Blog: Transportation
Answering Your Questions: What Will Drive Growth of Class 8 Electric Trucks?
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Collaborative Robots vs. Traditional Robots: What's Right for Your Manufacturing Applications
Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Would You Use a CurveBoard?
MIT researchers have invented a way to integrate “breadboards” — flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping — directly onto physical products.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
New Technology for Pathogen Detection is Driven by Lasers
Researchers at Purdue University have been working to develop new technologies to help stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, which kill 3,000 people a year, by detecting them...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Using Light to Put a Twist on Electrons
Some molecules, including most of the ones in living organisms, have shapes that can exist in two different mirror-image versions. The right- and left-handed versions can sometimes have different...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
New Products: March 2020 Photonics & Imaging Insider
CyberOptics® Corporation (Minneapolis, MN) has launched the Multi-Reflection Suppression™ (MRS™)-enabled 3D MX3000 Final Vision Inspection...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Simple Retrofit Transforms Electron Microscopes into High-Speed Atom-Scale Cameras
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have developed a way to retrofit the transmission...
Blog: Aerospace
NASA Langley Launches $20,000 UAV 'Safeguard' Competition
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Used Nissan LEAF Batteries Given “Second Life”
When electric vehicles end their life, the remaining storage capacity of the lithium battery is expected to be higher than 70%. After this, they can be reused for less demanding...
Materials called perovskites show strong potential for a new generation of solar cells, but they’ve had trouble gaining traction in a market dominated by...
INSIDER: Energy
Fast-Charging Supercapacitor is an Energy Storage Breakthrough
A new bendable supercapacitor made from graphene, which charges quickly and safely stores a record-high level of energy for use over a long period, has been developed and...
INSIDER: Energy
New Electrode Design May Lead to More Powerful Batteries
New research by engineers at MIT and elsewhere could lead to batteries that can pack more power per pound and last longer, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal...
Question of the Week: Aerospace
What Name Would You Give the Next Mars Rover?
In a live event from Lake Braddock Secondary School (LBSS) in Burke, Virginia on Thursday, NASA professionals announced that the Mars 2020 rover will be called “Perseverance.”
Blog: Photonics/Optics
NASA 2024 Moon Mission Calls for CubeSats
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Readers Select 2019 Products of the Year
Blog: Aerospace
The Next Mars Rover Name? 'Perseverance'
Question of the Week: Energy
Will We Ever Recharge Electric Batteries As Quickly As We Get Gas?
Stanford University researchers have developed a machine learning-based method that cuts battery testing times by 98 percent. The team says that their A.I. technique could lead to a future where an electric battery is recharged in the time it takes to stop at a gas station. Watch...
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inspection and Simulation Methods: Powdered Metal and Additive Manufacturing
Question of the Week: Energy
Will Rain Become a Viable Energy Source?
Our lead INSIDER story today demonstrated the power of a droplet energy generator – specifically the system’s ability to light up 100 LEDs with just a small amount of water.
Question of the Week: Energy
Will Cooling Coatings Catch On?
This month’s Tech Briefs featured a potential alternative to the air conditioner: A painted-on polymer coating that can cool down a building.
Blog: Aerospace
NASA's SuperCam Set to Look for Evidence of Life On Mars
Question of the Week: Communications
Do the 5G Benefits Outweigh the Risks?
A feature article in this month’s Tech Briefs explored how the fifth-generation mobile network known as 5G will support the creation of increasingly “smart” factories – ones that allow manufacturers to further improve factory automation, human/machine interfaces, and mobility.
Blog: Test & Measurement
New Discoveries, From Just a Grain of Moon Dust
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
“Pop-Up” Technique Fabricates Microrobots
A bulk-machined “Pop-Up” MEMS process was developed for creating mesoscale machines up to several centimeters in dimension.
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Robot and Software Create Advanced Materials
Rutgers University engineers have developed an automated way to produce polymers, making it much easier to create advanced materials aimed at improving human health. While a human researcher...
Blog: Test & Measurement
SPIE Photonics West 2020, Day 2: Sensing LiDAR's Rise
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
SPIE Photonics West 2020 – Sights from Day 1
Top Stories
Blog: Data Acquisition
With Satellite Data, NASA Shows COVID-19 Impact on Food Supply Chain
Podcasts: Motion Control
Here's an Idea: A Jumping 'SpaceBok' Robot Makes Giant Leaps Toward the...
Videos: Energy
Space Station Motors Power Improved, Energy-Efficient Prosthetic Leg
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers Develop 3D Hand-Sensing Wristband
Videos: Medical
4D Printing Progress for Shapeshifting Biomedical Implants and Soft Robots
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Answering Your Questions: How Automated is the Mars Rover Landing?
Question of the Week
Will SpaceBok Someday Reach the Moon?
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
OpenVPX Technology: The Future of Military Computing
Upcoming Webinars: Lighting
Driving Ahead of the Curve: Visionary Headlamp Concept
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
The New DIS ISO/SAE 21434: Road Vehicles – Cybersecurity...
Upcoming Webinars: Medical
Conformal Coating Protection of Critical Medical Technologies
Upcoming Webinars: Photonics/Optics
Alignment Strategy for Complex Part Geometries
Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Trending Stories
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers Develop 3D Hand-Sensing Wristband
Articles: Defense
Modern CMOS Cameras as Replacements for CCD Cameras
Who's Who:
Anthony Kelley, Lead Flow Research Engineer, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
NASA Spinoff: Materials
Alloy-Enhanced Fans Maintain Fresh Air in Tunnels
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Avoiding Electrical Damage with Conductive Lubrication
Features: Photonics/Optics
