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Blog: Aerospace
Mars 2020 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and other NASA experts offer a briefing on this week's launch of the Perseverance rover.
Blog: Aerospace
Watch NASA experts review this week's preparations, as the Perseverance rover launches and begins its journey to Mars.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Can NASA "joystick" the landing of the next Mars rover? A Tech Briefs reader asks our NASA expert.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
We plug in our headphones everyday. Now a robot can perform the task.
Blog: Aerospace
The Perseverance rover has an almost human-like way of keeping its lenses clean.
Blog: Unmanned Systems
A tiny underwater robot may someday filter out water contaminants by catching them with its tentacles.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Mars rover Perseverance has a helicopter. Will the rover have to carry it around?
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
You can design the best product in the world but what if the parts, assemblies, and sub-components for your idea aren’t there?
Blog: Test & Measurement
A reader asks our NASA expert: "What kind of redundancy is built into the Mars 2020 rover?"
Blog: Imaging
The Human Embodied Autonomous Thermostat, or “HEAT," uses cameras to identify facial temperature, and adjust the room's air accordingly.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A reader asks NASA experts: How much hardware from the Curiosity rover is being used on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover?
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Traditional robotic feet are made of rigid components. A team of engineers at UCSD turned to coffee grounds to make legged robots more flexible and able to walk on a variety of rough terrain.
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
"Who knows? Maybe one day we will have roofs covered with humidity panels together with solar panels," TAU professor Colin Price told Tech Briefs.
Blog: Communications
NIST engineers are working to make the cellular network standard even faster.
Blog: AR/AI
New software sets the stage for A.I.-enabled robotic prostheses that predict user terrain and initiate mechanical changes accordingly.
Blog: Energy
The Los Angeles, CA-based company Nanotech Energy is using graphene to prevent thermal runaway and create a non-flammable battery.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A team at Georgia Tech has discovered a Velcro-like way of mass-producing gecko-inspired adhesives.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A proof-of-concept soft robot has a cheetah-like gait that avoids the usual crawl.
Blog: Test & Measurement
An empty airport tells you more than you might think.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See how NASA engineer Mike Buttigieg is creating a device that will free up ventilators for patients with COVID-19
Blog: Medical
A low-cost, low-complexity ventilator developed by NASA engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
By taking a closer look at the delta deposits on Mars, Stanford University researchers concluded that the Jezero Crater is still the best place to search for signs of life on Mars.
Blog: Test & Measurement
A team used to making pollutant-detection systems is adapting their technologies to spot coronavirus.
Blog: Propulsion
To speed up the design process, researchers from the University of Texas are finding more efficient ways to predict, or "learn," a rocket's behavior.
Blog: Energy
A team at Northwestern University is developing a material so porous that if you were able to unfold a gram of it, you could go farther than a football field.
Blog: Test & Measurement
A Berkeley Lab system provides a much more sensitive probe of the chemical state of battery electrodes, especially when the battery is operated under high capacity mode.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
In just three weeks, the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at UC Berkeley built a robotic COVID-19 laboratory.
Blog: Packaging & Sterilization
Robots are in high demand as medical professionals seek hands-free ways to disinfect environments and contain the spread of coronavirus and COVID-19.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bridget Pelaez spoke to Tech Briefs about the 1,000 face shields being printed for Florida hospitals.
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Blog: Power
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Blog: Materials
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Blog: Software
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