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Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
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RF & Microwave Electronics - October 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in space and ground...

Special Reports: IoMT
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Electronics Innovations - October 2020
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Tech Briefs magazine, discover how advances in electronic components are enabling game-changing applications in mobile healthcare/wearables, autonomous...

INSIDER: Nanotechnology
Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world’s smallest ultrasound detector. Based on miniaturized...
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INSIDER: Communications
The proliferation and miniaturization of electronics in devices, wearables, medical implants, and other applications has...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
For a long time, something important has been regularly neglected in electronics. If you want to make electronic components smaller and smaller, you also need the right insulator materials. This is...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at the University of Houston report that they have designed and produced a smart electronic skin and a medical robotic hand capable of assessing vital diagnostic data...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
MIT startup Realtime Robotics invented a solution that gives robots the ability to quickly adjust their path to avoid objects as they move to a target. The Realtime controller can be connected to a...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
For planned robotic and crewed missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA is developing and testing precise landing and hazard-avoidance technologies. A combination of laser sensors, a camera, a high-speed...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Tech Briefs posed questions to machine learning/AI industry execs to get their opinions on platform selection, data interpretation, and more.
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Products: Automotive
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Thin films and engineered surfaces are used in a myriad of applications including semiconductor electronics, data storage, and precision optics. In many cases, surface roughness and...
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Special Reports: Materials
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Test & Measurement - September 2020
See how the latest test tools and methodologies are enabling new applications in aerospace, electronics, robotics, healthcare, and other key industries. This compendium of recent articles is presented by the...

Special Reports: Aerospace
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Power Electronics - September 2020
This compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology looks at the latest advances in power electronics and energy storage for a range of applications...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The material was designed specifically for biomedical or wearable technologies, since sweat and volatile organic compounds evaporate away from the skin.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Applications include high-speed communications, networking, and sensing.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Flat-panel technology could transform antennas, wireless, and cellphone communications.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive manufacturing creates cooling solutions with sizes and shapes not previously possible.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This method provides a key step toward quantum computers, sensors, and distributed quantum information.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This neurostimulator could deliver fine-tuned treatments to patients with diseases such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The ultra-light robotic insect can be folded or crushed, yet continues to move.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Pop-up miniature electronics based on the Japanese art of kirigami can be repeatedly compressed.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Aerogels based on cellulose nanofibers can effectively shield electromagnetic radiation over a wide frequency range.
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INSIDER: Physical Sciences
A team of Brown University physicists has developed a new type of compact, ultra-sensitive magnetometer, 20 times more sensitive than many traditional sensors. The new...
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INSIDER: Communications
Researchers have developed a new way to build power efficient and programmable integrated switching units on a silicon photonics chip. The new technology is...
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique they call depth...
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INSIDER: Medical
In a potential breakthrough in wearable sensing technology, researchers from Cornell and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have designed a wrist- mounted device that continuously tracks the...
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Articles: Energy
With the emergence of a new generation of ultra-efficient electronic chips, the Wiegand technology is showing significant promise, especially in the exciting area of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
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