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Blog: Electronics & Computers
Physicists achieved optical switching of a light signal at attosecond speeds to reach previously unattainable data transfer speeds.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The oxygen-ion battery can be extremely durable, does not require rare elements, and thwarts fire hazards.
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Blog: Materials
By avoiding hazardous chemicals, the work points down a path industry could follow to reduce its environmental footprint.
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Quiz: Electronics & Computers
Do you know what microgrids are and how they work? Find out with this quiz.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A soccer-playing, full-sized humanoid robot — ARTEMIS — with first-of-its-kind technology.
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Q&A: IoMT
Professor Patrick Mercier and his team at the University of California, San Diego, have developed an RFID smart tag that uses the signals generated by a smartphone to both read and power it.
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Blog: Medical
A Caltech-developed new kind of smart bandage aims to treat lingering wounds and help those who have trouble recuperating.
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Quiz: Electronics & Computers
Test your knowledge about the facts, history, and individual elements of computer processors.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward, and dip under narrow spaces.
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Application Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Through the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, Boeing is partnering with NASA to develop and flight-test a full-scale Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) demonstrator aircraft.
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Quiz: Electronics & Computers
How much do you know about cybersecurity? Take this quiz to find out.
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INSIDER: Internet of Things
Researchers from TMOS, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, have developed a sensor made from an array of nanowires,...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Everyone is talking about the newest AI and the power of neural networks, forgetting that software is limited by the hardware on which it runs. But it is hardware, says USC...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The molecules in our bodies are in constant communication. Some of these molecules provide a biochemical fingerprint that could indicate how a wound is healing, whether a cancer...
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Technology & Society: Green Design & Manufacturing
Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg has partnered with Alquist, a 3D printing home construction company, to 3D print homes in Williamsburg.
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NASA Spinoff: Software
Software for modeling metal parts before 3D printing provides significant savings in cost and time compared to conventional physical testing.
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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
MIT alumnus-founded FarmWise uses autonomous machines to snip weeds while preserving crops, eliminating the need for herbicides.
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Podcasts: Energy
Amprius Technologies has achieved a new battery energy density breakthrough of 500 Wh/kg with its lithium-ion cell, the Silicon Anode Platform.
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Optics & Photonics Innovations - April 2023
Demand for satellite communications bandwidth is quickly outstripping supply. The solution: optical, laser-based technologies. Read all about it – and other major photonics advances – in this...

Products: Information Technology
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Special Reports: Materials
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Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2023
NASA is applying sensor technologies to create a state-of-the-art dexterous humanoid robot, to monitor the structural health of inflatable habitats designed for Mars, and to test the first all-electric...

Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Power Electronics - April 2023
This compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology looks at the latest advances in power electronics and energy storage for applications ranging from drones...

Articles: Motion Control
Automation vendors are looking for the latest technology that will give them a competitive advantage.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
As manufacturing automation rapidly advances, conveyors are not only being used for transportation but also accurate material (or product) placement.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Automate, to be held from May 22-25 in Detroit, MI, will provide attendees the latest in cutting-edge robotics, vision, artificial intelligence, motion control, and more.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
As battery manufacturers work to rapidly add new production capacity, they face a challenge in compressing the time it takes to build new production lines.
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Briefs: AR/AI
Researchers have developed a quadrupedal robot control technology that can walk robustly with agility even in deformable terrain such as sandy beach.
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Briefs: Design
A Terminator-style shape-shifting robot able to LIQUEFY and reform has been developed by engineers inspired by sea cucumbers.
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Briefs: Design
A Data-Driven Framework for Testing the Safety of Legged Robots
When it comes to the evolution of mobile robots, it may be a long time before legged robots are able to safely interact in the real world, according to a new study.

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