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Printed Flexible Solar Cells Provide Embedded Renewable Power

In the effort to produce inexpensive, easily manufactured sources of sustainable, renewable power, solar cells continue to be a major focus — particularly flexible solar cells that can be applied directly to surfaces. Flexible solar cells are nothing new, but the methods by which ...

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Flipperons for Improved Aerodynamic Performance

Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

For a given airfoil design, lift is increased and drag reduced.

Lightweight, piezoelectrically actuated bending flight-control surfaces have shown promise as means of actively controlling airflows to improve the performances of transport airplanes. These bending flight-control surfaces are called “flipperons” because they look somewhat like ...

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Advanced Position Sensors to Aid NASA in Future Spaceflight

Silicon carbide-based position sensors
INPROX Technology Corp.
Boston, MA
617-573-5158
www.inproxtechnology.com

INPROX Technology Corp. (ITC) has entered into a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center in Ohio to develop advanced silicon carbide (SiC)...

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Design to Prevent Fatigue

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Dr. William Farrell

Dr. William (Bill) Farrell, Scientist, Lunar Exploration Program, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Dr. William Farrell, a scientist with the Lunar Exploration Program at Goddard Space Flight Center, is an expert on the problem of lunar dust and its effects on astronauts and equipment.

>> Products of the Month

PX Series Photoelectric Sensors

The KEYENCE PX Series rugged photoelectric sensors from Keyence Corp. of America, Woodcliff Lake, NJ, feature an IP-69K environmental rating for highpressure (1,400 psi) applications at temperatures to 176°F. They feature stainless steel casings, sensor heads backfilled with epoxy under vacuum conditions, and scratch-resistant lenses. A dual-output feature ...

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