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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The hydrogels can morph multiple times in a preprogrammed or on-demand manner in response to external trigger signals.
Briefs: Materials
Biobots based on muscle cells can swim at unprecedented velocities.
Briefs: Materials
The flexible, self-healing coating protects buildings, bridges, and anything above or below the water made of steel.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
An electrically driven soft valve paves the way for fully soft robots.
Briefs: AR/AI
The fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
Briefs: Materials
This robot can run, jump, carry heavy payloads, and turn on a dime.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
The device provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near-perfect efficiency.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
The camera combines lasers, computers, and terahertz waves to see “unseen” details.
Briefs: Communications
The film monitors how well aircraft and spacecraft withstand the mechanical stresses of flight.
Briefs: Materials
The approach could advance the potential of high-powered, solid-electrolyte lithium batteries.
Briefs: Energy
The windows reduce the need for air conditioning and simultaneously generate electricity.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This technology improves the detection of low-power far-infrared (FIR) signals.
Briefs: Propulsion
The “nanoswimmers” could be used to remediate contaminated soil, improve water filtration, or even deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body.
Briefs: Materials
The technique controls rather than combats ice formation.
Briefs: Transportation
The low-density, graphene-based aerogel could make aircraft as quiet as a hairdryer.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The eco-friendly process removes heavy metals, dyes, and other pollutants.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The design may enable miniature zoom lenses for drones, cellphones, or night-vision goggles.
Briefs: Energy
The optically powered machines self-assemble and could be used for nanoscale manipulation of tiny cargo.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Flexible carbon nanotube fibers woven into clothing gather accurate EKG and heart rate.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include space structures, emergency shelters, backpack solar collectors, and inspection of hazardous environments.
Briefs: Materials
Incorporating semiconductor components, microscopic robots are made to walk with standard electronic signals.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The 2D materials boost device performance for electronic devices, solar cells, batteries, and medical equipment.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Directly visualizing external stresses of plastics is useful in development of materials with improved mechanical properties.
Briefs: Energy
This paves the way for innovative and more energy-efficient printed electronics.
Briefs: Materials
The material could be used to create housing in outer space.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The new printing method coaxes particles and droplets into precise patterns using the power of sound.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
With this advance, so-called “flextronics” move closer to reality.
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