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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
These actuators can compete with electrical and pneumatic systems.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The system provides high tuning capability and extreme simplicity.
Briefs: Imaging
The instrument could bring powerful sensing and imaging capabilities into hospitals, airports, or other settings.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This compact beam steering technology has applications in autonomous navigation, AR, and neuroscience.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include spectroscopy and LiDAR.
Briefs: Energy
The device recharges the internal battery of implants without invasive surgery.
Briefs: Wearables
The single piece of glass produces crisp panoramic images.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Ultra-Miniaturized Microendoscope
The lens-free scope produces higher-quality images at a fraction of the size.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The invention can become color-changing “artificial muscle.”
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics can be laser-printed and made in minutes.
Briefs: Imaging
Researchers are tapping into dynamically controlled LEDs to create a simple illumination system for 3D imaging.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A novel technique for a high-brightness coherent and few-cycle duration source spans seven optical octaves.
Briefs: Imaging
Imagine being able to snap a picture of extremely fast events on the order of a picosecond.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researcher are finding ways to estimate a target location when light gets deflected by a disordered structure.
Briefs: Energy
A stretchable system can harvest energy from human breathing and motion.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This device fits on a computer chip but can analyze infrared light in the same way as a conventional spectrometer.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The improved rectennas could operate low-power devices such as temperature sensors.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Ultra-thin and flexible metalenses could replace traditional camera lenses.
Briefs: Imaging
This system provides low-cost, reliable 3D LiDAR images in nearly any lighting condition.
Briefs: Aerospace
Applications include terahertz medical imaging and communications.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This rapid and cost-effective technique yields a uniform etched surface with 99.5 percent emissivity.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system treats light-responsive disorders or deficits such as eating disorders, sleep problems, hormone-sensitive cancers, and cardiovascular disorders.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This concept could help break through the present-day data-return bottleneck in deep space missions.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This optical-based device measures position, velocity, and torque.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
A smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel through their pressurized suits.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Compared to a LED, the omnidirectional laser light is much brighter and better defined.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Applications include detection of explosives, navigation, and aerospace altitude sensing.
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