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Question of the Week: Data Acquisition
Have you implemented Bluetooth- or Internet-enabled data logging?
This week's INSIDER featured a story about one company's transition to Internet-enabled data logging. The deployed system allowed the repair center’s users to remotely analyze a part’s vibration measurements. We want to hear from you. Have you implemented Bluetooth- or...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A BYU professor and his team have found a way to take the 3D displays of science fiction and make them a reality.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In a Tech Briefs Q&A, professor and biosensor creator Albert Titus reviews the state of wearable sensor design.
Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Would you wear a fingernail UV sensor?
Last week’s INSIDER showcased a new UV wearable sensor from L'Oréal and Northwestern University engineers.
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
For the first time ever, Columbia University engineers created “artificial graphene” in a semiconductor device.
Blog: Aerospace
Introducing the New TechBriefs.com
Long-time readers of the site may have noticed this week that TechBriefs.com has a whole new look — a more visual, more scrollable design.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Farmers in Europe are increasingly turning to robotic weeders. A specialist from University of California, Davis tested out the technologies.
Question of the Week: Transportation
Are cities ready for the arrival of electric autonomous vehicles?
In this week’s INSIDER, city official David Schirmer shared how Beverly Hills is preparing for the arrival of electric vehicles. Municipalities, he said, will require new kinds of smart traffic signals, charging stations, and changes to building codes. A Tech Briefs reader asked...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Creators of a new, M&M-sized wearable device aim to bring UV detection to users’ fingertips – or more precisely, fingernails.
Blog: Automotive
A Beverly Hills city official tells Tech Briefs how the city is changing its infrastructure to accommodate a growing number of electric vehicles.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
As electric vehicles take the road, a new kind of EV infrastructure has emerged to power them. A Tech Briefs reader asks our expert about an emerging, “smart” idea: Intelligent Charging.
INSIDER: Materials
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have developed germanium nanoparticles with improved photoluminescence, making them potentially better materials for...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has for the first time observed nanoscale changes deep inside hybrid perovskite crystals that...
INSIDER: Imaging
New software developed by BGU researchers enables standard cameras to capture hyperspectral images and video, which is a faster and more cost-efficient approach than...
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
ORNL staff scientist Adam Rondinone explains how his team made the tiny toy.
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Have You Used Metal Additive Manufacturing?
Today's INSIDER featured a story about the growing role of metal additive manufacturing in industries like aerospace, automotive, and healthcare.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
NASA challenged university students to create a deployable solar array for the Martian surface. See which "Big Ideas" impressed Bob Hodson, a leader of the space agency's Game Changing Development Program.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Cornell University engineers have been experimenting with a new type of programming that mimics the mind of an insect.
Blog: Energy
Is the future electric? A reader asks an expert from Mercedes-Benz.
News: Imaging
For years many engineers have assumed that you cannot encode more than one holographic image in a single surface — at least without losing resolution. Caltech researchers made the idea a reality.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
With another year of Tech Briefs almost in the books, it's time to look at our most-read news articles of 2017.
Top stories included a look back at the life of Robert Goddard, and a look forward to new...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Using a narrow band of microwave frequencies, researchers at Duke University found a new way to see on the other side of the wall.
INSIDER: Motion Control
A vortex in the atmosphere can churn with enough power to create a typhoon. But more subtle vortices form constantly in nature. Many of them are too small to be seen with the naked eye....
INSIDER: Motion Control
One technology uses magnetic fields to generate mechanical work. The other enhances the magnetic properties of 3D-printed materials. Combined, they could lead to efficient, economical production of magnetic...
Question of the Week
Would you use "Printed Wi-Fi?"
This week, Tech Briefs TV featured an additive-manufacturing technology from the University of Washington.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
During the historic Apollo 11 mission, the astronauts, mission control specialists, and back-room support staff did plenty of communicating. The University of Texas at Dallas launched a project to make all of the moon-mission audio accessible.
INSIDER: Aerospace
During a routine spacewalk, astronauts can easily lose their sense of orientation and direction. Creators of a new kind of spacesuit aim to address the challenge — with the push of a...
Question of the Week
Did You Ever Launch Model Rockets?
Our lead story today emphasized the inspirational role of the model rocket. What do you think? Did you ever launch model rockets?
INSIDER: Aerospace
If you ask engineers about their early days, many can't avoid talking about a favorite toy: the model rocket.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
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Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
SAE Automotive Podcast: Solid-State Batteries
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