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: Materials
An environmentally friendly method upcycles carbon dioxide emissions into polymers and other materials.
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Briefs: Imaging
VR/AR devices can simulate some of the key difficulties experienced due to glaucoma.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This form of thermal management can help enable untethered, high-powered robots to operate for long periods of time without overheating.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Tests show magnetoelectric power is a viable option for clinical-grade implants.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
With low-cost materials called perovskites, stable, continuous lasing is achieved at room temperature for over an hour.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
See how tantalum disulfide is supporting new kinds of optics, and potentially new kinds of application for VR and self-driving cars.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The response time of kinetic inductance bolometers can be greatly enhanced by electrothermal feedback for devices that are both sensitive and speedy.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
A nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredient.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
A metal-organic framework does not contain cost-intensive raw materials and can be produced in bulk.
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Briefs: Software
This technology can work with multiple wavelengths of light simultaneously.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
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: Test & Measurement
This method could benefit next-generation electronics.
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Briefs: Energy
The new battery technology could improve electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and supercharge safe, long-range electric cars.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
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: Medical
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: RF & Microwave Electronics
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: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technique could enable the printing of circuit boards, electromechanical components, and robots.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This method integrates 3D plasmonic nanoarrays onto stickers that adhere to any surface.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications include rapid prototyping, medical, aerospace, and automotive.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
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: Photonics/Optics
This approach could engineer quantum materials atom-by-atom for new electronic, magnetic, and sensing applications.
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Briefs: AR/AI
The software assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment.
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Briefs: Aerospace
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: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Traditional spark plugs are replaced by an optical pumping source.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This battery would enable a 10-minute electrical vehicle recharge.
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