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Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
Rugged Computing & Electronics - November 2021
From the battlefield to the oceans to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we...Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Once triggered, the enzyme-embedded plastics self-destruct, completely degrading and eliminating microplastics in days.
UpFront: Imaging
How to be a NASA intern; a new ideas for moon fabrics; and NASA's need for a better rover.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Freetouch turns a smartphone into a touchscreen remote control.
Articles: Energy
Nanotube fibers that turn heat to power; a NASA antenna system; and an antimicrobial coating.
Application Briefs: Imaging
Unmanned aircraft present a range of optics challenges.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The design may enable miniature zoom lenses for drones, cellphones, or night-vision goggles.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The optically powered machines self-assemble and could be used for nanoscale manipulation of tiny cargo.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Infrared lens testers, fiber optic transceivers, spectral radiometers, and more.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Silicon Carbide (SiC) optics are becoming more and more prevalent in high-energy laser (HEL) designs, and manufacturers must be aware of the potential risks
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
To have a successful product, one must consider all the required sub-systems to deliver high-quality illumination.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed an optical amplifier that they expect will revolutionize both space and fiber communication.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Scientists are working to improve the image resolution of X-ray techniques.
Articles: Imaging
When even your iPhone can easily become a thermal imager, today's top cameras offer better sensitivity and measurement accuracy.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The comb detects even the smallest amounts of greenhouse gases in the air or look for disease in human breath.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Dinkle International offers universal interface modules for connecting equipment signals to I/O modules.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Artemis I will launch from Kennedy Space Center into Earth orbit, where it will travel 40,000 miles beyond the Moon.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Flexible carbon nanotube fibers woven into clothing gather accurate EKG and heart rate.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Low-voltage DC stepper and servo drives offer space-saving options for applications traditionally handled by AC servo drives.
Q&A: Automotive
Jingcheng Ma, along with a team of researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, found a way to make ultra-thin water-resistant surface coatings robust enough to survive...
Articles: Defense
A vision-based control algorithm saves a quadrotor after the complete loss of a single motor.
Articles: Connectivity
Learn about "FreePower" charging stations.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Applications include space structures, emergency shelters, backpack solar collectors, and inspection of hazardous environments.
Facility Focus: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The "ERDC" helps solve problems in civil and military engineering, geospatial sciences, water resources, and environmental sciences.
Briefs: Imaging
An off-the-shelf USB camera captures the shadows made by hand gestures on the robot’s skin.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Incorporating semiconductor components, microscopic robots are made to walk with standard electronic signals.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
With Artemis II — the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion — four astronauts will travel to the lunar environment in 2024.
Articles: Aerospace
See this year's product designs from engineers, students, and entrepreneurs worldwide.
Briefs: Communications
The 2D materials boost device performance for electronic devices, solar cells, batteries, and medical equipment.
Briefs: Imaging
This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items buried under piles and completely out of view.
Technology Leaders: AR/AI
Deep learning-based AI allows users to identify 3D objects of arbitrary shape and size in various orientations with high accuracy in the 3D space.
5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The wearable device turns the touch of a finger into a source of power for small electronics and sensors.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Av four-legged soft robot walks, without requiring any electronics.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Directly visualizing external stresses of plastics is useful in development of materials with improved mechanical properties.
Articles: Materials
The e-kit promises to be a low-cost solution in the developing world.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Halo replaces all metal retractors with one simple, one-size-fits-all design.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
The third flight of SLS and Orion will carry the first woman and first person of color to the Moon.
Briefs: Energy
This paves the way for innovative and more energy-efficient printed electronics.
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
A long-time apparel insulator develops its own takes on popular NASA spinoff material.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
With the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, NASA will return humans to the lunar surface.
Products: Test & Measurement
Power supply ICs, temperature sensors, DC-DC converters, and more.
Briefs: Aerospace
The material could be used to create housing in outer space.
Technology Leaders: RF & Microwave Electronics
Easy-to-use reverberation test systems (RTS) measure the performance of wireless devices and antennas.
Articles: Materials
The invention could capture the potential of the edible packaging market.
Articles: Materials
Thanos Yiagopoulos, Chief Technology Officer of Momentive Performance Materials, discusses how engineers can determine the best product for their application.
Question of the Week: Materials
Can Borophane Beat Graphene?
A Tech Brief in our November issue highlights a new material that’s super-thin and super-strong. By combining hydrogen with an atom-thick sheet of boron known as borophane, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have created a potential alternative to the breakthrough 2D material graphene. The Argonne...
Blog: Materials
Prof. Jake J. Abbott is leading a team that has discovered a way to manipulate orbiting debris with spinning magnets.
Blog: Automotive
A reader asks a simulation expert: How do you compensate for the interaction of rain or snow storms on lidar sensors?
INSIDER: Imaging
Time-of-Flight Camera
LUCID Vision Labs, Inc. (Richmond, BC, Canada) recently announced its new Helios™2+ 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera offering two new on-camera depth processing modes: High Dynamic Range Mode (HDR) and...
INSIDER: Materials
Infrared (IR) light is invisible to humans. However, some animals, such as rattlesnakes or bloodsucking bats, can perceive IR radiation and use it to find food. But even for humans, the ability to see...
INSIDER: Imaging
On isolated mountaintops across the planet, scientists await word that tonight is the night. The complex coordination between dozens...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Climate change and its consequences are becoming...
Question of the Week: Aerospace
Will Spinning Magnets Clean Up Space Debris?
Our lead story today highlights an effort from the University of Utah to use spinning magnets – and robots – to someday retrieve scraps and bring them to a decaying orbit.
Special Reports: Software
Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - November 2021
In this new report from the editors of Medical Design Briefs and Tech Briefs magazines, discover how the latest advances in 3D printing, machining, molding and more are changing the way...Blog: Materials
A team has created a new type of carbon fiber reinforced material that reverses any fatigue damage -- you just need a little heat.
Question of the Week: Materials
Will Mars Habitats Be Made from Blood?
Transporting a single brick to Mars is extremely expensive. The high cost presents a challenge for those planning the future construction of a Martian colony.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
An autonomous robotic rover, Benthic Rover II, has provided new insight into life 13,100 feet beneath the surface of the ocean. The data collected are fundamental to understanding the...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers from Harvard University developed a new approach in which robotic exosuit assistance can be calibrated to an individual and adapt to a variety of real-world walking tasks in a...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
A robotic hand system was developed at MIT that can reorient over 2,000 diverse objects with a hand facing both upward and downward, in a step toward more human-like manipulation. This...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
See top suppliers and manufacturers in over 20 categories, including high-speed cameras, sensors, and optical components.
Blog: Materials
With some help from mussels and spider silk, a team of researchers has developed a strong, biocompatible adhesive that works well underwater.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A reader asks our industry expert:""Do the materials of construction have a big effect on gear generated noise?"
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
University of Cincinnati researchers developed an autonomous robot that can open a door for itself. It uses an appendage on a simple motorized lift the robot can raise and lower to reach a...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
NASA Kennedy Space Center developed the Inductive Non-Contact Position Sensor for motion control applications. The sensor was designed to monitor the precise movements of an optical inspection system that...
Question of the Week: Automotive
Will Automotive and Aerospace Industries Adopt Self-Healing Composites?
An INSIDER story this month highlighted how researchers from RPI and the University of Washington have created a composite that reverses fatigue damage — after applying some heat.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
Blog: Power
Using Street Lamps as EV Chargers
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Materials
This Paint Can Cool Buildings Without Energy Input
Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
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