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Q&A: Energy
Lenan Zhang and his team at MIT developed a small, economical, highly efficient device to provide fresh drinking water using only the Sun for its energy input.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technology could help in elder care with sensors throughout a home.
Briefs: Transportation
The coating could make lightweight lithium metal batteries safe and long-lasting for the next generation of electric vehicles.
Briefs: Energy
A wearable energy harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Hardware and software tweak microwave patterns to discover the most efficient way to identify objects.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Surface treatments have limitations that demand attention early in the design process.
Briefs: Defense
The new body armor can safeguard against even more powerful firearms during combat.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This new 3D printer can print an object the size of an adult human in just a couple of hours.
Briefs: Materials
The coating protects parking decks, bridges, concrete piers, offshore platforms, buildings, and cooling towers.
Briefs: Materials
The adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These materials can be used in soft robotics, self-healing electronics, and medical devices.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
The electrospun nanofibers are used for wound healing and 3D matrices for biological tissues.
Briefs: Communications
The newest PLCs can directly access Internet resources, much like a mobile device, to obtain information for improving operations.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new method provides a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride material for solar cells or other applications.
Briefs: Energy
Fuse devices enable circuit safety in high-power applications, such as motion control and alternative energy generation, in addition to electric vehicles.
Briefs: Materials
These carbon-based fillers can be used in thermally conductive clothing such as liquid-cooled garments.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
This imaging technique could impact optical communications and signal processing.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This work could accelerate the development of flexible electronics.
Briefs: Imaging
The lasers are small and efficient enough to fit on a microchip.
NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
Technology used to search for extraterrestrial life can characterize radioactive material.
Briefs: Transportation
Applications include homeland security, vehicle anti-collision systems, telecommunications systems, and industrial instrumentation.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This method could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second.
5 Ws: Materials
The handheld 3D skin printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Housed in a chip, it lets IoT devices communicate with existing WiFi networks.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The basis for the technology is a special resin that can be cured with UV light.
Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
RF & Microwave Electronics - April 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in space and ground...Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bridget Pelaez spoke to Tech Briefs about the 1,000 face shields being printed for Florida hospitals.
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