Tech Briefs

Electronics & Software

Access our comprehensive library of technical briefs on electronics and software, from engineering experts at NASA and major government, university, and commercial laboratories.

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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
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Briefs: Imaging
The new computer simulation method can equip engineers and doctors with better information.
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Briefs: Materials
The advance could accelerate engineers’ design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equations.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
The system guarantees the security of virtual machines in the cloud.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
This schedulable, predictable, high-performance data transfer service is designed for largescale scientific computing facilities.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Columbia researchers are reducing both the size and the power consumption of a visible-spectrum phase modulator, from one millimeter to 10 microns.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Researchers successfully demonstrated the use of the human body as a medium for transmitting and harvesting energy to power wearables.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers have created an electronic microsystem that can intelligently respond to information inputs without any external energy input, much like a...
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The method could support the semiconductor industry and facilitate development of next-gen devices.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include power and energy, communications, and sensors.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
In-wall capacitors power lights, phones, and laptops without wires.
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Briefs: Materials
The material could potentially provide a platform for error-free quantum computing.
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Briefs: Energy
The nanothin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies, and even deliver pacemakers powered by heartbeats.
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Briefs: Wearables
The test uses a smartphone microscope and could deliver results in about 10 minutes.
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Briefs: Materials
Invisibly small nanotubes aligned as fibers and sewn into fabrics can turn heat from the Sun or other sources into energy.
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Briefs: Materials
This process could improve large touchscreens, LED light panels, and window-mounted infrared solar cells.
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Briefs: Materials
Mechanical properties, such as strength and ductility, can be improved for car, plane, and building components.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing and potentially help patients recovering from post-surgery breathing changes.
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Briefs: Power
This scalable power processing unit (PPU) is for use with low-power Hall effect thrusters.
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Briefs: Energy
A new catalyst and microchannel reactors improve efficiency and cost of the process.
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Briefs: Manned Systems
The system could allow for flight speeds of Mach 6 to 17 and would have applications in air and space travel.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This system would extend the life of CubeSat satellites.
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Briefs: Energy
This remote forest fire detection and alarm system is powered by nothing but the movement of the trees in the wind.
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Briefs: Energy
Carbon nanotubes are used to create solar cells with unprecedented flexibility and resistance.
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Briefs: Imaging
The mobile phone app enables regular monitoring of glucose levels in people with diabetes.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology is aimed at protecting physical targets, such as utilities and infrastructure.
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Briefs: Software
The simulations provide insight on the models needed to simulate a full-scale landing event.
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Briefs: Energy
A new technique for measuring the performance of lithium batteries uses thermal waves to measure local lithium concentration as a function of depth inside battery electrodes.
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Briefs: Software
An AI framework enables scientists to improve an imaging technique, enhancing the performance of electron microscopes.
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