Stories
0
0
0
Special Reports: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
CONEXPO/IFPE - January 2020
Coming to Las Vegas in March, CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE are North America's largest events for the construction/commercial vehicle, fluid power, power transmission, and motion control industries. In this Special...Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Vehicle Electrification - January 2020
Demand for electric vehicles is accelerating, presenting new design, manufacturing, and infrastructure challenges. To help you keep pace with the rapid changes in vehicle electrification technology, we...Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
Articles: Imaging
SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Increased laser capacity has enabled, and will continue to enable, new manufacturing possibilities.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.
Articles: Software
See how software supported the design of an advanced antenna.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
NASA and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) recently tested a new way to see the Sun
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Planetary Tides Simulation Facility for Simulation Tidal Strain in Planetary Ice Analogs
Applications include modeling of tidal stress response of icy satellites as well as fatigue of terrestrial ice shelves.
Briefs: Materials
Chromium Removal from PVC Filters
The process does not cause any structural changes to the PVC filter membrane.
Q&A: Photonics/Optics
Have you heard of "Thubber?"
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
System Allows Diabetics to Monitor Blood Sugar Without Drawing Blood
The self-contained technology is similar to the smart watches that monitor heart rate.
Briefs: Materials
A carbon nanotube heat shield can better protect extremely fast aircraft.
Briefs: Aerospace
This technique lowers airstream noise generated at the side edges of deployed flaps, elevons, or slats.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA and universities from across the country are teaming up to support a continued human presence on the Moon and ultimately Mars.
Briefs: Materials
These barrier coatings protect high-performance components in extreme environments.
Briefs: Materials
A solvent leaches cobalt and lithium for reuse from spent batteries.
Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
See how NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, and more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.
Briefs: Materials
This microbot can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater.
Briefs: Energy
This approach is a cost-effective way to convert carbon dioxide gas into methane.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device can be used to pre-screen for the virus using gene-editing assays before those infected can travel and expose others.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applying a surface-active agent makes metal easier to cut and shape into parts and pieces.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Recovery of Mercury and Rare Earth Elements from Fluorescent Lamp Phosphors
This method will enable safer fluorescent light recycling.
Briefs: Energy
Power System for Hybrid Heavy-Duty Trucks
Electric motors and gas-alcohol engines could slash pollution levels and greenhouse gases from long-haul trucks.
5 Ws: Software
A touch-based display mimics the geometry of 3D objects designed on a computer.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These robust materials convert excess heat energy into electricity.
Briefs: Materials
This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
Products: Connectivity
Processors, imaging sensors, dimensioning systems, and more.
Briefs: Imaging
The non-destructive coating has applications in structural health monitoring, aerospace, automotive, and military/defense.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology enables methane metabolism by yeast.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
If you want to pursue in-house PCB prototyping and testing, there are several routes you can take.
Articles: Energy
Heartbeat-based biometrics, sonic-boom displays, and an artificial leaf.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Ultra-thin SiC microstructures enable batch fabrication of MEMS, NEMS, pressure sensors, and biosensors.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Various components are used to assemble robots that are more aware of their surroundings.
Briefs: Materials
This plant-based material can be manufactured using water as a solvent instead of other harmful solvents.
Briefs: Materials
Load-bearing structures in cars and airplanes could be manufactured from the metal foam.
Briefs: Materials
According to the United Nations, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and the majority live in developing nations. A process was developed...
NASA Spinoff: Imaging
Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.
Briefs: Energy
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Manufacturers in almost every industry are looking to design lighter parts. Here are five lightweighting strategies.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
A new method of estimating the optimal trailing aircraft position in a formation increases fuel savings.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These louvers provide passive thermal cooling for CubeSats.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.
Briefs: Aerospace
This microrobot with soft actuators can crash, fall, and collide without being damaged.
Briefs: Power
Embedded Gas and Temperature Sensors for Extreme Environments
Innovative process control systems for improved efficiency and lower emissions in current and future fossil-fuel-based power systems and related applications require durable, embedded sensor technology that can operate at higher temperatures and in harsh conditions.
Briefs: Motion Control
An upgraded mini robot can leap over obstacles with ease.
