Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Self-Assembling Robot Cubes Form Various Structures
The robot blocks jump, spin, flip, and identify each other.
Briefs: Communications
Long-Range Wireless Sensor Network
The network is designed for remote, low-resource locations where power and communications infrastructure are scarce.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Continuous and Stable Lasing Achieved From Low-Cost Perovskites at Room Temperature
With low-cost materials called perovskites, stable, continuous lasing is achieved at room temperature for over an hour.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
“One-Way” Electronic Devices
These non-reciprocal devices on a compact chip pave the way for applications from two-way wireless to quantum computing.
Briefs: Communications
Combined Optical Transmitter and Receiver
The tiny unit is significant for the miniaturization of optoelectronic systems.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Comb-on-a-Chip Optical Ruler Measures Colors of Light Waves
The newest version of these combs could revolutionize clocks, telescopes, and telecommunications.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Quantum Sensor Enables Wide Spectral Coverage
The sensor could provide a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency from 1 to 100 GHz.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Electronic Diodes Demonstrate Performance Beyond 5G
Applications include high-speed communications, networking, and sensing.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Formula May Help 5G Wireless Networks Share Communications Frequencies
This method of machine learning could make communications in the unlicensed bands much more efficient.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Electronically Controlled 2D Reflector Improves Microwave Communications
Flat-panel technology could transform antennas, wireless, and cellphone communications.
Briefs: Communications
Electronics Cooling Using Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing creates cooling solutions with sizes and shapes not previously possible.
Briefs: Communications
Tunable, Chip-Based, Vortex Microlaser and Detector
This system encodes information in twisting beams of light.
Briefs: Imaging
Graphene Smart Textiles for Heat-Adaptive Clothing
Smart adaptive clothing can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Photonic Microwave Generation Using On-Chip Optical Frequency Combs
Using integrated photonic chips fabricated at EPFL, scientists have demonstrated laser-based microwave generators.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Hardware Reduces Energy Draw of Artificial Intelligence
A quantum material could offset energy demand of artificial intelligence.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Cut-to-Length Electrical Cable Cuts Costs
Electrical cables are used in services such as power delivery, automation signaling, and communications.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Device Modulates Light and Amplifies Tiny Signals
This system can amplify a faint signal from a neighboring system even when that signal’s amplitude is as small as ten trillionths of a meter.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Electric Nanoscale Device Sees Through Walls
Applications include imaging, sensing, wireless communications, and medical treatments.
Briefs: Motion Control
Wi-Fi-assisted Inertial Odometry (WIO) Measures Speed and Distance of Indoor Movement
The technique could be used to improve navigation for robots, drones, or pedestrians.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Moving Precision Communication, Metrology, Quantum Applications from Lab to Chip
A team is exploring new materials for telecommunications and LIDAR applications.
Briefs: AR/AI
Wirelessly Powered, Leadless Pacemaker
This device could give doctors a new therapeutic option for treating patients with conditions such as heart failure.
Briefs: Communications
Laser Radio Transmitter
This device transmits data via a semiconductor laser, opening the door to ultra-high-speed WiFi.
Briefs: Communications
RFID-Based System Enables Internet of Things
The technology could help in elder care with sensors throughout a home.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
PLCs Directly Access Internet Information
The newest PLCs can directly access Internet resources, much like a mobile device, to obtain information for improving operations.
Briefs: Transportation
High-Reliability Radio Frequency MEMS Switch
Applications include homeland security, vehicle anti-collision systems, telecommunications systems, and industrial instrumentation.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Using Sound and Light for Ultrafast Data Transfer
This method could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Ultra-Low-Power WiFi Radio Enables IoT Devices
Housed in a chip, it lets IoT devices communicate with existing WiFi networks.
Briefs: Communications
Researchers Generate Terahertz Laser with Laughing Gas
In the middle ground between microwaves and visible light lies terahertz radiation, and the promise of “Tray vision.”
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wireless System Powers Devices Inside the Body
The technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.
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