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Products: Materials
Perovskites
Goodfellow (Coraopolis, PA) recently announced a new range of perovskites, a group of materials that demonstrate great potential for optoelectronic applications. Perovskites have a unique and versatile crystal...
Briefs: Data Acquisition
The NASA study is a first step in developing a model to deploy in future disasters.
Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
CT vs. structured light scanning — See which option is best for you.
Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Different line scan prism manufacturers might compare two possible curves in their advertising and argue that the steeper flanks should enable better color reproduction with greater selectivity.
Application Briefs: Transportation
Anand Gopalan, CEO of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., discusses lidar software for ADAS and autonomous vehicles
Technology Leaders: Imaging
Vision-based convolutional neural network system detects phone usage, eating, and drinking.
Articles: Propulsion
Altering the traditional intensity distribution of fiber lasers improves weld quality.
Articles: Materials
There are longwave, midwave, and shortwave camera systems—each with its own advantages for specific industries and uses.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
In the middle ground between microwaves and visible light lies terahertz radiation, and the promise of “Tray vision.”
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Researchers have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure more of the stresses and strains on materials under high pressures.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms.
Articles: Communications
Increase battery life and reduce data loads with an analog-first processing architecture.
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An interview with Mike Horton, CTO of ACEINNA, Inc. (Boston, MA).
Articles: Connectivity
To clear up some of the confusion about what the industry means when it says 5G, here’s a guide to what it’s all about.
Application Briefs: Communications
Facility managers, real estate owners, as well as commercial and industrial businesses are looking to deploy IoT.
Briefs: Wearables
Drones, smartphones, and sensors could provide a lifeline to the world’s growing elderly population at risk of falls.
Products: Test & Measurement
This month: Sensors that measure weather, proximity, pH, and more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
A mobile, wearable device the size of a Band-Aid could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Beta Technologies is putting their Electrical Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft (eVTOL) prototype through the wringer.
Briefs: Medical
The lenses can prevent dry eyes and may be used for drug delivery.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These electrode implants will allow people with a dysfunctional inner ear to hear again.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The bus is designed for high-frequency, high-temperature operation in electric drive systems and next-generation power electronics.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Tech Briefs checks back in with CEO Jon Sumroy about his award-winning product: the mifold grab-and-go car seat.
Articles: Connectivity
Your preview of one of the largest technical mobility events of the year.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This cost-saving piping insulation has uses in refrigerated containers that protect food, medicine, and other perishables.
Articles: Aerospace
Dr. Kennedy was the first Director of Teaching & Learning, Literacy and Outreach for the New York...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Magnetic Shield Using Proximity Coupled, Spatially Varying Superconducting Order Parameters
This magnetic shielding design can be easily incorporated into a wide range of electronic sensing applications.
Articles: Aerospace
Moghbeli has accumulated more than 150 combat missions and 2,000 hours of flight time in more than 25 different aircraft.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
In the past 15 years, Renee Bernstein doubled the growth of her company by focusing her attention to research and product development.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This trailing edge flap device reduces noise without compromising cruise efficiency or landing lift and stall characteristics.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.
Briefs: Aerospace
The new arm design enables unmanned aerial vehicles to fly in windy conditions.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Dr. Beth Holloway has been the Director of the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue University since 2001 and serves as...
Briefs: Materials
These materials can be used in aerospace vehicles, automobiles, clothing, helmets, and chemical sensors.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The additive creates fuel from biomass while improving engine performance.
Articles: Aerospace
Dr. France A. Córdova is an internationally recognized astrophysicist and the 14th director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Q&A: Materials
David Kaplan is solidifying silk to make products like rods and plates for medical implants.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Blood Test Detects Multiple Types of Cancer
The test can screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This vibrometer has uses in analyzing spasms in humans, as a breath analyzer for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, and as a preventative healthcare sensor.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
nTopologyNew York, NY
In today’s strategic information environment, the ability to rapidly respond to ever-changing technology needs is an essential asset for any organization that provides...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Using 3D components on a standardized 2D microchip manufacturing platform uses up to 100 times less chip space.
Briefs: Materials
These thin films hold great promise for solar cells and LEDs.
Briefs: Energy
These actuators provide active flow control for airfoil surfaces and supersonic inlets of wing-borne vehicles.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The device retrains patients with spinal cord injury to sit more stably and gain an expanded active sitting workspace.
Briefs: Motion Control
Applications include valves, tubes, and other gas and fluid system components.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Thermal cameras, testing software, an ion air knife, and more.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Mary Hardgrove spearheads an entire assembly department that provides next-generation mechanical cable innovations
Articles: Imaging
Biodegradable batteries, solid-state ultracapacitors, and infrared camouflage.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This new understanding can help chip manufacturers find ways to better diffuse the heat that leads to device damage and decreased device lifespans.
Briefs: Aerospace
Titanium-copper alloys for 3D printing could create high-performance alloys for medical device and aerospace applications.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
This technology could impact new directions in robotics design.
Briefs: Energy
An engineered surface treatment can reduce waste and improve efficiency in many processes.
Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
The Army Test and Evaluation Command provides essential information to acquisition decision-makers and commanders.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This system protects workers on lightning and telecommunications towers, and on oil and gas platforms.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The sensor makes it easier to detect and manage ice accumulation on aircraft wings.
