August 20th, 2009
Gallery: What's in the R&D pipeline?
R&D Magazine recently named its R&D 100 Awards, a compilation of the most innovative products in the pipeline.
We’ve compiled a gallery of the lineup. Here’s a look at a few of my favorites. You can find the entire list of winners here.
Atomic force microscopy probes–components used to image and manipulate materials at the nanoscale–are prone to wear and are considered disposable. A new type, the NaDiaProbe, has reached the marketplace after development by Advanced Diamond Technologies, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Compas Computerized Prosthesis Alignment System from OrthoCare Innovations provides the prosthetist with information about what is happening bio-mechanically. It includes a titanium sensor that measures the socket reactions (torques) in the anterior/posterior plane and the right/left planes dynamically. The system also determines the weight, balance, and gait timing of the prosthesis.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Land Mine Locator is a humanitarian aerial land mine detection platform designed to identify what today’s metal detectors can not.
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