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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: Aerospace
Combustion instability in solid rocket motors and liquid engines is a complication that continues to plague designers and engineers. Many rocket systems experience...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Valencia, CA 888-311-1017 www.stratasysdirect.com
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is currently leading the...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
NASA Leverages Analytical Modeling to Improve Astronaut Mission Readiness
Probabilistic modeling Charles River Analytics Cambridge, MA 617-491-3474 www.cra.com
NASA has contracted with Charles River Analytics to develop a system to measure and assess astronaut workload. The system for Cognitive Assessment and Prediction to Promote Individualized...
Articles: Aerospace
Top prizes in the 2015 Create the Future Design Contest were awarded on November 6 in New York City. The Grand Prize winner, and winners in seven categories, took home awards for their...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
Langley Research Center aeronautics engineer Richard T. Whitcomb was 34 when he did something no other single person could do. Whitcomb overcame the aviation challenge of the day — the...
Articles: Aerospace
Each December, we ask our readers to cast their vote for the annual NASA Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year Awards. Each month, our editors choose a Product of the Month...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Al Bowers is the program manager of Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-d. The project’s researchers validated elements of a...
Articles: Aerospace
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: Aerospace
The 2015 Create the Future Design Contest — sponsored by COMSOL, Mouser Electronics, and Tech Briefs Media Group (publishers of NASA Tech Briefs) — recognized innovation in product design in seven...
Articles: Aerospace
Non-Surgical Circulatory Support Device for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure
Omar Benavides, Benjamin Hertzog, Jace Heuring, Reynolds Delgado, and Will Clifton Procyrion, Inc....
Articles: Aerospace
N5 Filo (First-In-Last-Out): An Ultra-Small, Low-Cost Hazardous Gas Detector Using Novel Chip-Scale Chemical Sensor Technology
Abhishek Motayed, Ratan Debnath, Baomei...
Articles: Aerospace
Smart Coating for Corrosion Detection and Protection
Luz Marina Calle NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL
Researchers, at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC)...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Real-Time Fiber Optic Sensing System
Lance Richards NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, CA
A team at NASA Armstrong has developed fiber optic sensing system...
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Compact, Long-Reach Robotic Arm
William R. Doggett, John T. Dorsey, George G. Ganoe, Thomas C. Jones, and Cole K. Corbin, Langley Research Center (Hampton,...
Articles: Aerospace
Modular Jet Ski: No Trailer, Affordable, High-Performance
Anders Stubkjaer BomBoard LLC Whitewater, WI
Millions of water enthusiasts have no practical and affordable...
Articles: Aerospace
Smart X-ray Source
Mark Eaton Stellarray Austin, TX
Since the discovery of x-rays 110 years ago, affordable x-ray sources have all been point source x-ray tubes in which x-rays...
Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
ECHY: Solar Lighting with Fiber Optics
Stephanie Le Beuze ECHY Ile-de-France, France
For many, artificial light has completely replaced natural light. Lighting...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
GE Intelligent Platforms Northamptonshire, England +44 (0)1327 322821 www.geembedded.com
Two CR11 single-board computers (SBCs) from GE Energy Management’s Intelligent Platforms...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
Off-Road International, a Racefab Inc. companyRusk, TX 903-683-1599 www.off-roadinternational.com
The structural panels and chassis for NASA’s latest rovers are being built and...
Articles: Aerospace
Thermally conductive adhesives are uniquely qualified to meet the increasingly diverse requirements of advanced electronics systems. From their traditional...
Articles: Lighting
Because NASA is planning for future visits to distant locations like Mars, the agency is researching how to grow plants in space. Live plants on space missions provide a nutritious food source...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN, announced the Amplified Basic Pressure (ABP) sensors for small and low-power devices. The ABP sensors feature wet-media compatibility, as well as sleep mode and temperature output options,...
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new imaging sensor created by a team at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Toronto allows depth cameras to operate effectively in bright sunlight. The researchers, including Srinivasa...
Articles: Medical
The field of wireless vital sign monitoring has a relatively long history, almost as long as radar itself. Doppler radar has been the primary sensor technology for detecting blood flow or...
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Successful magnetic circuits are built upon proper planning and design principles. Experienced design engineers take a holistic approach to the design process by considering the full...
Application Briefs: Unmanned Systems
In an effort to improve traffic flow, driver safety, and asset management, the Michigan Department of Transportation (DOT) has installed 17 sensors on a 50-mile stretch of...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Optoelectronic components must be protected from the radiation they are exposed to in military, space and nuclear environments to prevent malfunction and damage. Radiation hardening electronics...
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Chances are you’re familiar with HDTV. Most of us have one of these in our living rooms. In fact, according to a recent study, more than 80% of US residents probably have...
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