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Articles: Software
Imagine moving an object using only your mind. Software company Unique Logic’s Time on Task exercise makes that possible, at least on a computer screen. The game is one of the company’s...
Articles: Transportation
NASA Technology
Typical cruising altitudes for business and commercial aircraft are up to 50,000 feet or more. At such altitudes, the oxygen concentrations in the air are much lower than on...
Articles: Imaging
Let’s say you’re a prospective buyer touring an older home that you suspect has some weatherization issues. What if you could verify your hunch by literally seeing cold air seeping under doors or...
Articles: Imaging
PCB manufacturing is a very competitive market, and manufacturers must be able to confidently ship accurate printed circuit board (PCB) products. Delivery of incorrect boards may have...
Articles: Software
In our annual poll of executives at leading analysis and simulation software vendors, we found that both 3D printing and the cloud will have increasing impact on CAE in 2015, and users will...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
On November 7, the top prizes in the 2014 Create the Future Design Contest were presented in New York City. Winners in seven categories, as well as the Grand Prize winner, received...
Articles: Materials
Most of us cannot comprehend the task of building something to withstand temperatures over 4,000 °F, but NASA can. The space shuttles endured such temperatures when returning to Earth’s...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Selecting the right actuator for use in any manufacturing operation involves a host of application-specific variables, including aspects such as the required stroke length, load capacity,...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Few technologies have impacted the scientific community – and non-scientific community for that matter – as much as digital imaging technology. From exotic, high-speed imaging systems to rugged...
Articles: Materials
Epoxies are versatile polymer systems that are “go-to materials” for electrical, electronic, and microelectronic systems, especially in applications where outstanding electrical insulation...
Articles: Lighting Technology
Unlike previous lighting requirements, LED testing has become more stringent and complicated, and involves a significant number of tests for various lighting characteristics. From measuring...
Articles: Lighting
LED lighting is popular because many governments are banning incandescent bulbs to save energy and carbon dioxide, especially for general lighting. In the automotive industry LEDs are being used because they...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2014 Create the Future Design Contest
The 2014 Create the Future Design Contest – sponsored by COMSOL, Inc., Mouser Electronics, and Tech Briefs Media Group (publishers of NASA Tech Briefs) – recognized innovation in product design in seven categories: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive/Transportation, Consumer Products, Electronics,...
Articles: Lighting
Approximately 25 percent of global energy consumption goes to lighting applications, so making lighting more energy-efficient could have a dramatic impact on overall energy usage or make more power...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technologies NASA develops don’t just blast off into space. They also improve our lives here on Earth. Life-saving search-and-rescue tools, implantable medical devices, advances in commercial aircraft safety,...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Behrokh Khoshnevis University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Contour Crafting (CC) is a computerized construction method that 3D prints large-scale structures directly from...
Articles: Aerospace
The Polariton Interferometer — A Novel Inertial Navigation System
Frederick Moxley Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Rikki Razdan, Alan Kielar, Pat Stearns, and Melissa White ISCAN Inc. Woburn, MA
The intrinsic speed and precision of the human ocular-motor system makes the eye an...
Articles: Automotive
Steve Arnold Engine Systems Innovations, Inc. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Passenger car engines are sized to produce very high horsepower to suit the consumer’s demand...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Michael Zach, Anirudha Sumant, and Jonathan Moritz EChem Nanowires Stevens Point, WI
NanoFab Lab … In a Box!™ is a shoebox-sized kit that allows high school students to...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
A Paradigm Shift for SMT Electronics: Micro-Coil Springs Interconnection for Ceramic and Plastic Grid Array Packaged Integrated Circuits
Jim Hester and Mark Strickland NASA Marshall...
Articles: Medical
HemeChip for Early Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease
Yunus Alapan, Ryan Ung, Megan Romelfanger, Asya Akkus, Connie Piccone, Jane Little, and Umut Gurkan Case Western Reserve University...
Articles: Energy
ecovent Systems — Make Every Room the Right Temperature
Dipul Patel, Yoel Kelman, Nick Lancaster, Shawn Rose, and Brian Bowen ecovent Systems Boston, MA
Most homes...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Contemporary industrial automation control systems are employing variable frequency drives (VFDs) in ever-increasing numbers. VFDs give control engineers...
Articles: Imaging
Nearly all electro-mechanical equipment becomes anomalously warm before it fails, making infrared (IR) cameras extremely effective diagnostic tools in the manufacturing environment....
Articles: Motion Control
Linear motion systems are found inside countless machines including precision laser cutting systems, laboratory automation equipment, semiconductor fabrication machines, CNC machines,...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
At first glance, the photo at the top is not appealing to any market — a pallet full of old gearmotors is not something one wants to think about after purchasing the necessary...
Articles: Motion Control
Permanent magnet brushless motors of various design architectures and power levels have been used since the late 1980s in industrial and commercial applications. Over the course of...
Articles: Imaging
Forward-facing cameras, integrated with vehicle controls, are being used to recognize pedestrians, signs, and other cars and motorcycles. Automatic brake mechanisms — often connected...
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Blog: Lighting
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Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
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Microscopic Swimming Machines that Can Sense, Respond to Surroundings
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