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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This atom-based receiver has the potential to be smaller and work better in noisy environments than conventional radio receivers.
Briefs: Materials
This technology could be used to create smartphones that don't scratch or shatter, metal-free pacemakers, and electronics for space and other harsh environments.
Briefs: Motion Control
Such machines, only a few tens of micrometers across, could be used in the human body to perform small operations.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.
Briefs: Aerospace
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.
Briefs: Materials
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Embedded Gas and Temperature Sensors for Extreme Environments
Innovative process control systems for improved efficiency and lower emissions in current and future fossil-fuel-based power systems and related applications require durable, embedded sensor technology that can operate at higher temperatures and in harsh conditions.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This system uses fiber optic strain sensing to detect and locate micrometeoroid/orbital debris.
Briefs: Automotive
Low-Bandwidth Radar Technology Provides Improved Detection of Objects
Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today, they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather formations, and geological terrain. Until now, scientists believed that radar accuracy and resolution are related to the...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Current laser interferometry pressure pulse detection techniques use the shock-induced change in index of refraction to track detonation and/or shock fronts in a single fiber optic by reflecting laser light...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This approach removes the limitation on peak power densities that exists for fiber lasers.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.
Briefs: Automotive
This multifunctional hybrid laminate composite can be used for residential and commercial construction.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The method could impact optical imaging, vision correction, and disease diagnosis.
Briefs: Materials
Optically Fixable Shape Memory Polymers
These polymers can combine thermal and optically fixable shape memory.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A process was developed for producing oxide perovskite crystals in flexible, free-standing layers. A two-dimensional rendition of this substance is intriguing because 2D materials have been shown to...
Briefs: Materials
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines are employed to locate cancerous tumors and aid in the development of treatment plans, while nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machines are used to...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
X-ray Measurement Approach Could Improve CT Scanners
A new measurement approach could lead to a better way to calibrate computed tomography (CT) scanners, potentially streamlining patient treatment by improving communication among doctors.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Contact lenses that can monitor the wearer’s health and correct eyesight use embedded electronics. These, and other curved devices such as solar cells and electronics, could be...
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
A method was developed to make atom-flat sensors that seamlessly integrate with devices to report on what they perceive. Electronically active 2D materials, touted for their strength, are difficult to move to...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Engineers at the University of Illinois have found a way to redirect misfit light waves to reduce energy loss during optical data transmission. In a study,...
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