Briefs: Imaging
INRS Researchers Design the World’s Fastest UV Camera
Imagine being able to snap a picture of extremely fast events on the order of a picosecond.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Optimal Information About the Invisible
Researcher are finding ways to estimate a target location when light gets deflected by a disordered structure.
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Briefs: Imaging
Cell Labelling Method from Microscopy Adapted for Use in Whole-Body Imaging

Processes and structures within the body that are normally hidden from the eye can be made visible through medical imaging. Scientists use imaging to...

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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Testing Real Driverless Cars in a Virtual Environment
Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed new software to aid in the development, evaluation, and demonstration of safer autonomous, or driverless, vehicles. Called the Vehicle-in-Virtual-Environment (VVE) method, it allows the testing of driverless cars in a perfectly safe environment.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A Software Model Makes Transport Robots Smarter
Imagine a team of humans and robots working together to process online orders — real-life workers strategically positioned among their automated coworkers who are moving intelligently back and forth in a warehouse space. This could become a reality sooner than later, thanks to researchers at the University of Missouri.
White Papers: Aerospace
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The Next-Gen, Software-Defined Radio (SDR) Transceiver Delivers Big Advances in Frequency Hopping (FH)

In contrast to conventional radio communications, frequency hopping (FH) defines a method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly...

White Papers: Photonics/Optics
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High-Power Industrial Lasers: New Solutions to Old Problems

High-power laser systems are making their way into more and more industrial applications. From cutting steel, to drilling via holes in silicon, to marking plastic, a whole range of...

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D Printing a Robotic Hand with Bones, Ligaments, and Tendons
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments, and tendons made of different polymers using a new laser scanning technique.
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White Papers: Test & Measurement
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Selecting Your Next Oscilloscope: Why Deep Memory Matters

Oscilloscope users consistently rate bandwidth, sample rate, and memory depth as the three most important specifications. Acquisition memory deserves its key specification status next...

White Papers: Test & Measurement
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Five Techniques for Fast, Accurate Power Integrity Measurements

Rail voltages are getting smaller, and tolerances are decreasing. As a result, making accurate power rail measurements has become much more difficult. In the past, any...

Podcasts: Electronics & Computers
Here's an Idea: Powerful Sensors for the Eye
An implantable sensor detects direct dynamic pressure in the eye and transmits high-fidelity data.
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Special Reports: Medical
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Additive Manufacturing - November 2023

AM/3D Printing is fundamentally changing how products are prototyped and produced in aerospace, medical, electronics, and many other fields. To help you keep pace with the latest advances, we present...

Special Reports: Power
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Vehicle Electrification - November 2023

Read this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Battery & Electrification Technology to learn about the latest advances in e-powertrain design, battery...

Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
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Space Technology - November 2023

Read about NASA's plans for future Mars exploration, ultrafast laser-based space communications, new strategies for cleaning up orbital debris, and much more in this compendium of recent articles from the...

INSIDER: Energy
Invertible Neural Network Tool Helps Optimize Airfoil Design

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are building computational tools using artificial intelligence (AI) that can help optimize airfoil design for...

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INSIDER: Design
DNA Origami Nanoturbine Sets New Horizon for Nanomotors

Flow-driven turbines lie at the heart of many machines that have shaped our societies, from windmills to airplanes. Even life itself depends critically on turbines for fundamental...

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INSIDER: Motion Control
New Technique Helps Robots Pack Objects into a Tight Space

Anyone who has ever tried to pack a family-sized amount of luggage into a sedan-sized trunk knows this is a hard problem. Robots struggle with dense packing tasks, too.

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Blog: Design
Engineering a Safer Football Helmet
In the winter of 2019, the National Football League hosted its Helmet Challenge Symposium in Youngstown, OH, bringing together 300 engineers, manufacturing experts, and innovators from across the country.
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White Papers: Medical
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How to Select the Proper Pin for Your Application

Designers should determine the type of pin they are going to use early in the design stage of the project. The most important step in selecting the proper type of pin is to evaluate the...

Blog: Design
My Opinion: Innovation Happens When Scientists and Engineers Work Together
LIGO scientists and engineers working together to observe gravitational waves have achieved the remarkable feat of surpassing the quantum limit.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Vote for Tech Briefs’ 29th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2020 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
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On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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The Smaller the Part, the Bigger the Advantages of Miniature Aluminum Extrusions

The reliability, durability, and performance of small and miniature parts in a product or sub assembly depends heavily on the material used, the...

Blog: AR/AI
Use SLEAP to Track Sheep — or any Other Animal
The desire to understand how the brain generates and patterns behavior has driven rapid methodological innovation in tools to quantify natural animal behavior.
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Q&A: Research Lab
Illuminating the Mechanics of Solid-State Batteries
Doctor Sergiy Kalnaus and his team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a framework for designing solid-state batteries that focuses on their underlying mechanics.
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White Papers: Automotive
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Accelerating EV Testing for Better Results

The increase of electric vehicles hitting the road is exponential and hard to keep up with. Moving quickly has never been more important which is why outsourcing has become incredibly impactful. See...

Quiz: Propulsion
How Much Do You Know About Jet Engines?
As the future of jet engine technology continues to take shape, test your knowledge about how jet engines work with this quiz.
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Blog: Medical
Top Prizes Awarded in 2023 Create the Future Design Contest
NeuroPair’s Fibermag treatment — which aims to help patients of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) recover — took home the distinguished honor on Friday, November 10 in the heart of New York City.
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White Papers: Software
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Transforming the Automotive Industry Supply Chain

Capgemini’s latest thinking on how the automotive supply chain must evolve to realize the strategic advantage.

Technology & Society: Energy
Bringing Sustainable and Affordable Electricity to All
A Cambridge, MA-based startup is commercializing MIT/IIT-Comillas University-developed planning and analysis software to help governments determine the most cost-effective ways to provide electricity to all their citizens.
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Invertible Neural Network Tool Helps Optimize Airfoil Design

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Blog: Medical

Top Prizes Awarded in 2023 Create the Future Design Contest

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Quiz: Electronics & Computers

How Much Do You Know About DC Power Supplies?

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Podcasts: Data Acquisition

Here's an Idea: How AI is Changing Military Aircraft Maintenance and More

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Blog: Software

Big Data, AI Help Advance Ornithology

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Blog: Medical

Choosing Exoskeleton Settings like a Music-Streaming App

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Blog: Artificial Intelligence: Meet Human Intelligence

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On-Demand Webinars: Power

Electrifying Off-Highway Drivetrains

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Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

The Path to ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity Compliance

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Upcoming Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Understanding Technological Advancements in IR Detection Modules

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Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers

NVH Prediction in Electric Powertrains: Considering Inverter and...

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On-Demand Webinars: Medical

What Really Changed: A Look at the Updated FDA Guidance Document for ISO 10993-1

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Podcasts: Electronics & Computers

Here's an Idea: Powerful Sensors for the Eye

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