Smart fabric gives robots a soft touch

See how researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University integrated magnetics into thin fibers that allowed them to build woven fabric patches that can “breathe,” gloves that can transmit tactile sensations, and “fingertips” for robots that allow them to pick up soft, squishy objects without harming them.

Massive gas turbine demand powers up Siemens, other providers

Industrial Info Resources, Sugar Land, Texas, reports that several technology providers for high-capacity power-generation projects, including those catering to the growing data-center market, are reporting a dramatic growth in U.S. gas-turbine orders.

Linde Advanced Material Technologies and Velo3D advance U.S. Navy shipbuilding with fully domestic additive manufacturing supply chain

Velo3D, Inc., Fremont, Calif., a leading additive manufacturing company for mission-critical metal parts, and Linde AMT, Speedway, Ind., (formerly known as Praxair Surface Technologies), a global leader in metal powders and coatings, have signed an agreement to supply domestically produced CuNi (70-30 Copper-Nickel) powder in support of the U.S. Navy and the Maritime Industrial Base Program.