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NI LabVIEW Campus Tour

NI campus tourTraveling to universities and colleges across the United States and Canada, the National Instruments LabVIEW Campus Tour showcases the latest technologies for educators, researchers and students.

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New precision machining aerospace center in Baja, Calif., Mexico's aerospace manufacturing hub

The Baja California Aerospace industry opened its Precision Machining Center (CADTE) located in Tijuana, Mexico, to meet the requirements of the region´s aerospace industry, according to Tijuana EDC, a nonprofit corporation that helps companies establish manufacturing operations in Mexico.

ICOMM 2013 addresses interesting applications in micromanufacturing

The proceedings from the recently concluded International Conference on MicroManufacturing 2013 in Victoria, BC, Canada, are now available at the University of Wisconsin’s “Minds @ UW” Web site.

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The UK’s first nano-satellite mission

CubSatGlasgow, Scotland-based Clyde Space is exploring new opportunities using nano-satellites controlled by brushless direct current (DC) motors from maxon motor, according to the Berkshire, U.K-based company.

BionicOpter: Inspired by dragonfly flight

With the BionicOpter, Festo has technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly, according to the company. Just like its model in nature, this ultralight flying object can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings.

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PhotoScribe complete turn key marking system

PSMPPhotoScribe Technologies offers this brief video demonstrating a complete turn-key marking solution that the company delivered to a customer for marking pharmaceutical tablets. The laser system is designed to mark on the fly as parts pass beneath the laser.

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What’s old is new again

Masaru RaoAn engineering professor at the University of California, Riverside plans to use a century-old automotive manufacturing technique to enhance performance and reliability of new miniaturized medical devices, according to the university.

BinOptics gets $13.3 million in funding

BinOptics Corp. has received $13.3 million in new funding.


The Ithaca-based manufacturer of lasers and monolithically integrated optoelectronic components will use the funding to continue expansion of its product lines and to accelerate development of new products, according to the company.

The funding comes from five new investors: Advantage Capital Partners, Enhanced Capital Partners, Gefinor Ventures, Onondaga Venture Capital Fund and Rand Capital.

DARPA demonstrates 5µm pixel LWIR camera

Darpa 5micronDRS Technologies Inc., working on the DARPA Advanced Wide FOV Architectures for Image Reconstruction and Exploitation program, has created the first long-wave infrared (LWIR) camera that uses pixels only 5µm across, according to DARPA.

High-value MEMS market growth slows due to weak medical electronics and industrial sectors

memsRevThe high-value microelectromechanical system (MEMS) market experienced soft growth in 2012, mainly due to weakness in the mainstay medical electronics and industrial sectors, according to an IHS iSuppli MEMS High-Value MEMS Market Tracker Report from information and analytics provider IHS.

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