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Briefs: Materials
A solvent leaches cobalt and lithium for reuse from spent batteries.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
Briefs: Medical
This electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Tech Briefs in 2019 celebrated historic NASA anniversaries, new ways to power electronics, and innovative hacks of our “smartest” technologies.
Question of the Week: Transportation
Will ‘Unbreakable Batteries’ Find a Place in Electronics and Vehicles?
Increasingly, lithium-ion batteries are supporting portable electronics, electric vehicles, and grid storage.
News: Wearables
A unique new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present in sweat, has been developed and patented...
Briefs: Automotive
Washable Sensor Can Be Woven Into Materials
The device could impact composites manufacturing and health monitoring.
Briefs: Materials
This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.
Briefs: Materials
Ultra-Thin Layers of Rust Generate Electricity from Flowing Water
When combined with saltwater, rust can be a source of electricity.
Articles: Transportation
Top prizes in the 2019 contest were awarded on November 8 in New York City.
Briefs: Materials
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
Q&A: Semiconductors & ICs
Changing directions of twist and coiling changes whether a material cools or heats.
Briefs: Energy
The nanogenerator also acts as a weather station.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This multifunctional hybrid laminate composite can be used for residential and commercial construction.
Briefs: Transportation
A combination of additives shows promise for boosting battery performance in very cold or hot weather.
Articles: Materials
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
NASA Spinoff: Energy
Life support research for astronauts enabled a solution to one aspect of climate change.
Facility Focus: Propulsion
Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.
Briefs: Aerospace
This lightweight material brings strength and durability to complex shapes.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have developed a calorimeter that is able to measure the total heat generated when specific types of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells are driven...
Technology Leaders: Energy
As lithium-ion battery production doubles, more viable energy storage solutions are needed.
Briefs: Energy
Potassium-Oxygen Battery Stores Clean Energy
Researchers have developed a more efficient, more reliable potassium-oxygen battery with a cathode that stores the energy produced by a chemical reaction in a metal-oxygen or metal-air battery. The battery could make renewable energy sources like solar and wind more viable options for the power grid...
Blog: Wearables
A new charging cell wants to use low-grade heat from our industrial processes to power our devices.
Products: Transportation
OnLogic has introduced the Karbon 700 high-performance rugged computer.
Articles: Propulsion
A prototype of the AC 'Biode' battery has been developed at 20W.
Briefs: Energy
Wearable Motion Sensors Measure Fetal Heartbeat
A technique was developed that could allow expectant parents to hear their baby’s heartbeat continuously at home with a non-invasive and safe device that is potentially more accurate than any fetal heartrate monitor currently available in the market.
Briefs: Energy
NASA Langley Research Center developed a wind event warning technology that provides a practical early warning system (5-10 minutes) for a severe change in the wind vector. Events such as gusts, shear, microbursts, or...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Contact lenses that can monitor the wearer’s health and correct eyesight use embedded electronics. These, and other curved devices such as solar cells and electronics, could be...
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Learn about the world's first wave-driven desalination system.
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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
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