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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See how Prof. Olaf Diegel built a hands-free door opener.
Blog: Data Acquisition
As autonomous cars collect data on passing pedestrians, cyclists, and license plates, what privacy measures are in place? A reader asks.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
3D printing is being used to quickly create life-saving parts and prototypes like masks, shields, and ventilator valves.
Blog: Transportation
A reader asks, "What market drivers need to occur for electric vehicles to be considered an acceptable replacement for vehicles with internal combustion engines?"
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Massive manufacturing bots have evolved into something new — collaborative robots.
Blog: Aerospace
NASA wants small businesses to help the safe operation of UAVs in airspace.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
NASA’s big return to the Moon by 2024 will call for the support of small technologies – specifically, the miniature spacecraft known as CubeSats.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The votes are in. Our readers selected top products in data acquisition, software, and ultrasonic sensing.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
The new Mars Rover Name is Perseverance, thanks to a suggestion from Virginia 7th grader Alex Mather.
Blog: Propulsion
University of Washington engineer James Koch observed patterns in a promising, but often-unpredictable rocket part: The rotating detonation engine.
Blog: Materials
How does testing a metal 3D-printed part compare to testing a casted one? That's the elephant in the room, says industry pro Kevin Brigden.
Blog: Energy
An energy breakthrough from the City University of Hong Kong finds power in a single drop of water – up to 140 volts, in fact.
Blog: Test & Measurement
See what the SuperCam will do when it arrives on Mars in 2021.
Blog: Aerospace
“We’re analyzing rocks from space, atom by atom,” says researcher Jennika Greer.
Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics
Editor Bruce A. Bennett shares his observations from SPIE Photonics West, including the emergence of LiDAR.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
See what caught Bruce A. Bennett's eye during Day 1 of Photonics West 2020 in San Francisco.
Blog: Transportation
Researchers from the University of Illinois are looking at all the different ways to create a non-pneumatic automotive tire.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Cornell researcher T.J. Wallin explains what's so cool about a robot that sweats.
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
When astronauts arrive on the Moon, their habitat may be one made out of fungi.
Blog: Materials
"View it as an infrared privacy shield," says Professor Mikhail Kats.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
To improve the aqueous lithium-ion battery, RPI researchers tried out niobium tungsten oxide.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA is using the International Space Station as a testbed for 3D printing.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA came to CES with a message: We're going back to the Moon, and we'll need help from industry to do it.
Blog: Transportation
Stuck in traffic? The Pegasus flying car can get you out of there.
Blog: Communications
Here are five technologies that aim to add intelligence to the most surprising household objects.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A fun way to show the robustness of a soft robot? Swat it.
Blog: Test & Measurement
As additive manufacturing supports the creation of critical metal parts, designers need to know that the parts are high-quality.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
If a satellite breaks in orbit, there's not much that can be done. A professor envisions a new idea for refueling and repair.
Blog: Energy
Tech Briefs in 2019 celebrated historic NASA anniversaries, new ways to power electronics, and innovative hacks of our “smartest” technologies.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
Blog: Power
Using Street Lamps as EV Chargers
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Materials
This Paint Can Cool Buildings Without Energy Input
Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
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