Instron, Norwood, Mass., released the AVE3, an advanced non-contacting video extensometer that delivers precise strain measurement with unparalleled, micron-level accuracy for tensile, compression, and bend testing.
Continue readingGreener electronics being developed to reduce unsustainably high levels of e-waste
To reduce unsustainably high levels of e-waste, an expert in green chemistry at Swedish research institute Research Institutes of Sweden has switched his focus from pulp to wood in a bid to make consumer electronic devices that have no carbon footprint and are easier to recycle.
Continue readingNew technology could help amputees feel temperature in their phantom limbs
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) researchers have developed one of the world’s smallest, most intense and fastest refrigeration devices, the wearable thin-film thermoelectric cooler (TFTEC), and teamed with neuroscientists to help amputees perceive a sense of temperature with their phantom limbs.
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