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NASA Spinoff: Materials
Spinoff is NASA’s annual publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. This commercialization has contributed to the development of products and services in the...
Briefs: Materials
A light foam was created from two-dimensional sheets of hexagonal-boron nitride (h-BN) that absorbs carbon dioxide. Freeze-drying h-BN turned it into a macro-scale foam that disintegrates...
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Detecting Low-Level Harmful Substances in a Large Volume of Fluid
There are many applications requiring the detection and concentration of harmful substances in a fluid; for example, detecting the presence and concentration of a microbial pathogen in a source of drinking water such as a lake, reservoir, river, stream, storage tank, water main, or...
Briefs: Materials
Hybrid Filter Membrane
Cabin environmental control is an important issue for a successful Moon mission. Due to the unique environment of the Moon, lunar dust control is one of the main problems that significantly diminishes the air quality inside spacecraft cabins. Therefore, this innovation was motivated by NASA’s need to minimize the negative...
Briefs: Materials
A long-term space mission requires efficient air revitalization performance to sustain the crew. Prefilter and particulate air filter media are susceptible to rapid fouling that adversely affects their...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
AdvancedTCA (ATCA) continues to evolve to meet not just the market demands for the telecom central office, but networking, data center, medical, and military communications applications. The two...
Articles: Automotive
Although it may not be obvious to the untrained eye, a number of technical innovations developed for aerospace and defense applications have found their way into the sport...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A regenerable, low-power air-purification system has been proposed for (1) removing toxic gases from solid-waste-incinerator exhaust and/or (2) removing trace contaminants from breathable air....
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Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Quiz: Propulsion
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Webcasts
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Adopting a Digital-Twin Strategy for Sustainable Manufacturing
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Ahead of the Curve: Empirical End-of-Life Performance Modeling of...
Upcoming Webinars: Defense
Best Practices for Developing Safe and Secure Modular Software
Upcoming Webinars: Software
Developing an End-to-End Wire Harness Process
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
A Guide to Selecting Power Supplies for Medical Equipment
Upcoming Webinars: Power
Designing an HVAC Modeling Workflow for Cabin Energy Management...