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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Carbon nanotubes are used to create solar cells with unprecedented flexibility and resistance.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
A method converts cotton into sugar, which can be turned into spandex, nylon, or ethanol.
Briefs: Materials
The handheld printer deposits sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds and its bio-ink accelerates healing.
Briefs: Materials
The bandage captures and holds a pro-healing molecule at the site of a bone break to accelerate and improve the natural healing process.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D bioprinting using bioink from engineered stem cells enables treatment of myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases.
Briefs: Software
The technology is aimed at protecting physical targets, such as utilities and infrastructure.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new technology uses nanoscale sensors and fiber optics to measure water status just inside a leaf’s surface, where water in plants is most actively managed.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This technology has potential as a portable power supply in several applications, including electric vehicles, cellphones, and wearable technology.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The material could pave the way for better, safer solid-state batteries.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A software makes industrial robots nimbler and almost as sensitive as human hands.
Briefs: Materials
These “living machines” hold potential for applications from medical treatments to improving the environment.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A remotely controlled microswimmer could navigate the human body and aid in drug delivery.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new fabrication methodology addresses the need for a thin, double-sided circuitry board.
Briefs: Energy
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind.
Briefs: Energy
The sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, and long operating life.
Briefs: Materials
A 3D-printable elastomer yields soft, elastic objects that feel like human tissue.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Sensing is incorporated directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.
Briefs: Materials
Parts remain crack-free and defect-resistant, making them conducive for use in metal-based 3D-printing applications.
Briefs: Materials
Inspired by barnacles, the paste provides an effective way to treat traumatic injuries and help control bleeding during surgery.
Briefs: Energy
The synthetic material is soft but can withstand heavy loading with minimum wear and tear for engineering applications.
Briefs: Materials
The carbon fiber reinforced material can be repeatedly healed with heat.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Textiles and items of clothing can be converted into e-textiles without affecting their original properties.
Briefs: Energy
Fano Resonance Optical Coatings can both transmit and reflect the same color simultaneously.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology shines through fabrics to show notifications for email messages, time, weather, or other forms of basic information.
Briefs: Power
The battery charges faster than a lithium-ion battery and is fire-safe and eco-friendly.
Briefs: Energy
A new design could extend the shelf-life of single-use metal-air batteries for electric vehicles, off-grid storage, and other applications.
Briefs: Energy
Activated carbon made from corn stover filters 98 percent of a pollutant from water.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
An optimized flash process could reduce carbon emissions.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new robot developed by Caltech researchers LEO carves out a new type of locomotion somewhere between walking and flying.
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