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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The system is effective in urban environments where there are tall buildings on all sides.
Briefs: Aerospace
The material can be used in power electronics and power converters for solar energy power systems.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Adaptable automation reduces manufacturing time and costs.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Printable organic photodiodes can distinguish wavelengths and enable data transmission by light.
Briefs: Materials
Orange peels are used to extract and reuse metals from lithium-ion batteries to create new batteries.
Briefs: Energy
The material can be scaled for use in ultra-efficient, power-dense, electric vehicle traction motors.
Briefs: Energy
A customizable smart window harnesses and manipulates solar power to save energy and cut costs.
5 Ws: Electronics & Computers
Users can take paper sheets from a notebook and turn them into a music player interface or make food packaging interactive.
Blog: Energy
Researcher Nina Mahmoudian is finding a new way for underwater robots to recharge and upload their data, and then go back out to continue exploring, without the need for human intervention.
Briefs: Energy
Perovskites could be the active ingredient that makes the next generation of low-cost, efficient, lightweight, and flexible solar cells.
Briefs: Energy
This battery would enable a 10-minute electrical vehicle recharge.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Traditional spark plugs are replaced by an optical pumping source.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
Taking a cue from birds and insects, the wing design helps drones fly more efficiently and makes them more robust to atmospheric turbulence.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The software assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment.
Briefs: Wearables
People could monitor their own health conditions by picking up a pencil and drawing a bioelectronic device on their skin.
Briefs: Energy
Applications include rapid prototyping, medical, aerospace, and automotive.
Briefs: Medical
This method integrates 3D plasmonic nanoarrays onto stickers that adhere to any surface.
Briefs: Materials
The technique could enable the printing of circuit boards, electromechanical components, and robots.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This technology makes it possible to save extensive data in objects such as shirt buttons, water bottles, or the lenses of glasses and then retrieve it years later.
Briefs: Medical
This technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices.
Briefs: Materials
The new battery technology could improve electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and supercharge safe, long-range electric cars.
Facility Focus: Energy
In 2020, the EPA marks 50 years of preparing for, responding to, preventing, and mitigating natural and manmade disasters.
Briefs: Energy
A nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredient.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The response time of kinetic inductance bolometers can be greatly enhanced by electrothermal feedback for devices that are both sensitive and speedy.
Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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...Blog: Energy
A new composite from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) increases the electrical current capacity of copper wires, providing a new material that can be scaled for use in ultra-efficient, power-dense electric vehicle traction motors.
INSIDER: Energy
Almost all satellites are powered by solar cells – but solar cells are heavy. While conventional high-performance cells reach up to three watts of electricity per gram,...
INSIDER: Imaging
University of North Texas professor Anupama Kaul straddles the line between electrical engineering and materials science, which puts her in the perfect place to develop new...
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will 'Biomorphic' Batteries Support a Future of Tiny Robots?
A Tech Briefs TV video highlighted a rechargeable zinc battery from the University of Michigan that integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy. The “biomorphic” battery, according to researchers, could provide 72x more energy for robots.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
Blog: Power
Using Street Lamps as EV Chargers
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Materials
This Paint Can Cool Buildings Without Energy Input
Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast: Additive Manufacturing
Podcasts: Defense
A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Streamlining Manufacturing with Integrated Digital Planning and Simulation
On-Demand Webinars: Automotive
