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How Well Do You Know Microgrids?

Do you know what microgrids are and how they work? Find out with this quiz.

Meet ARTEMIS — The World’s Fastest Walking Humanoid Robot

A soccer-playing, full-sized humanoid robot — ARTEMIS — with first-of-its-kind technology.

Smart Bandage Aims to Facilitate Recovery

A Caltech-developed new kind of smart bandage aims to treat lingering wounds and help those who have trouble recuperating.

How Much Do You Know About Computer Processors?

Test your knowledge about the facts, history, and individual elements of computer processors.

Robot Caterpillar Demonstrates New Locomotion Approach

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward, and dip under narrow spaces.

How Much Do You Know About Cybersecurity?

How much do you know about cybersecurity? Take this quiz to find out.

New Nanowire Sensors Are the Next Step in the Internet of Things

Researchers from TMOS, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, have developed a sensor made from an array of nanowires,...

A New Design Provides the Greatest Precision in Memory to Date

Everyone is talking about the newest AI and the power of neural networks, forgetting that software is limited by the hardware on which it runs. But it is hardware, says USC...

Plastic Transistor Amplifies Biochemical Sensing Signal

The molecules in our bodies are in constant communication. Some of these molecules provide a biochemical fingerprint that could indicate how a wound is healing, whether a cancer...

The Rise of Electric Vehicles

Did you know that electric vehicles have been around for over a century? Test your knowledge about the history of EVs in this quiz.

Simulated Terrible Drivers Cut the Time and Cost of AV Testing by a Factor of One Thousand

A new virtual testing environment breaks the ‘curse of rarity’ for autonomous vehicle emergency decision-making.

Feathered Robotic Wing Paves Way for Flapping Drones

Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next...

3D-Printed Revolving Devices Can Sense How They Are Moving

A new system enables makers to incorporate sensors into gears and other rotational mechanisms with just one pass in a 3D printer.

5 Questions with DART's Dr. Cambioni

A Tech Briefs interview with DART team member Dr. Saverio Cambioni.

When Engineers and Technicians Collide

Engineers and technicians can use their differences to help each other solve technical problems.

New Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency

A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation’s electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just...

Reused car batteries rev up electric grid

When aging vehicle batteries lack the juice to power your car anymore, they may still hold energy. Yet it’s tough to find new uses for lithium-ion batteries with different makers, ages, and sizes....

New Compound Withstands Extreme Heat and Electricity for Next-Generation Energy Storage

Flexible polymers made with a new generation of the Nobel-winning “click chemistry” reaction find use in capacitors and other applications.

Are Agricultural Robots the Future of Farming?

Labor shortages have caused farmers and food manufacturers to increasingly utilize agricultural robots for farming. Take this quiz to learn more.

Mech Suit Gives Humans 50X Strength

The all-terrain walking mech’s aim is to give humans the size and strength of giants. It does just that — times 50.

7 Questions with Astronaut Eileen Collins

The first female pilot and first female commander of a space shuttle, Eileen Collins, shares leadership lessons for women in aerospace.

A Chat with an AI CAD Designer via ChatGPT

The release of OpenAi's ChatGPT has unleashed a wave of renewed interest in AI. How will this language-based AI affect 3D CAD design and 3D printing?

Test Your Knowledge About the Artemis Generation

Do you know the Artemis generation? Test your knowledge about performance and crew-related aspects of the Artemis generation.

Viscosity Enables Complex Motions for Soft Robots

Untethered soft robots are poised to become even more agile and controlled.

How Much Do You Know About Desalination?

Desalination is an important source of good-quality water in many parts of the world. How much do you know about it? Take this quiz to find out.

Soft Robotic Wearable Restores Arm Function for People with ALS

Some 30,000 people in the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in...

Autonomous Robots to Help Modernize Grape, Wine Industry

This spring, a small army of Cornell University-developed PhytoPatholoBots (PPB) will be deployed to four grape breeding programs across the U.S. on a mission to guide the global...

Custom, 3D-Printed Robotic Hearts

The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.

3D-Printed AUV Aims to Thwart Climate Change

The Yonder Deep team installed an entire suite of sensors in its AUV, versatile enough to withstand the frigid Arctic waters as well as the coastal waters of Southern California.