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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The transistors enable power converters to perform at substantially improved efficiencies, especially in high-power applications.
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Briefs: AR/AI
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The technology could help computers process visual information more like the human brain.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
One of the final hurdles to hydrogen power is securing a safe method for detecting hydrogen leaks.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The inexpensive cameras are easy to produce.
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Briefs: Transportation
Researchers have developed a millimeter-thick accelerometer.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The LiDAR-based system could “see through” objects to warn of potential hazards without distracting the driver.
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Technology Leaders: Motion Control
You may not be able to see them, but power anomalies that originate within your automated control system are costing you expensive downtime.
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Briefs: Automotive
Movements of individual particles of light are reconstructed to see through clouds, fog, and other obstructions.
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Application Briefs: Automotive
The SuperElastic Tire — a NASA Glenn innovation — can be used on both Earth and Mars.
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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ADAS/Connected Car - June 2021
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this compendium...

Blog: Power
A reader asks: "What are the main challenges in simulating powertrain systems? What do we struggle to model now?"
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Articles: Transportation
The online Battery and Electrification Summit on June 15 and 16, 2021 offers two days of expert insight, innovation, and emerging applications.
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Special Reports: Aerospace
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Advanced Materials & Coatings - May 2021
New diamond super-material enhances military aircraft survivability…a gold film gives robots “chameleon skin”…shape-shifting nanomaterial offers exciting biotech applications…aerogel-reinforced...

Briefs: Transportation
The cathodes could enhance energy density of next-generation Li-ion batteries.
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Articles: Transportation
Lithium-metal solid-state batteries can provide a safer, more energy-dense alternative to current technology.
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Blog: Materials
Tech Briefs readers ask a series of questions about the future of plastics in battery electric vehicles.
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Blog: Automotive
The A.I. system learns from thousands of real-traffic situations, when a self-driving car stopped unexpectedly.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The more complex the vehicle, the greater the need for comprehensive design solutions.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
NASA's graphene composites, textile pressure sensors, and a better kind of glass.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This compact beam steering technology has applications in autonomous navigation, AR, and neuroscience.
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INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are...
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Blog: Automotive
Software and electrical engineering is converging in today’s vehicles. A reader asks our expert: “How do you decide which items to test first?”
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
The marking provides easy-to-see legends on plastic buttons under widely varying illumination conditions.
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Application Briefs: Transportation
While ADAS has improved freeway and high-speed driving, the basic need for collision mitigation with pedestrians and bicyclists has mostly remained unaddressed.
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Application Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
See what kinds of sensors are supporting self-driving vehicles.
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Application Briefs: Motion Control
With new vehicles, automotive manufacturers will need to closely monitor the current flowing to the motor.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The material is designed for high-temperature applications in aircraft, building insulation, personal protective clothing, industrial, and automotive.
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