASA Following a daring plunge through the Martian Atmosphere -- billed as 7-minutes of Terror, The Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover made a successful, on-target landing on the Red Planet in Gale Crater. Curiosity is scheduled to conduct a two-year mission to investigate the most intriguing places on Mars in an effort to determine if microbial life is possible on the planet. Also, engineers at the Johnson Space Center have conducted test firings of the Project Morpheus Lander, the quickest trip ever to the International Space Station of an unpiloted Russian Progress resupply ship, Marking History at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility and more! -NASA Television
PBS Off Book: Seeing Beyond the Human Eye
August 7, 2012 10:20 am | by PBS Off Book | CommentsTechnology defies the boundaries of human perception. From photomicrography to astrophotography, size and distance are no longer barriers, and through slow-mo and timelapse, we are allowed to see time and humanity in a new light. Through our curiosity and thirst for the unknown, the beauty of the universe can now be explored beyond the limits of the naked eye. - PBS Off Book
New 3D Printing Technologies Unveiled
August 7, 2012 10:10 am | by Engineering.com: Todd Grimm | CommentsIndustry expert Todd Grimm digs into 3 new 3D printing technologies. These range from the very tiny from Nanoscribe, to large metal objects from Fabrisonic, to high resolution optically clear designs from LuXeXcel. As usual, Todd brings his analysis to the story, letting you know what’s newsworthy about each new technology.
This week in Engineering: Inflatable Heat Shield
August 7, 2012 10:07 am | by Engineering.com | CommentsThis Week in Engineering - Paint absorbs weaponized chemicals; Pioneer anomaly solved; tires from dandelions; nanobots target Hepatitis-C; Japanese trashcan bot; and inflatable heat shield.
Techniques for SoC power management
July 31, 2012 4:21 pm | CommentsMore performance, less power! Freescale technical experts Cody Croxton and Ben Eckermann discuss how Freescale is innovating to provide more power-efficient multicore processors, including new implementations of advanced power management techniques with the e6500 Power Architecture core.
Multicore processor threading
July 31, 2012 3:52 pm | CommentsFreescale's Jim Holt reviews the different market approaches to multicore SoC threading, and discusses Freescale's multithreading implementation as it relates to the new QorIQ Advanced Multiprocessing (AMP) series.
Stantum's Fine Touch Z Technology
July 3, 2012 8:43 am | CommentsStantum demonstrates their Fine Touch Z Technology, which allows you to touch and write on a single sensor.
Thin, flexible printed batteries bring sound to novelty fire truck
June 13, 2012 9:33 am | CommentsHere’s an example of how thin, printed flexible batteries are used to bring life to novelty items. Here, you can see the batteries mounted into this interactive toy fire tuck from Novalia Ltd. Conductive ink sensitive touch points enable the sounds. These batteries are suitable for
SID Display Week 2012: Ocular's 17'' Truetouch Panel
June 12, 2012 4:06 pm | CommentsFrom the show floor of SID 2012 in Boston: David Nolte, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Ocular, discusses the company's Truetouch Panel, which can support up to 16 simultaneous touches.
NASA jet pack provides safety to astronauts - PTC
June 12, 2012 9:04 am | CommentsSAFER - an emergency jet pack for NASA astronauts - is designed to propel a spacewalker to safety if he becomes un-tethered and can't get back to the airlock.
Dean Kamen - You get what you celebrate - PTC
June 12, 2012 8:57 am | CommentsDean Kamen, inventor and founder of FIRST Robotics, discusses the next big global challenges and why we need to invest in the next generation of engineers right now.
Power supply basics module 1
May 24, 2012 4:34 pm | CommentsFormer ECN Editor-in-Chief and current GlobTek Marketing Communications Director Alix Paultre gives an overview of power supplies for laymen, business professionals, and those with a non-technical background. This is the first in a series.
The Ben Heck Show: Android remote pot-stirring device
May 24, 2012 9:13 am | CommentsRemember that old saying, 'A watched pot never boils'? Well, this week's episode of element14's "The Ben Heck Show" is boiling hot as Ben utilizes an Android app to build a remote pot-stirring device enabling users to heat meals to the perfect temperature in a pot from any location in the house...
TE Connectivity CXP Pluggable briefing
May 23, 2012 10:06 am | CommentsIn the latest product video from TTI, the Specialist introduces the CXP Pluggable I/O connector from TE Connectivity. Take it from The Specialist, he knows the only way to stay plugged in is with the CXP Pluggable.
