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Features
Articles
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Products of Tomorrow: September 2018
How Augmented Reality Will Disrupt the Manufacturing Industry
Multifunctional, Integrated, Photonic Lab-on-a-Chip for Astronaut Health Monitoring
Key Considerations When Selecting a Connector Solution: Addressing Materials, Layout, and Assembly Aspects
Key Considerations When Selecting a Connector Solution: Choosing a Suitable Connector Supplier
Products of the Month
New on the Market: September 2018
Product of the Month: September 2018 Tech Briefs
Application Briefs
NASA's Robotic Sniffer Finds Space Station Leak
Coating Erosion Tests Help Keep Mars 2020 Rover Safe
Tech Briefs
Materials
Metamaterial Device Controls Transmission and Reflection of Acoustic Waves
High-Kinetic-Energy Penetrator Shielding and High-Wear-Resistance Materials Fabricated with Boron Nitride Nanotubes and BNNT Polymer Composites
Catalytic Mechanism Converts CO2 to Methanol
Coatings Make Natural Fabrics Waterproof
Melt-Cast Explosive Material
Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D-Printed Active Materials for Robots
Controlled Manufacture of Porous Silicon Carbide
Test & Measurement
Nano/Micro Mechanical Environmental Test Cell
Microtesting Rig
Device Detects Explosives, Drugs, or Lead
Stray Energy Indicator for Pyrotechnic Applications
Carbon Dioxide Collection and Pressurization Technology
Active Measurement Cancellation
Flexible, Compliant, Multiline Microprobes for Measuring Material Electrical Properties
Electronics & Computers
Technique Boosts Capacity of Computer Storage
Electrical Contact to Molecules in Semiconductor Structures
Novel Synaptic Architecture for Brain-Inspired Computing
Artificial Intelligence Senses People Through Walls
Faster, More Efficient Information Processing
Communications
Faster Photons Could Make Data Totally Secure
Atomically Thin Device Transmits Signals Across a Broad Frequency Range
Transmitter Protects Wireless Data from Hackers
Antiferromagnetic-Based Memory Processes Data at Terahertz Speeds
Rapidly Deployable Communications Platform
Propulsion
Integrated Multiphysics and Advanced Diagnostics
Piezoelectric Thrust Vector Control for Hall Effect Thruster
Non-Toxic HAN Monopropellant Propulsion
Photonics & Imaging Technology
Applications
Specifying Coatings for Military and Aerospace Applications
Three Popular Machine Vision Standards
Features
What's Ahead for Machine Vision Cameras?
Advanced Materials Help Lasers Beat the Heat
Briefs
Deep Learning Transforms Smartphone Microscopes into Laboratory-Grade Devices
COSMIC Impact: Next-Gen X-Ray Microscopy Platform
A Paper-Like LCD — Thin, Flexible, Tough, and Cheap
Researchers Create Precision Optical Components with Inkjet Printing
Sensor Technology
Features
The Expanding Role of Sensors in the IoT/IIoT
Solar PV and Lithium-Ion Battery Hybrids for the IIoT — A User's Guide
Applications
How to Specify Intrinsically Safe Remote Monitoring Sensor Systems
Briefs
Direct-Current Detector for Emergency Responder Safety
Realization of High-Performance Magnetic Sensors Using Magnetic Vortex Structures
Keeping Data Fresh for Wireless Networks
The Ultimate ‘Smell Test’: Device Sends Rotten Food Warning to Smartphones
A Nanotech Sensor Turns Molecular Fingerprints into Bar Codes
NIST/NASA Study Shows One Detector Doesn't Fit All for Smoke in Spacecraft
An Artificial Nerve System Developed at Stanford Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch
Departments