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Technology Leaders: Aerospace
Learn about the latest measurement technology designed to ensure accurate testing of helical compression and extension springs.
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NASA Spinoff: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Research in astronaut monitoring leads to virtual reality spinoffs.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
3D Printing Technique Produces “Living” 4D Materials
3D/4D printing is merged with a chemical process to produce “living” resin, which has potential for recycling and biomedicine.
Briefs: Imaging
This system places virtual objects within real-world backgrounds on cellphone screens and lets people interact with those objects by hand as if they were really there.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The functional transistors are integrated with ferroelectric RAM.
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Briefs: Materials
This process turns carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes with small diameters.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The switch is a major new step toward building a computer that uses light instead of electricity to process information.
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Briefs: Transportation
This controller minimizes the burden on the power grid.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This system autonomously prepares samples for online automated analysis.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Wraparound Self-Structuring Leaky-Wave Antenna (WSS-LWA)
This system has applications in the smart grid and military.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Bomb Detection Method Detects Peroxide-Based Explosives
The ultra-fast method analyzes a wider range of materials than current thermal-based detection systems.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
5G has the potential to provide connectivity for a range of different uses in manufacturing.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Life-saving sensors, soft hearing implants, and a new water-decontamination method
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Facility Focus: Semiconductors & ICs
Explore Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's first space flight complex.
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Briefs: Materials
This rapid processing method produces stronger materials and heals lower-quality fibers.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Breathalyzer Detects Marijuana
The device determines if a driver is under the influence of marijuana.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This coating acts as a spontaneous air cooler and can be fabricated, dyed, and applied like paint.
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Briefs: Materials
This innovation could lead to better drones, satellites, and biomedical devices.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Hybrid organic-inorganic materials transfer ultra-small, high-aspect-ratio features into silicon for next-generation electronic devices.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This technology quickly and accurately identifies explosives, deadly chemicals, and illicit drugs.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These materials may replace metals as lightweight, flexible heat dissipators in cars, computers, cellphones, and refrigerators.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This program enhances images and videos for smartphones, tablets, and PCs.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The flat structure morphs into another shape when temperature changes, enabling self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.
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Briefs: Imaging
The system provides three-dimensional imagery of potential threats at closer ranges.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Fiber-optic cables could help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
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Q&A: Wearables
Drexel Professor Genevieve Dion is coating yarn with the highly conductive, two-dimensional material MXene.
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Briefs: Communications
CAESAR Plug-in for MagicDraw
Users can maintain the consistency of a flight system design.

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