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: Energy
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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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The tiny unit is significant for the miniaturization of optoelectronic systems.
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Briefs: IoMT
“EasyPass” would enable smart warehouses, automated factories, and more to operate without delays.
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Briefs: Energy
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: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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: Green Design & Manufacturing
Open source microcontroller technologies in industrially hardened form factors address critical applications.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The sensor could provide a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency from 1 to 100 GHz.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include high-speed communications, networking, and sensing.
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Briefs: Communications
This method of machine learning could make communications in the unlicensed bands much more efficient.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Flat-panel technology could transform antennas, wireless, and cellphone communications.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In place of flat breadboards, 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new encapsulation technique protects electronic properties of sensitive materials.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Pop-up miniature electronics based on the Japanese art of kirigami can be repeatedly compressed.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Aerogels based on cellulose nanofibers can effectively shield electromagnetic radiation over a wide frequency range.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Additive manufacturing creates cooling solutions with sizes and shapes not previously possible.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method provides a key step toward quantum computers, sensors, and distributed quantum information.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system encodes information in twisting beams of light.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Self-powering, color-changing humidity sensors are applicable to various fields including smart windows, health care, and safety management.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
A remote forest fire detection and alarm system is powered by nothing but the movement of trees in the wind.
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Briefs: Imaging
University of Colorado researchers have described a new silicon chip that improves the resolution and scanning speed needed for a lidar system.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This high-strength material could be used to improve safety and reduce the cost of producing cars.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The robots could fly silently for covert operations and stay steady through turbulence.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This neurostimulator could deliver fine-tuned treatments to patients with diseases such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s.
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Briefs: Wearables
The material was designed specifically for biomedical or wearable technologies, since sweat and volatile organic compounds evaporate away from the skin.
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