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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This component takes up ten times less space on computer chips.
Briefs: Energy
The electricity can be used to power wireless devices or to charge energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include telecommunications, optical switching, and quantum computing.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This method could help firefighters find victims inside buildings and could track hypersonic objects such as missiles and space debris.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Implantable chips visible only in a microscope point the way to developing chips that can be injected into the body with a hypodermic needle to monitor medical conditions.
Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Will Stretchable Smartphones Catch On?
Our “5 Ws” feature this month highlighted skin-like electronic circuits being developed at Virginia Tech.
Briefs: Wearables
The approach could lead to more flexible health monitors, wearable devices, sensors, optical communication systems, and soft robotics.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
An atom-based sensor can determine the direction of an incoming radio signal.
UpFront: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA Washing Machine Designs Go for a Spin
Right now, there is no laundry service in space.
Astronaut garments aren’t washed. They are put onto ships that burn up in the atmosphere.
At NASA Glenn,...
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
These antennas dramatically increase the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a coherent light source.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The flexible antenna was designed for active aeronautical satellite communications.
Briefs: Wearables
A skin-like device can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to speak.
Briefs: Software
The wearable antenna bends, stretches, and compresses without compromising function.
Briefs: Wearables
The technology would enable transmission of information just by touching a surface.
Technology Leaders: Communications
Ball screws are helping manufacturers meet the growing demand for fiber optic cables generated by 5G communications.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Demand for wireless IoT cloud-connected devices is growing rapidly, yet deploying Wi-Fi battery-based products is difficult.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The robot can walk, run, jump, and interact with the environment in synchrony with a human operator.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Learn about widely used communications technologies for motion control.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Servo motion control delivers powerful, fast, and precise movement onboard robots and for associated equipment.
Briefs: Transportation
The technology harvests electrical energy from waste heat sources.
Blog: Aerospace
A reader asks a Space Force expert about new markets, including data transport, traffic management, and advanced power.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Physicists from the University of Sussex have developed an extremely thin, large-area semiconductor surface source of terahertz, composed of just a few...
Technology Leaders: Energy
AI will only reach its full potential when it can be fed with a constant stream of data from a plentitude of diverse sources.
Briefs: Communications
The device, powered by ultrasound waves, could help doctors monitor the health of transplanted organs and provide early warning of potential transplant failure.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This software could also be used for indoor navigation assistance for the visually impaired.
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
ADAS/Connected Car - June 2021
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this compendium...INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Photonics has the potential to transform all manners of electronic devices by storing and transmitting information in the form of light, rather than electricity. Using...
INSIDER: Data Acquisition
Fiber optic technology is the holy grail of high-speed, long-distance telecommunications. Still, with the continuing exponential growth of internet traffic, researchers...
Technology Leaders: Communications
Test technologies are available as technologies evolve to 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps for next-generation data center architectures.
Top Stories
Blog: Design
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
Blog: Semiconductors & ICs
Revolutionizing the Production of Semiconductor Chips
News: Power
INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
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Powering America’s EV Future: Connect, Collaborate, Innovate
Upcoming Webinars: Robotics, Automation & Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Upcoming Webinars: Power
E/E Architecture Redefined: Building Smarter, Safer, and Scalable...
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Semiconductors & ICs
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
