Tech Briefs - July 2017 - Vol. 41 No. 7

Features

• Application Briefs

  Data Optimization Technology Helps Wind Farm Operator Examine Costs

  Safer, Cleaner, Corrosion-Protecting Metal Coatings

  Motor Control Technology Boosts Performance of Remotely Piloted Aircraft

• Who's Who

  Lindley Johnson, Planetary Defense Officer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D. C.

• Articles

  The Future of Wearable Technology

  LAB-ON-A-GLOVE: Enables Onsite Detection of Chemical Threats

  Products of Tomorrow: July 2017

• Facility Focus

  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• NASA Spinoff

  Blue-Light-Canceling Lens Gives Skiers a Clearer View

Tech Briefs

• Test & Measurement

  Decoupled Ranging and Orientation Inversions Enable Linear and Fast Long-Range Non-Line-of-Sight Positioning

  Ultrasonic Transducer Delivery Tool

  Nanofabricated Devices Detect Ultrasound with Light

  Bio-Detection System is a Handheld Chemistry Lab

  Impedance Measurement Box

  Transducer-Actuator Systems for On-Machine Measurements and Automatic Part Alignment

  Paper-Based Electrochemical Test Strip Detects Harmful Bacteria

• Bio-Medical

  Graphene-Based Sensor for Improved Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Asthma

  Artificial “Wrist” Enables Design of Wearable Blood Pressure Monitors

  Digital-to-Analog Transformation and Reconstruction of ECG Data

  Miniaturized Chemical Detectors for Point-of-Care Diagnosis

• Materials

  Adhesive Strength Enhancement of Shape Memory Polymer Composite and Metal Joint

  System for Repairing Cracks in Structures

  Corrosion-Inhibiting Self-Expanding Foam

  Reusable Sponge Absorbs Oil from Entire Water Column

  Aqueous Solution Dispersement of Carbon Nanotubes

• Photonics/Optics

  Microstructural Explorations Inside Fuel Cells

• Aerospace

  Calibration and Synchronization of Micro-Air-Vehicle Autopilots

  Aircraft Landing Noise Reduction Liners

  Stop-Rotor Rotary Wing Aircraft

  External Aircraft Noise Reduction Liners

  In-flight Global Nonlinear Aerodynamics Modeling and Simulation

  Aircraft Deicing Decision Support Tool (DST)

  Center/TRACON Automation System Software Suite

  Heavy Lift Wing in Ground (WIG) Cargo Flying Boat

• Communications

  Personal Annunciation Device (PAD)

  Mobile Underwater Acoustic Communications

  A Smooth-Walled Feedhorn with Sub-30-dB Cross-Polarization Over a 30-Percent Bandwidth

  Wireless Virtual Reality Headset

  Wideband Retroreflector

• Energy

  Three-Dimensional Zinc Electrode Architectures for High-Performance Batteries

  Alpha-STREAM Convertor

  Silicon Nanoparticles Enable Energy-Collecting Windows

  Bacteria-Powered Battery is Printed on a Single Sheet of Paper

  Internal Short Circuit (ISC) Device Helps Improve Lithium-Ion Battery Design

Products

• Product of the Month: July 2017

• Briefs

  The Advanced Land Imager Helped NASA Mission Exceed Expectations.

• Applications

  Robotic Vision Keeps an Assembly Plant at Home

  Wide-Area Surveillance Using HD LWIR Uncooled Sensors

• Articles

  CMOS The Future of Image Sensor Technology

  Ruggedization of Imaging Lenses

  Snapshot High-resolution Hyperspectral Imaging

  Chip-Scale Device ‘Fine-Tunes’ Wireless Communications

  Round Lens. Square Pixels. Accurate Images. Really?

• Products

  New Products: July 2017 Photonics & Imaging Technology