Tech Briefs - October 2019 - Vol. 43 No. 10

Articles

Mobile Rugged Displays for Situational Awareness

Products of Tomorrow: October 2019

Products

New on the Market: October 2019

Product of the Month: October 2019 Tech Briefs

Q&A

Q&A: Wearable Motion Sensors Could Save Unborn Babies

5 Ws

5 Ws of Paper Unprinting

Facility Focus

Facility Focus: NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center

NASA Spinoff

Deep-Space Food Science Research Improves 3D Printing

Technology Leaders

Maintaining Data Protection and Security for the Connected Car

Mechanics & Machinery

Fluid-Filled Frequency-Tunable Mass Damper

Lateral Kevlar Suspension Device (LKSD)

Tiny “Walking” Motor Moves in Discrete Mechanical Steps

Lightweight Exosuit Combines Robotics and Functional Apparel

Rose-Inspired Device Collects and Purifies Water

Software

UNIX Tools for Typesetting and Shell Programming

System for Incorporating a Physiological Self-Regulation Challenge into Parcourse/Orienteering Type Games and Simulations

Software Applications for the Control and Management of the Amine Swingbed Experiment

Technique Locates Robots and Humans in GPS-Challenged Environments

Structure Deformation Calculation Program for Structural Shape Monitoring

Manufacturing & Prototyping

3D Printing of Magnetic Liquid Droplets

High-Speed 3D Printer for High-Performance Plastics

Immersion Precipitation 3D Printing for Porous Structures

Invisible Tags Write, Read, and Erase Using Light

Dynamic Microstructures Move by Light and Temperature

Manufacturing Process for Aluminum Alloys

3D-Printed Liquid Lab-on-a-Chip

Electronics & Computers

Thin Nylon Films for Transparent Electronic Devices

Chip Converts Wasted Heat to Usable Energy

Atomically Thin Heat Shield Protects Electronic Devices

Wireless Transceiver Quadruples Speed of 5G

Ultrathin Transistors for Faster Computer Chips

Aerospace

Schlieren System Captures Brilliant Shockwave Images

Software Accelerates Engine Development for Hypersonic Flight

Lightweight Sensing and Control System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Monitoring

New Airplane Wing Assembled from Tiny Identical Pieces

Aircraft Vertical Takeoff and Landing

Compact, Lightweight, CMC-Based Acoustic Liner

Neural Lander Uses AI to Land Drones Smoothly

Briefs

Smartphone App Programs Robots

High-Sensitivity, Low-Noise MEMS Accelerometer

Miniature Stretchable Pump

Automated System Generates Robotic Parts

Articles

Smart, Hybrid Actuators Combine Nanometer Precision, Large Forces, and Long Travel Ranges with High Dynamics

How to Use Rotary Encoders to Quickly Convert Mechanical Rotation into Digital Signals

Avoiding Electrical Damage with Conductive Lubrication

Products

New Products: October 2019 Motion Design