Tech Briefs - September 2018 - Vol. 42 No. 9

Features

• Application Briefs

  NASA's Robotic Sniffer Finds Space Station Leak

  Coating Erosion Tests Help Keep Mars 2020 Rover Safe

• Articles

  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

• Q&A

  Q&A: NYU's Dr. André D. Taylor Shows Pathway for Perovskite Cells

• 5 Ws

  5 Ws of a Simple Nerve Gas Detector

• Facility Focus

  National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• NASA Spinoff

  Planet-Navigating AI “Brain” Helps Drones and Cars Avoid Collisions

Tech Briefs

• 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

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  3D-Printed Active Materials for Robots

  Controlled Manufacture of Porous Silicon Carbide

• 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

• 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

Products

• New on the Market: September 2018

  Product of the Month: September 2018 Tech Briefs

• 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

• Applications

  Specifying Coatings for Military and Aerospace Applications

  Three Popular Machine Vision Standards

• Articles

  What's Ahead for Machine Vision Cameras?

  Advanced Materials Help Lasers Beat the Heat

• Products

  New Products: September 2018 Photonics & Imaging Technology

• 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

• Articles

  The Expanding Role of Sensors in the IoT/IIoT

  Solar PV and Lithium-Ion Battery Hybrids for the IIoT — A User's Guide

• Products

  New Products: September 2018 Sensor Technology

• Applications

  How to Specify Intrinsically Safe Remote Monitoring Sensor Systems