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: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications include low-light conditions such as on orbital satellites and VR applications where the lens needs to be larger than a pupil.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method could benefit next-generation electronics.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The new battery technology could improve electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and supercharge safe, long-range electric cars.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These non-reciprocal devices on a compact chip pave the way for applications from two-way wireless to quantum computing.
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Briefs: Wearables
Fully integrated flexible electronics made of magnetic sensors and organic circuits open the path towards the development of electronic skin.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices.
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Briefs: Software
A higher-order network could be built that looks for subtle changes in data that point to suspicious activity.
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Briefs: Unmanned Systems
This system has a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a typical testing facility.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This technology makes it possible to save extensive data in objects such as shirt buttons, water bottles, or the lenses of glasses and then retrieve it years later.
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Briefs: Materials
The technique could enable the printing of circuit boards, electromechanical components, and robots.
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Briefs: Medical
This method integrates 3D plasmonic nanoarrays onto stickers that adhere to any surface.
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Briefs: Automotive
Applications include rapid prototyping, medical, aerospace, and automotive.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
People could monitor their own health conditions by picking up a pencil and drawing a bioelectronic device on their skin.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This approach could engineer quantum materials atom-by-atom for new electronic, magnetic, and sensing applications.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The software assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment.
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Briefs: Energy
Taking a cue from birds and insects, the wing design helps drones fly more efficiently and makes them more robust to atmospheric turbulence.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The algorithm provides an extra layer of safety and security against hackers of electronic devices.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Traditional spark plugs are replaced by an optical pumping source.
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Briefs: Transportation
This battery would enable a 10-minute electrical vehicle recharge.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The tiny unit is significant for the miniaturization of optoelectronic systems.
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Briefs: Internet of Things
“EasyPass” would enable smart warehouses, automated factories, and more to operate without delays.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Perovskites could be the active ingredient that makes the next generation of low-cost, efficient, lightweight, and flexible solar cells.
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Briefs: Materials
To make electronic components smaller, semiconductor 2D materials are combined with new types of insulator materials.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Neuromorphic computing uses memristors that could function and operate like real brain synapses.
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Briefs: Software
Open source microcontroller technologies in industrially hardened form factors address critical applications.
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Briefs: Materials
This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.
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Briefs: Communications
The newest version of these combs could revolutionize clocks, telescopes, and telecommunications.
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Briefs: Medical
Smartphone App Detects Early Signs of Eye Disorders in Children
The CRADLE app allows parents to screen their children for eye disorders more often throughout their development.
Briefs: Weapons Systems
The sensor could provide a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency from 1 to 100 GHz.
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