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A comprehensive library of technical briefs from engineering experts at NASA and major government, university, and commercial laboratories covering all aspects of innovations in electronics, software, photonics, imaging, motion control, automation, sensors, test, materials, manufacturing, mechanical, and mechatronics.

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Briefs: Materials
Designed for soldier uniforms, the fiber can sense, store, analyze, and infer activity when sewn into a piece of clothing.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The approach could lead to more flexible health monitors, wearable devices, sensors, optical communication systems, and soft robotics.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Synthesis of fiber-metal laminates is performed using RF plasma spray deposition.
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Briefs: Energy
A folded plastic bladder could store and pump the fuel.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Exoskeleton legs are capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using artificial intelligence technology.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Printers can be identified by their unique hot end, aiding intellectual property and security.
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Briefs: Aerospace
High-yield synthesis of carbon nanotubes is enabled via free electron laser ablation.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
An atom-based sensor can determine the direction of an incoming radio signal.
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Briefs: Energy
The soft robot harvests energy from a laser beam and can crawl on horizontal surfaces and climb vertical walls and an upside-down glass ceiling.
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Briefs: Materials
These antennas dramatically increase the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a coherent light source.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The valve enables telerobotic resupplying of media such as propellant and pressurant.
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Briefs: Automotive
A low-cost, dynamically controlled surface for 3D printers reduces waste and saves time.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The robot can walk, run, jump, and interact with the environment in synchrony with a human operator.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A deep-learning technique optimizes the arrangement of sensors on a robot’s body to ensure efficient operation.
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Briefs: Materials
An alternative, environmentally friendly production method creates permanent magnets.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The flexible antenna was designed for active aeronautical satellite communications.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Applications include wearables, airplane cabin monitoring, medical diagnostics, and indoor air quality measurement.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A skin-like device can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to speak.
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Briefs: Imaging
Researchers are using a standard RGB digital camera to accurately monitor soil moisture.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This method is a faster way to manufacture combustion chambers and nozzles for aerospace propulsion as well as heat exchangers in oil and gas applications.
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Briefs: Energy
The new battery is degradable, recyclable, non-toxic, and safer than lithium-ion batteries.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The wearable antenna bends, stretches, and compresses without compromising function.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An entire 20-story concrete building could store energy like a giant battery.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology would enable transmission of information just by touching a surface.
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Briefs: AR/AI
The ultra-compact, wearable hologram sensor immediately notifies the user of volatile gas detection.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
To modernize optical storage, Purdue researchers are replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters.”
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
A novel nanostructure produces uniquely shaped light.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new imaging method allows researchers to see inside complex semiconductors, without destroying them.
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Briefs: Materials
Northwestern researchers have developed a new microscopy method that allows scientists to see the building blocks of “smart” materials.
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