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.