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Blog: Electronics & Computers
A counterintuitive way to protect atomically thin electronics: adding vibrations to reduce vibration issues.
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Technology & Society: Design
SprayBox can target individual weeds and crops at a 20-per-second rate and then spray them at a millimeter’s accuracy.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
The new Indicators feature true absolute sensor technology that minimizes the chance of data loss.
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Briefs: Design
A new area of artificial intelligence called analog deep learning promises faster computation with a fraction of the energy usage.
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Briefs: AR/AI
The researchers plan to apply the design to edge computing devices.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Over the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of satellites in orbit. A significant portion of this increase is thanks to the smaller size of newer satellites.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
To ensure networks are prepared for the next wave of transmission, operators need to build wave multiplexing systems that will allow connections to migrate to 100 Gb/s.
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Blog: Connectivity
See Tech Briefs’ top-performing quizzes of 2022.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and the University of California, Berkeley, have designed a robotic system that enables a low-cost and relatively small legged...
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The battery was made using sodium-sulphur — a type of molten salt that can be processed from sea water at a low cost.
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Quiz: Electronics & Computers
How much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.
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Products: Test & Measurement
See the new products on the market, including power inductors, vibration sensors, a field TV connector, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The assembly can simply be mounted in front of a camera to enable focusing schlieren imaging capability.
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Briefs: Communications
Researchers have developed a technique that will allow for faster communication systems and better energy-saving electronics.
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Briefs: Materials
Computer-Implemented Energy Depletion Radiation Shielding
Radiation shielding for space as well as some terrestrial applications is challenging due to the wide variety and energy ranges of radiation particles.
Briefs: IoMT
The design goal is to provide exceptional RF signal range and stability, while also reducing power consumption, in a miniaturized package.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Ultra-efficient catalysts were developed that are cost-effective to make and simple to scale.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
In the coming years, the wireless communications segment will expand significantly as 5G private networks launch.
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Articles: Energy
General Motors’ new joint-research agreement with OneD underscores the promise of silicon-anode development.
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
At 200 times stronger than steel, graphene has been hailed as a super material of the future since its discovery in 2004. The ultrathin carbon material is an incredibly strong...
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INSIDER: Physical Sciences
Diodes allow directed flows of current. Without them, modern electronics would be inconceivable. Until now, they had to be made from two materials with different characteristics. A...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
The challenge of fabricating nanowires directly on silicon substrates for the creation of the next generation of electronics has finally been solved by...
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Blog: Energy
Power electronics are critical for renewable energy. They require special design and testing to ensure that they will reliably perform their critical duties.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A group of scientists in Nagoya University, Japan, have developed a possible solution to one of the biggest problems of the Internet of Energy, energy efficiency. They did so by...
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INSIDER: Automotive
Imagine a technology that can convert, amplify, limit, filter, control, and transform electricity in countless ways to supply power to the electrical grid. These are power electronics, and the...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Once considered science fiction, technology capable of collecting solar power in space and beaming it to Earth to provide a global supply of clean and affordable energy is moving closer to reality. Through...
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Briefs: Motion Control
Equipment and test system designers need Ethernet devices that outperform consumer-grade components, while remaining easy to use.
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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A team at KTH Royal Institute of Technology has developed a new 3D printing technique that could be used to produce customized chip-based microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
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