Keyword: Design

Blog: Data Acquisition
10 VR/AR Technologies from CES 2023
See 10 AR/VR technologies from CES 2023.
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White Papers: Design
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Your Guide to 4,000 Solutions

Find the best product for your project by following this guide and sampling free products. Our main objective is to be a solutions partner by delivering cost-effective solutions, improve processes and provide...

Q&A: Test & Measurement
Predicting the Failure of Crystalline Metallic Materials
Researchers have developed a theory that predicts the limits to which metals can be subjected to cyclic stress before failing.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
Adding Vibrations to Electronics to Reduce Vibrations
A counterintuitive way to protect atomically thin electronics: adding vibrations to reduce vibration issues.
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Products: Design
Vote for Tech Briefs’ 28th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2020 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
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Quiz: Design
Test Your Knowledge About the James Webb Space Telescope
On July 12, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope began its official science operations. Test your knowledge about Webb with this quiz.
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Blog: Photonics/Optics
A Drone to Protect Bats from Wind Turbines
A study has perhaps solved the wind-turbine issue of causing harm to bats.
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Technology & Society: Green Design & Manufacturing
Sharp-Shooting Farm Robot
SprayBox can target individual weeds and crops at a 20-per-second rate and then spray them at a millimeter’s accuracy.
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Quiz: Internet of Things
How Much Do You Know About GPS and its History?
The chances are very high that you're familiar with GPS. However, do you know how it came to be? Its trials and tribulations? Take this quiz to find out.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SPIE Photonics West 2023 Preview
The conference will showcase the latest innovations in lasers, photonics, optics, optoelectronics, biophotonics, biomedical optics, 3D printing, and more.
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Products: Imaging
New Products
See the new products for January 2023, including a chip-on-tip video borescope camera, a line scan imaging system, and more.
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Articles: Data Acquisition
How Virtual Twins Help Optimize Supply Chains
Unprecedented and unrelenting market turbulence has shown that the old ways of supply chain planning and manufacturing production are outdated and vulnerable to disruption.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Miniaturized Electrospray System
The technology was developed as an alternative to existing options for in-space aeroponic food production applications.
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Briefs: Materials
Handheld Metal Tube Straightener
The tool straightens thin, malleable 4-mm metal tubes like those used for fuel, pneumatic, or hydraulic pressurized lines.
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Briefs: Lighting
Self-Cleaning Germicidal Door Handle
To overcome the limitations of using cleaning agents, sprays, or bulky high-cost sterilizing systems, NASA developed the Ultraviolet Germicidal Door Handle.
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Briefs: Design
Engineers Build Reconfigurable Artificial Intelligence Chip
The researchers plan to apply the design to edge computing devices.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Product of the Month
The new Indicators feature true absolute sensor technology that minimizes the chance of data loss.
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Briefs: Design
A Laser That Could Reshape the Landscape of Integrated Photonics
This technology will pave the way for new applications of integrated semiconductor lasers in LiDAR.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Deformation Fingerprints Will Help Researchers Identify, Design Better Metallic Materials
Researchers report that automated high-resolution electron imaging can capture the nanoscale deformation events that lead to metal failure and breakage.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Light-Analyzing ‘Lab on A Chip’ Opens Door to Widespread Use of Portable Spectrometers
The device is 100 percent electrically controllable regarding the colors of light it absorbs, which gives it massive potential for widespread usability.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Modular and Reconfigurable Robots for Assembly of Structures
In-space and planetary surface assembly for human exploration is a challenging domain that encompasses various technological thrusts to support human missions.
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Briefs: Design
Multi-Layer Nuclear Thermionic Avalanche Cell
The invention consists of several NTAC layers arranged in a radially concentric series separated by a vacuum gap space.
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Briefs: Design
Low-Cost, Customized Prosthesis Using 3D Printing
A novel 3D printed prosthetic arm is more comfortable, flexible, and cheaper than a conventional prosthesis.
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Briefs: Design
Respirator 2.0: New N95-Alternative Introduces Sensors for a Better Fit
The respirator earned a 100 percent success rate for fit testing.
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Briefs: AR/AI
Faster Computation for Deep-Learning Applications
A new area of artificial intelligence called analog deep learning promises faster computation with a fraction of the energy usage.
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Articles: Aerospace
Products of Tomorrow
The products of tomorrow.
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Blog: Connectivity
Top 5 Tech Briefs Quizzes of 2022
See Tech Briefs’ top-performing quizzes of 2022.
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Blog: Design
Electromagnetic-Wave-Absorbing 6G Tech
The epsilon iron oxide nanoparticles could be continuously produced through a micrometer-sized powder manufacturing process.
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INSIDER: Design
A Low-Cost Robot Ready for Any Obstacle

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and the University of California, Berkeley, have designed a robotic system that enables a low-cost and relatively small legged...

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Quiz: RF & Microwave Electronics

How Much Do You Know About Radar?

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Blog: Medical

VR Therapy Aims to Help Those with Hoarding Disorder

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Quiz: Green Design & Manufacturing

How Much Do You Know About Sustainability?

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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control

Plant-Based Soft Robots Take on the Medical Industry

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Videos: Power

Hand-Built Electric Racing Car Breaks World Record for Acceleration

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Blog: Defense

Top Prizes Awarded in 2023 Create the Future Design Contest

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Blog: Artificial Intelligence: Meet Human Intelligence

Webcasts

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Upcoming Webinars: Research Lab

What Really Changed: A Look at the Updated FDA Guidance Document...

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Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

Electrifying Off-Highway Drivetrains

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Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers

NVH Prediction in Electric Powertrains: Considering Inverter and...

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Podcasts: Electronics & Computers

Here's an Idea: Powerful Sensors for the Eye

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On-Demand Webinars: Materials

The Smaller the Part, the Bigger the Advantages of Miniature Aluminum Extrusions

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Podcasts: Defense

Here's an Idea: How AI is Changing Military Aircraft Maintenance and More