News: Aerospace
NASA Tool Helps Airlines Minimize Weather Delays
A NASA-developed tool, Dynamic Weather Routes (DWR), is designed to alleviate weather-induced air traffic interruptions. The computer software tool is programmed to constantly analyze air...
News: Test & Measurement
No-Power Wi-Fi Connectivity Could Fuel Internet of Things
Imagine a world in which your wristwatch or other wearable device communicates directly with your online profiles, storing information about your daily activities where you can best...
News: Electronics & Computers
Robots Restore Electricity After Power Outages
A team led by Nina Mahmoudian of Michigan Technological University has developed a tabletop model of a robot team that can bring power to places that need it the most.
“If we can regain power in communication towers, then we can find the people we need to rescue,” says Mahmoudian, an assistant...
News: Communications
New DARPA Technologies Could Make Cyber Warfare a Reality
Three years after the Defense Department named cyberspace a new domain of warfare, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is unveiling technologies that could soon make it...
News: Electronics & Computers
Tiny Wireless Sensing Device Alerts Users to Telltale Vapors Remotely
A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has developed a small electronic sensing device that can alert users wirelessly to the presence of chemical...
News: Communications
Wireless Sensing Lets Users “Train” Smartphones for Gesture Control
University of Washington researchers have developed a new form of low-power wireless sensing technology that could soon let users “train” their smartphones to...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
NASA Tests Robot Swarms for Autonomous Movement
NASA engineers and interns are testing a group of robots and related software that will show whether it's possible for autonomous machines to scurry about an alien world such as the Moon,...
News: Imaging
Astronauts to Test Free-Flying Robotic 'Smart SPHERES'
Three bowling ball-size free-flying Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) have been flying inside the International Space Station since 2006. These satellites provide a test bed for development and research, each having its own power, propulsion,...
News: RF & Microwave Electronics
Agile Aperture Antenna Tested on Aircraft to Maintain Satellite Connection
Two of Georgia Tech's software-defined, electronically reconfigurable Agile Aperture Antennas (A3) were demonstrated in an aircraft during flight tests. The low-power...
INSIDER: Imaging
Scientists Demonstrate Data Teleportation for Secure Communications
Teleportation, a long-standing staple in the world of science fiction, has become a reality for scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in terms of battlefield data...
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
'Sensing Skin' Detects Damage in Concrete Structures
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland have developed new “sensing skin” technology designed to serve as an early warning system for concrete structures, allowing authorities to respond quickly to damage in everything from nuclear facilities...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed new modifications for technology that helps pilots of small aircraft avoid midair collisions. The modified tools...
News: Communications
Wireless System Paves Way for 'Electroceutical' Medical Devices
A wireless system uses the same power as a cell phone to safely transmit energy to chips the size of a grain of rice. The technology paves the way for new "electroceutical" devices to treat illness or alleviate pain.
The central discovery is an engineering breakthrough that...
News: Nanotechnology
Wireless Device Senses Chemical Vapors
A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has developed a small electronic sensing device that can alert users wirelessly to the presence of chemical vapors in the atmosphere. The technology, which could be manufactured using familiar aerosol-jet printing techniques, is aimed at myriad...
News: Aerospace
Air And Missile Defense System To Get Smarter Software
When a missile is launched against an enemy target, it would be nice to have a lot of good information about that target. But when "decision makers push the fire button, they may have...
Application Briefs: Communications
Thrusters Support Communications Satellite Launch
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Sacramento, CA
916-355-4000
www.rocket.com
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, played a vital role in...
News: Communications
Boosting Energy Efficiency of Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
Multi-hop wireless networks can provide data access for large and unconventional spaces, but they face significant limits on the amount of data they can transmit. North Carolina State...
News: Transportation
Develop Wireless Chargers for Electric Vehicles
The U.S Department of Energy has recently announced up to $4 million available this year to accelerate the development and deployment of wireless charging systems for light-duty electric vehicles (EVs).
News: Materials
Read November's Lighting Technology
The new issue of Lighting Technology is here! Check out more new feature articles, application stories, tech briefs, products, videos, and research news - all on the latest advances in LEDs and solid-state...
Application Briefs: Communications
NASA Uses Emergency Notification System to Communicate With Personnel
The Communicator!® NXT™ emergency notification system
Cassidian Communications (an EADS North America company)
Temecula, CA
951-719-2100
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Computers that Mimic the Brain
INSIDER reader Kenneth Polcak submitted a "Question of the Week" to his fellow design engineer pros:
IBM has recently developed prototypes of energy-efficient computer chips that emulate the synapses, neurons, and learning functions of the human brain. IBM's Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable...
Products: Communications
Ethernet Encoders
Pepperl+Fuchs (Twinsburg, OH) introduces the EVM58 Ethernet IP Encoders available in single or multi-turn configurations. The rotary encoders provide absolute machine position or velocity feedback to the system...
Application Briefs: Communications
Emergency Notification System Enables Coordinated Communication Across Facilities
notification system
PlantCML, an EADS North America company
Franklin, TN
951-719-2423
...
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Equipment Enables Communications in Hazardous Locations
Quintron Systems
Santa Maria, CA
805-928-4343
www.quintron.com
NASA is installing Quintron’s...
Articles: Communications
Meeting the Demand for Complex Communications Design
Communications engineers today must design to accommodate changing missions, shorter product lifecycles, and increasing computer power. As a result, they create hybrid systems that include...
Articles: Communications
Wireless Solutions Improve Communications and Productivity in Manufacturing Facilities
While automotive, aerospace, and high-tech equipment manufacturers are early adopters of wireless networks, the overall manufacturing industry has been...
Who's Who: Communications
Gary Martin, Director, New Ventures & Communications Directorate, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Gary Martin began his career with NASA in the Microgravity Sciences and Applications Division in 1990 where he served as Branch Chief...
Application Briefs: Communications
Communications System Supports the Ames Airspace Operations Lab
Quintron
Santa Maria, CA
805-928-4343
www.quintron.com
Quintron was selected by NASA’s Ames Research Center (ARC)...
Application Briefs: Communications
Communications Systems Support NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft
L-3 Communications Corp.
Communications Systems West
Salt Lake City, UT
801-594-2000
www.l-3com.com/csw/...
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