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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cornell researcher T.J. Wallin explains what's so cool about a robot that sweats.
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Blog: Aerospace
When astronauts arrive on the Moon, their habitat may be one made out of fungi.
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Blog: Materials
"View it as an infrared privacy shield," says Professor Mikhail Kats.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
To improve the aqueous lithium-ion battery, RPI researchers tried out niobium tungsten oxide.
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Blog: Aerospace
NASA is using the International Space Station as a testbed for 3D printing.
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Blog: Aerospace
NASA came to CES with a message: We're going back to the Moon, and we'll need help from industry to do it.
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Blog: Aerospace
Stuck in traffic? The Pegasus flying car can get you out of there.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Here are five technologies that aim to add intelligence to the most surprising household objects.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A fun way to show the robustness of a soft robot? Swat it.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
As additive manufacturing supports the creation of critical metal parts, designers need to know that the parts are high-quality.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
If a satellite breaks in orbit, there's not much that can be done. A professor envisions a new idea for refueling and repair.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Tech Briefs in 2019 celebrated historic NASA anniversaries, new ways to power electronics, and innovative hacks of our “smartest” technologies.
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Blog: Materials
Parylene coatings are being used in the medical industry and even space. Our expert explains why.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
New ceramics expand on ways to more efficiently use heat radiation.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New measurements could help experts guess the location and size of the next earthquake.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Our expert examines the pros and cons of welding, adhesives, and other metal joining methods.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Computed tomography is being used in the medical and industrial field. An expert explains how the two imaging techniques differ.
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Blog: Wearables
A new charging cell wants to use low-grade heat from our industrial processes to power our devices.
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Blog: Materials
What's the best aluminum for extrusion? A Tech Briefs reader asks our expert.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A team in Germany has a quicker, cleaner approach to welding metal to plastic: The HPCI® Joining Gun.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Blog: Aerospace
A minimal, map-less approach to drone navigation takes after the bee.
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Blog: Aerospace
The 'Biode' saves power by eliminating the need for AC/DC conversion.
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Blog: Medical
The ULiSSES device preserves organs, without the ice chest.
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News: Electronics & Computers
Ben Sharfi, CEO of General Micro Systems (GMS), says he has the Product of the Year. Do you agree?
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Blog: Weapons Systems
It just wouldn’t be a military technology show without a few drones on display.
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News: RF & Microwave Electronics
SOSA, the Sensor Open Systems Architecture Consortium, held a press conference on Monday afternoon at AUSA 2019.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Editor Bruce A. Bennett offers a look at the Association of the United States Army's 2019 Annual Meeting.
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News: Aerospace
A Tech Briefs reader asks: What's next with military motion control?
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