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 protective coating works like body armor for the atomically thin materials.
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Briefs: Wearables
The device paves the way for better prosthetic control and seamless interaction with electronic devices.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The ultrathin magnet could advance new applications in computing and electronics.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The method could be applied to carbon waste streams.
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Briefs: Energy
An already ubiquitous material in outdoor photovoltaic modules could be repurposed for indoor devices with low-capacity batteries.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The electricity can be used to power wireless devices or to charge energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors.
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Briefs: Materials
This combination of technologies could enable developments for many optical applications.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include telecommunications, optical switching, and quantum computing.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The compact instrument measures thermal conductivity of materials at below ambient temperatures.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This AI turns even the blurriest photo into realistic computer-generated faces in HD.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Implantable chips visible only in a microscope point the way to developing chips that can be injected into the body with a hypodermic needle to monitor medical conditions.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Monitoring urine sugar levels is important during early stages of diabetes, and diaper sensors represent an attractive solution.
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Briefs: Motion Control
The soft and stretchable device converts movement into electricity and can work in wet environments.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
In a collapsed building or on rough terrain, a robot could balance itself and move forward with just its feet.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Artificial intelligence helps train robots to work together to move an object around two obstacles and through a narrow door in computer simulations.
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Briefs: Propulsion
The reaction converts 90% of plastic to jet fuel and other valuable hydrocarbon products within an hour at moderate temperatures.
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Briefs: Energy
This work could help severely injured people, such as soldiers, regain the ability to control their movements.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These tactile imaging sensors can measure pressure distribution without using pressure-sensitive materials.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This fuel cell could power a variety of transportation modes such as unmanned underwater vehicles, drones, and eventually electric aircraft.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
Designed for soldier uniforms, the fiber can sense, store, analyze, and infer activity when sewn into a piece of clothing.
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Briefs: Materials
The approach could lead to more flexible health monitors, wearable devices, sensors, optical communication systems, and soft robotics.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Synthesis of fiber-metal laminates is performed using RF plasma spray deposition.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A folded plastic bladder could store and pump the fuel.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
An atom-based sensor can determine the direction of an incoming radio signal.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
These antennas dramatically increase the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a coherent light source.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The soft robot harvests energy from a laser beam and can crawl on horizontal surfaces and climb vertical walls and an upside-down glass ceiling.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The flexible antenna was designed for active aeronautical satellite communications.
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