Nuclear SMR welding breakthrough: A year’s work now takes a day

Small Modular Reactor (SMR) construction shifts into high gear, as UK company Sheffield Forgemasters welds a full-size nuclear reactor vessel in under 24 hours instead of the usual 12 months. The rollout of this game-changing tech could be massive.Cont… Continue reading Nuclear SMR welding breakthrough: A year’s work now takes a day

Unbreakable material nearly as tough as diamond, with high energy density

It’s taken more than three decades, but scientists believe they have created a material that’s almost impossible to break and could rival diamond as the hardest substance on the planet.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: University of Edi… Continue reading Unbreakable material nearly as tough as diamond, with high energy density

DIY industrial camera sports interchangeable image sensor board

German engineer Gaurav Singh has designed and built an industrial USB box camera in a custom 3D-printed case that not only accepts interchangeable lenses, but the image sensor can also be swapped out as needed.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, Tec… Continue reading DIY industrial camera sports interchangeable image sensor board

Compulab gives industrial mini-PC Elkhart Lake processor refresh

We’ve seen a number of fanless mini computers from Israel’s Compulab over the years, aimed at the Internet of Things, AI edge computing or industrial automation applications, and now the company has updated its modular fitlet model with Intel’s latest … Continue reading Compulab gives industrial mini-PC Elkhart Lake processor refresh

Fractory raises $9M to rethink the manufacturing supply chain for metalworks

The manufacturing industry took a hard hit from the Covid-19 pandemic, but there are signs of how it is slowly starting to come back into shape — helped in part by new efforts to make factories more responsive to the fluctuations in demand that come with the ups and downs of grappling with the shifting […] Continue reading Fractory raises $9M to rethink the manufacturing supply chain for metalworks

Alphabet launches Intrinsic to make industrial robots easier to use

For more than five years, a team has been developing and testing control software under Alphabet’s X moonshot factory, aimed at making industrial robots smarter and easier to use. Now the project has branched out into a new company called Intrinsic.Con… Continue reading Alphabet launches Intrinsic to make industrial robots easier to use

Canon’s multi-purpose cameras record color HD video day or night

Canon has announced a new series of multi-purpose, full-frame industrial cameras with ultra-low light sensitivity. Where a full-frame mirrorless flagship for consumers might boast low-light chops with an ISO topping out at 51,200, the ML-100 and ML-105… Continue reading Canon’s multi-purpose cameras record color HD video day or night