North Star Imaging, Rogers, MN, recently opened an x-ray inspection services laboratory in Orlando, Florida. The facility houses a vault with a 9 Million Electron Volt high energy CT X-ray system capable of scanning very large dense parts used in aerospace and aviation.
A machine-learning method developed at MIT detects internal structures, voids, and cracks inside a material based on data
Researchers at MIT, Cambridge, Mass., used deep learning to compare a vast amount of simulated data about the exterior force fields of materials with the matching internal structure, and from there, they developed a system that could reliably predict the interior from the surface data.
Smart accelerometers from STMicroelectronics raise performance and efficiency for always-aware applications
What Do the Elements Sound Like?
See and hear how a recent graduate from Indiana University has converted the visible light given off by the elements into audio using a technique called data sonification, creating unique, complex sounds for each element in the periodic table.
‘Gluing’ soft materials without glue
If you’re a fan of arts and crafts, you’re likely familiar with the messy, sticky, frustration-inducing nature of liquid glues. But researchers now have a brand-new way to weld squishy stuff together without the need for glue at all. They’ve demonstrated a universal, “electroadhesion” technique that can adhere soft materials to each other just by […]



