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An advance in micromotor technology akin to the invention of cars that fuel themselves from the pavement or air, rather than gasoline or batteries, is opening the door to broad new medical and industrial uses for these tiny devices, according to scientists from the University of California, who presented their research at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in April.

An advanced manufacturing research conference taking place June 10-14, 2013 is expected to draw about 500 academic, industrial and governmental participants to the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wis., according to the host, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has created the first digital cameras with designs that mimic those of ocular systems found in dragonflies, bees, praying mantises and other insects, according to the university.

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.

DRS 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.