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Briefs: Materials
A new method could jump-start the creation of tiny medical devices for the body.
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Briefs: IoMT
Programmed magnetic nanobeads are used to detect the virus in 55 minutes or less.
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Briefs: Power
Thrusters based on magnetic reconnection could complete long-distance missions in a shorter period of time.
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Products: Data Acquisition
Cable ties, milling software, snap-action switches, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The portable lab-on-a-chip detects many contaminants in water supplies.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Autonomous quadcopters can be trained using simulations to increase their speed, agility, and efficiency.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This model can be used to design better aircraft without having to wait months for supercomputer calculations.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Potential applications include parachutes, hot air balloons, weather balloons, blimps, sails, and parasails.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
See how makers of an automated truck wash system added a monitoring option for customers.
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Briefs: Materials
The structures’ small size and porosity make them well-suited for building components such as replacement joints.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Synthetic materials can mimic how living organisms expand and contract soft tissues, achieving complex 3D movements and functions.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Bioinspired cellulose nanofibrils can be controlled by electricity.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rutgers researcher Xiaoran Fan developed a "HeadFi" method that uses ordinary headphones as sensors.
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Articles: Energy
As the vehicle platform size decreases, the pulse power discharge rates of the Energy Storage System (ESS) increase.
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Briefs: Energy
This technology provides highly efficient grid-scale electricity storage at a fifth of the cost of current storage technologies.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Lithium-metal solid-state batteries can provide a safer, more energy-dense alternative to current technology.
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Articles: Energy
A disruptive manufacturing technology now offers reduced manufacturing costs and improved volumetric energy density in all-solid cells.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
A comparison of passive and active supercapacitor charging methods emphasizes the need for a close inspection on power source and supercapacitor demand.
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Products: Energy
Battery analyzers, uninterruptible power supplies, adhesives, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
The cathodes could enhance energy density of next-generation Li-ion batteries.
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Articles: Energy
The online Battery and Electrification Summit on June 15 and 16, 2021 offers two days of expert insight, innovation, and emerging applications.
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Articles: Unmanned Systems
See how WiBotic — a maker of wireless charging and fleet energy management technologies — is preparing robots for the Moon.
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Briefs: Energy
The alloy could influence the way energy storage devices are designed and manufactured.
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Products: Data Acquisition
A smart temperature transmitter delivers measurements via Bluetooth.
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2021
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: Software
New software being developed at Ohio State University will allow creation of more complex DNA robots, at much faster speeds.
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INSIDER: Motion Control
Northern Arizona University researchers developed high-performance artificial muscle technology based on linear actuators. Because of their helical structure, the actuators generate more power,...
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