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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: Test & Measurement
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: RF & Microwave Electronics
A minimal, map-less approach to drone navigation takes after the bee.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The 'Biode' saves power by eliminating the need for AC/DC conversion.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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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News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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: Aerospace
Editor Bruce A. Bennett offers a look at the Association of the United States Army's 2019 Annual Meeting.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A Tech Briefs reader asks: What's next with military motion control?
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Blog: Imaging
A new drone “folds” itself into configurations that suit a given environment.
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Blog: Energy
Inventor Olivier Ceberio found a new way to turn ocean waves into fresh water.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Copper cables send data around today's vehicles. "Why not fiber optics?" asks a reader.
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Blog: Medical
Learn more about ULiSSES, a life-saving device for organ and limb transport.
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Blog: Transportation
See what a vehicle can do as its data communication rates get faster and faster.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A lake is usually a picture of serenity, perhaps the last place you’d expect to find a flying-fish robot launching itself 85 feet in the air.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA is set to return to the Moon in 2024. But why the lunar south pole?
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
It took over 3,000 pouches of spaceflight food, but Timothy Goulette and Hang Xiao ultimately created a mathematical model that NASA will soon use to ensure that its...
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Blog: Imaging
Two industry experts respond to a Tech Briefs reader question.
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Blog: Materials
Stanford Professor Eric Pop learned a valuable electronics lesson from his early days as a radio DJ.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A new NASA challenge asks university teams to find new ways to drill down to the ice on the Moon and Mars.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
How do thermoplastic composites compare to the thermoset composites already in use for several decades? A Tech Briefs reader asks.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
A reader asks an industry expert why adhesives are a better option for battery assembly in electric vehicles.
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