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Products: Software
Dual Locking C14 IEC Connector The SG03DC from MEGA Electronics, New Brunswick, NJ, contains side locking tabs similar to the Raritan Securelock. It will mate with any standard nonlocking C13 Outlet along with...
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Question of the Week: Materials
Would You Wear a Microgrid?
Our April issue of Tech Briefs highlighted a wearable microgrid that powers electronics by harvesting energy from the wearer’s body. The wearable (shown here) has three components: sweat-powered biofuel cells, motion-powered devices called triboelectric generators, and energy-storing supercapacitors. All parts are...
Blog: AR/AI
See what Ed Brown’s early days as a high-voltage power supplies designer tell him about today’s efforts with A.I.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
High-performance laser trackers, gimbal motors, air-quality sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
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INSIDER: Energy
In a milestone for renewable energy integration, General Electric (GE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) operated a common class of wind turbines in grid-forming mode, which...
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Briefs: Energy
The nanothin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies, and even deliver pacemakers powered by heartbeats.
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Briefs: Energy
In-wall capacitors power lights, phones, and laptops without wires.
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Blog: Data Acquisition
Data centers have found a more efficient way of handling power. So, what led to the better power path?
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Products: Energy
Charger ICs, backup units, power supplies, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new fabrication technique helps improve the performance of flying micro-robots.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind.
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Technology Leaders: Energy
To ensure the availability of a UPS system, proper consideration must be taken of each application and its requirements.
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Products: Imaging
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Rugged laptops, DC-DC converters, CMOS sensors, and more.
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Articles: Software
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2021 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
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Application Briefs: Aerospace
A mobile robot will go to the South Pole of the Moon — with help from radiation-hardened avionics.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Power supply ICs, temperature sensors, DC-DC converters, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
The optically powered machines self-assemble and could be used for nanoscale manipulation of tiny cargo.
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Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
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Rugged Computing & Electronics - November 2021
From the battlefield to the oceans to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we...

Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Space Technology - October 2021
A new era of space exploration is set to begin with Artemis 1, the first in a series of increasingly complex NASA missions that will take humans back to the moon and then on to Mars. Read all about it in this...

Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
See how COMSOL is supporting upcoming modifications to railway infrastructure in India.
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Articles: Energy
Metamaterial printing, high-efficiency solar cells, and a noise-reduction material.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
DATAQ® Instruments announced the Model DI-4730 high-voltage isolated data acquisition system.
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Blog: Energy
A NASA expert explains why the Artemis mission will rely on a fascinating orbit known as the "Gateway."
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
While researchers around the globe are working on free-position wireless charging — which would unchain devices from set charging points — the most common solutions...
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Question of the Week: Energy
Will ‘Charging Rooms’ Catch On?
Our Question of the Week focuses on today’s lead story – the creation of an aluminum test area that wirelessly powered lamps, fans, and cell phones.
Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
Learn different strategies for addressing outdated avionics, like adding in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Power distribution units, pressure sensors, connector straps, and more.
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