Equipment: A pump and a tin quart sized can with a screw cap. What it does: The pump is attached to the can and is turned on to evacuate the can. The resulting vacuum crushes the can.

In principle, industrial vacuum pumps are merely compressors run with the inlet attached to the vacuum system and the outlet open to exhaust. In smaller sizes, compressors and vacuum pumps are often ...

DARPA-funded researchers recently demonstrated the world’s smallest vacuum pumps. This breakthrough technology may create new national security applications for electronics and sensors that require a ...