Products: Test & Measurement
Vitrek introduces the PA920 Series ultra-high-accuracy power analyzer.
Blog: Test & Measurement
As additive manufacturing supports the creation of critical metal parts, designers need to know that the parts are high-quality.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A fun way to show the robustness of a soft robot? Swat it.
Question of the Week: Imaging
Will We Use Satellites to Fix Satellites?
A recent INSIDER described one researcher’s idea to fix a broken satellite: Send up a repair satellite! Read the Tech Briefs Q&A for details.
Blog: Connectivity
Here are five technologies that aim to add intelligence to the most surprising household objects.
Blog: Automotive
Stuck in traffic? The Pegasus flying car can get you out of there.
Blog: Aerospace
NASA came to CES with a message: We're going back to the Moon, and we'll need help from industry to do it.
Question of the Week: Automotive
Would You Ride in a Flying Car?
A flying car, also known as a rotable aircraft, is something that inventors have been dreaming about for a very long time. Stuck in traffic? Just take-off and get out of there.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA is using the International Space Station as a testbed for 3D printing.
Blog: Energy
To improve the aqueous lithium-ion battery, RPI researchers tried out niobium tungsten oxide.
Question of the Week: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Would You Cook with ‘Julia?’
Last week, we highlighted five CES 2020 technologies that are adding intelligence to everyday aspects of the home. One featured “Smart Home” technology included “Julia,” an all-in-one cooker that performs a variety of kitchen tasks: chopping, whisking, steaming, weighing ingredients, and even kneading...
Blog: Materials
"View it as an infrared privacy shield," says Professor Mikhail Kats.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don’t normally support them. Using a...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Photovoltaics used in solar panels are sensitive to environmental factors and often suffer degradation over time. International Electrotechnical Commission standards for...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Imagine a fleet of 100 Hubble Space Telescopes, deployed in a strategic space-invader-shaped array a million miles from Earth, scanning the universe at warp...
INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
SWIR Camera
Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. (PIRT) (Monmouth Junction, NJ) will be introducing its new compact MVCam series shortwave-infrared (SWIR) and visible camera that supports the highest commercially available frame...
Blog: Aerospace
When astronauts arrive on the Moon, their habitat may be one made out of fungi.
Question of the Week: Green Design & Manufacturing
Do you Like the Idea of Fungi-Inspired Design?
Our lead INSIDER story today demonstrated the potential of fungi as a building material. Aside from supporting theoretical space habitats, fungal mycelia have been used to create actual chairs and 2x4 structures. What do you think? Do you Like the Idea of Fungi-Inspired Design?
INSIDER: Motion Control
Cells are observed to “crawl” by attaching themselves to a surface and using these anchor points to push themselves forward (like crawling on the ground). Scientists have identified a different propulsion...
INSIDER: Motion Control
An engineering model of the VIPER lunar rover is being tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. About the size of a golf cart, VIPER is a mobile robot that will roam around the Moon’s South Pole looking...
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cornell researcher T.J. Wallin explains what's so cool about a robot that sweats.
Top Stories
Blog: Electronics & Computers
The Kitchen Tech Hack Aiming to Revolutionize 3D Printing
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
Beyond Lithium: The Rise of Calcium-Ion Energy Storage
INSIDER: Design
These Robots Are Born to Run — And Never Die
INSIDER: Design
Programmable Lego-Like Material Emulates Life’s Flexibility
Podcasts: Software
How the F-22 Is Getting Software Updates Faster Than Ever
Quiz: Aerospace
Webcasts
Podcasts: Software
How Modular Computing Is Accelerating Modern Defense Technology
Webinars: Automotive
Driving Reliability: Simulation Driven EMI Techniques for Modern Vehicle...
Editorial Webinars: Aerospace
Smarter Aerospace Manufacturing & Design with Digital Twins and Agentic AI
Webinars: Materials
Superior Environmental Protection with Ultra-Thin Parylene and Multilayer...
Webinars: RF & Microwave Electronics
Where Time and Frequency Converge: Multi-Channel RF Analysis for Radar and...
Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Over-Engineering Trap: Aligning Custom Equipment Specs with Operational...
