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Facility Focus: Wearables
Learn about the batteries, skin sensors, flexible antennas, and other cutting-edge research coming from Penn State Engineering.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The valve enables telerobotic resupplying of media such as propellant and pressurant.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The robot can walk, run, jump, and interact with the environment in synchrony with a human operator.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
An alternative, environmentally friendly production method creates permanent magnets.
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Q&A: RF & Microwave Electronics
Fiorenzo Omenetto, Frank C. Doble Professor of Engineering at Tufts University School of Engineering, Dean of Research, and Director of the Tufts Silklab led a team that has produced...
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Tech Briefs asked 5 execs: What should a user consider before moving to the cloud?
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This method is a faster way to manufacture combustion chambers and nozzles for aerospace propulsion as well as heat exchangers in oil and gas applications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The wearable antenna bends, stretches, and compresses without compromising function.
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Briefs: Wearables
The technology would enable transmission of information just by touching a surface.
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Articles: Wearables
Water-sensing smartphone screens, a NASA-developed RF switch, and an ultrasound patch.
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Briefs: Wearables
The ultra-compact, wearable hologram sensor immediately notifies the user of volatile gas detection.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Applications include wearables, airplane cabin monitoring, medical diagnostics, and indoor air quality measurement.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
To modernize optical storage, Purdue researchers are replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters.”
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A novel nanostructure produces uniquely shaped light.
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Technology Leaders: Communications
Ball screws are helping manufacturers meet the growing demand for fiber optic cables generated by 5G communications.
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Briefs: Energy
A new imaging method allows researchers to see inside complex semiconductors, without destroying them.
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Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
Learn how to fix one of the more annoying problems in display imaging.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
With an optical microscope, spectra can be acquired from a sample area smaller than a micron.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
For applications requiring high-energy material deposition coatings, you'll need to understand how stress can impact surface figure and system performance.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Northwestern researchers have developed a new microscopy method that allows scientists to see the building blocks of “smart” materials.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new high-speed sensor pushes the boundaries in light-starved conditions.
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Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
Learn about a membrane-free, broadband microphone for the highest ultrasound frequencies.
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Products: Transportation
Automotive camera monitors, curved CMOS sensors, fiber lasers, and more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers are using a standard RGB digital camera to accurately monitor soil moisture.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The new battery is degradable, recyclable, non-toxic, and safer than lithium-ion batteries.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new generation of lithium-ion batteries is poised to improve electric vehicle range and affordability.
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Briefs: Automotive
The membrane prevents dendrite formation, at least doubling the lifetime of a lithium-metal battery.
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Products: Energy
Lithium batteries, compartment gaskets, chargers, and more.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have identified the primary cause of failure in a state-of-the-art lithium-metal battery.
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