Articles: Aerospace
We spoke with five women who lead their fields in engineering and science
Briefs: Materials
Production Method for High-Performance Polymer
A new composite nanoparticle catalyst produces a polymer to make body armor and other high-performance fabrics.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dr. Valle, an academic professional in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, received her...
5 Ws: Electronics & Computers
Learn about the Pedestrian Audio Wearable System (PAWS), a low-cost, headset-based, wearable platform.
Briefs: Materials
The coating can prevent the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other bacteria in settings ranging from hospitals to kitchens.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This framework can be used by commercial and military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Products: Materials
Midwest Engineered Systems, Waukesha, WI, offers the ADDere metal 3D printing system that consists of a 6-axis industrial robot combined with a 2-axis coordinated motion workpiece positioner. The laser wire additive system...
Special Reports: Aerospace
Unmanned Systems - March 2020
The latest advances in aerial, ground, and underwater unmanned systems are covered in this special report, a compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology.Special Reports: Test & Measurement
Test & Measurement - March 2020
See how the latest test tools and methodologies are enabling new applications in aerospace, automotive, communications, and other key fields. This compendium of recent articles is presented by the editors of Tech...Events: Medical
Events Calendar
UAV Technology USA
2 February - 3 February 2026
Counter UAS Homeland Security USA
4 February - 5 February 2026
Future Soldier Technology
9 March - 11 March 2026
Military Robotics & Autonomous Systems
13 April - 15 April 2026
Counter UAS Technology Europe
20 April -...
Question of the Week: Energy
Will We Ever Recharge Electric Batteries As Quickly As We Get Gas?
Stanford University researchers have developed a machine learning-based method that cuts battery testing times by 98 percent. The team says that their A.I. technique could lead to a future where an electric battery is recharged in the time it takes to stop at a gas station. Watch...
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
The new Mars Rover Name is Perseverance, thanks to a suggestion from Virginia 7th grader Alex Mather.
Blog: Software
The votes are in. Our readers selected top products in data acquisition, software, and ultrasonic sensing.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
NASA’s big return to the Moon by 2024 will call for the support of small technologies – specifically, the miniature spacecraft known as CubeSats.
Question of the Week: Aerospace
What Name Would You Give the Next Mars Rover?
In a live event from Lake Braddock Secondary School (LBSS) in Burke, Virginia on Thursday, NASA professionals announced that the Mars 2020 rover will be called “Perseverance.”
INSIDER: Power
New research by engineers at MIT and elsewhere could lead to batteries that can pack more power per pound and last longer, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as...
INSIDER: Energy
A new bendable supercapacitor made from graphene, which charges quickly and safely stores a record-high level of energy for use over a long period, has been developed and...
INSIDER: Materials
Materials called perovskites show strong potential for a new generation of solar cells, but they’ve had trouble gaining traction in a market dominated by silicon-based...
INSIDER: Energy
When electric vehicles end their life, the remaining storage capacity of the lithium battery is expected to be higher than 70%. After this, they can be reused for less demanding “second...
Blog: Aerospace
NASA wants small businesses to help the safe operation of UAVs in airspace.
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have developed a way to retrofit the transmission electron...
INSIDER Product: Imaging
Final Vision Inspection (FVI) SystemCyberOptics® Corporation (Minneapolis, MN) has launched the Multi-Reflection Suppression™ (MRS™)-enabled 3D MX3000 Final Vision Inspection (FVI) system for memory modules. The launch extends...
INSIDER: Imaging
Some molecules, including most of the ones in living organisms, have shapes that can exist in two different mirror-image versions. The right- and left-handed versions can sometimes have different...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers at Purdue University have been working to develop new technologies to help stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, which kill 3,000 people a year, by detecting them more...
Question of the Week: Test & Measurement
Would You Use a CurveBoard?
MIT researchers have invented a way to integrate “breadboards” — flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping — directly onto physical products.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Massive manufacturing bots have evolved into something new — collaborative robots.
Blog: Transportation
A reader asks, "What market drivers need to occur for electric vehicles to be considered an acceptable replacement for vehicles with internal combustion engines?"
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D printing is being used to quickly create life-saving parts and prototypes like masks, shields, and ventilator valves.
Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Would You Use the Pedestrian Audio Wearable System (PAWS)?
Our “5Ws” article in the March issue of Tech Briefs highlights a wearable developed at Columbia University called “PAWS.” The Pedestrian Audio Wearable System detects and locates approaching cars. PAWS then warns the pedestrian in real-time by providing audio/visual feedback via the...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
As autonomous cars collect data on passing pedestrians, cyclists, and license plates, what privacy measures are in place? A reader asks.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See how Prof. Olaf Diegel built a hands-free door opener.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Rutgers University engineers have created a tabletop device that can draw blood or insert catheters to deliver fluids and drugs. The device can accurately pinpoint blood vessels, improving success...
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A small, inexpensive, and highly accurate gyroscope, developed at the University of Michigan, navigates without GPS. The key to making the gyroscope is a nearly symmetrical mechanical resonator...
Blog: Transportation
A reader asks our expert.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bridget Pelaez spoke to Tech Briefs about the 1,000 face shields being printed for Florida hospitals.
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...
