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: Aerospace
High-Fidelity Sonic Boom Propagation Tool
The sBOOMTraj software tool predicts and mitigates ground noise generated during supersonic flight.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
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Briefs: Energy
The improved rectennas could operate low-power devices such as temperature sensors.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Space Weather Database
The DONKI application provides daily interpretations of space weather observations, analysis, and models.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system provides low-cost, reliable 3D LiDAR images in nearly any lighting condition.
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Briefs: Materials
These nanomaterial strain sensors are ten times more sensitive when measuring minute movements compared to existing technology.
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Briefs: Materials
Applications include terahertz medical imaging and communications.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This rapid and cost-effective technique yields a uniform etched surface with 99.5 percent emissivity.
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Briefs: Energy
A new machine learning algorithm could make smartphones charge faster and increase the time between charges for electric vehicles.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This concept could help break through the present-day data-return bottleneck in deep space missions.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Compared to a LED, the omnidirectional laser light is much brighter and better defined.
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Briefs: Lighting
The material could enable cheaper and more environmentally friendly displays and large-area lighting.
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Briefs: Materials
Research demonstrates the potential of a solar unit that can hang on the outside of a structure.
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Briefs: Energy
The chip could provide low-voltage power for small devices or sensors.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The chip combines two functions — logic operations and data storage — into a single architecture, paving the way to more efficient devices.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, and other portable electronics.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include monitoring the temperature of processor chips in superconductor-based quantum computers, which must stay cold to work properly.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This supercapacitor promises storage, high power, and fast charging.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The material, commonly found in house paint, can be used in a device to more efficiently process information.
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Briefs: Energy
The technology is inherently safer and more energy-dense than today’s lithium-ion batteries.
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Briefs: Medical
The system can recharge the internal battery of devices without invasive surgery or risky penetrative procedures.
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Briefs: Medical
Combined with smartphone technology, the device becomes a portable system that can track, monitor, and diagnose infections.
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Briefs: Energy
Membranes that remove salt from water help split sea water into fuel.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Computations are done solely with beams of light.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The system enables measurement of active or passive microstrip line devices with DC probing capability.
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Briefs: Energy
The battery could be used for drones, cars, or underwater applications at low temperatures.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This lightweight, portable garment is designed for active shoulder and elbow positioning.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This subsystem is used in free-space optical communications and fiber-optic communications.
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Briefs: Energy
Method Tests Microscopic Aeronautical Materials
This process breaks the temperature barrier in small-scale materials testing.

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