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Articles: AR/AI
Supply chains run best when all the stakeholders involved stay keenly focused on their core competencies, says Tom Vanderheyden from TTI Americas.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An ultra-small actuator has nanometer-scale precision.
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Briefs: Energy
The engine is approximately 10 billion times smaller than a car engine.
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UpFront: Aerospace
Private stations get NASA funding; a camera "sees the unseen," and more.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Neuroprosthetic technology combines robotic control with the user’s voluntary control.
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Briefs: Medical
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Biological insights of fruit fly eye movements could enhance robotics.
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Briefs: IoMT
The tabletop diagnostic yields results in an hour and can be programmed to detect variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Briefs: Materials
The system creates accurate defect standards for in-situ inspection systems.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Diamonds’ atomic flaws are converted into atomic sensors that watch a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Engineers have developed a sensor system and manufacturing process for smart contact lenses. The sensor system contains a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The hydrogels can morph multiple times in a preprogrammed or on-demand manner in response to external trigger signals.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Biobots based on muscle cells can swim at unprecedented velocities.
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Briefs: Wearables
Speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home can monitor regular and irregular heartbeats without physical contact.
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Briefs: Materials
The flexible, self-healing coating protects buildings, bridges, and anything above or below the water made of steel.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
An electrically driven soft valve paves the way for fully soft robots.
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
Satellite scheduling software helps consolidate data acquisition and improve weather forecasting.
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Briefs: Materials
The fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This robot can run, jump, carry heavy payloads, and turn on a dime.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near-perfect efficiency.
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Products: Communications
The PM-50 graphical panel meter is available as a 3.5" or 4.3" graphical touchscreen display.
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Products: Software
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2020 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
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INSIDER: Aerospace
Carnegie Mellon University's Iris rover is bolted in and ready for its journey to the moon.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
People rarely walk at a constant speed and a single incline. We change speed when rushing to the next appointment, catching a crosswalk signal, or going for a casual stroll in the park. Slopes...
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INSIDER: Automotive
Modern agricultural tractors contain so much cutting-edge technology, they rival even the latest spacecraft. But the back end is still old-school, relying largely on fossil fuels....
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INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptionally nimble and capable of...
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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will Microneedles Catch On?
A brand-new episode of our podcast series Here’s an Idea looks at microneedles, specifically their use in delivering drugs and vaccines. The array of tiny injectors, less than a millimeter in height, avoid nerve endings and feel a bit like Velcro. The patch creates little, micron size pathways that lead a drug directly...

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