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Briefs: Energy
The material improves connectivity while maintaining recyclability and low cost.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The flexible, washable microgrid uses the human body to sustainably power small electronics.
Briefs: Materials
The material enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles.
Briefs: Energy
The battery is smaller than a traditional lithium-ion battery due to the elimination of dendrites.
Briefs: Energy
Pyroelectric energy generates energy from heat that would otherwise be wasted in a catalytic chemical reaction.
Briefs: Energy
The method enhances the battery's safety while it is being used, without opening the battery cell.
Briefs: Materials
A hybrid method enables 3D printing of self-powered wearable devices.
Blog: Energy
An MIT team has a water-free way to charge up dust on solar panels and repel it away.
Question of the Week: Energy
Can 'Charging Rooms' Catch On?
One of the Tech Briefs highlighted in the second section of today’s INSIDER is a “charging room” from the University of Michigan and University of Tokyo that provides electricity over the air. The aluminum test area uses magnetic fields to deliver 50 watts and power-up devices, no matter their location within...
Blog: Energy
A reader asks how to check the longevity and capacity of vehicle batteries.
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
The largest ever simulation of its kind, modeled on the Texas power grid, concluded that consumers stand to save about 15 percent on their annual electric bills by partnering with...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new, internet-connected lighting system for greenhouses could sharply reduce a farmer’s electrical bill, according to a study by University of Georgia researchers.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
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...
INSIDER: Information Technology
Renewable energy has an intermittency problem — the sun provides no power at night, while winds can stop suddenly.
Question of the Week: Energy
Will Battery Recycling Efforts Take Off?
Have you listened to the latest episode of our podcast series Here’s an Idea?
Q&A: Energy
An inexpensive, clear coating has reduced snow and ice accumulation on solar panels, enabling them to generate up to 85% more energy in early testing.
Special Reports: Power
Engine Technology - March 2022
From diesel to electric to hydrogen, SAE's Truck & Off-Highway Engineering magazine reports on the latest advances in commercial vehicle engines. Stay up to date with this compendium of recent articles...Facility Focus: Energy
Michigan engineers and collaborators are improving smart infrastructure, autonomous transportation, weather prediction, nuclear non-proliferation, and more.
Products: Motion Control
Smart contactors, an industrial edge platform, tiny engines, and more.
Briefs: Energy
Carbon nanotubes are used to create solar cells with unprecedented flexibility and resistance.
Briefs: Materials
This remote forest fire detection and alarm system is powered by nothing but the movement of the trees in the wind.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The system could allow for flight speeds of Mach 6 to 17 and would have applications in air and space travel.
Briefs: Energy
A new catalyst and microchannel reactors improve efficiency and cost of the process.
Briefs: Manned Systems
This scalable power processing unit (PPU) is for use with low-power Hall effect thrusters.
Briefs: Materials
This process could improve large touchscreens, LED light panels, and window-mounted infrared solar cells.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Invisibly small nanotubes aligned as fibers and sewn into fabrics can turn heat from the Sun or other sources into energy.
Briefs: Energy
The nanothin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies, and even deliver pacemakers powered by heartbeats.
Briefs: Energy
In-wall capacitors power lights, phones, and laptops without wires.
Briefs: Energy
Applications include power and energy, communications, and sensors.
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
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