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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
For planned robotic and crewed missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA is developing and testing precise landing and hazard-avoidance technologies. A combination of laser sensors, a camera, a high-speed...
Blog: Transportation
The new approach could help pave the way for smaller battery packs and greater driving range in electric vehicles.
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: Materials
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: Energy
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.
INSIDER: Energy
A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developed a novel, integrated approach to track energy-transporting ions within an ultra-thin...
INSIDER: Design
Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that asymmetric stresses within electrodes used in certain wearable electronic devices provides an important clue as to how to improve...
INSIDER: Power
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have created next-generation solar modules with high efficiency and good stability....
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy, a team led by the...
Blog: Unmanned Systems
A reader asks our expert: When it comes to autonomous vehicles, what’s best: Radar, LiDAR, or cameras?
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
Before delivery drones start carrying packages (and passenger drones start delivering ourselves), engineers will need to keep refining an unmanned aircraft's ability to navigate and...
Special Reports: Aerospace
Power Electronics - September 2020
This compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology looks at the latest advances in power electronics and energy storage for a range of applications...Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Test & Measurement - September 2020
See how the latest test tools and methodologies are enabling new applications in aerospace, electronics, robotics, healthcare, and other key industries. This compendium of recent articles is presented by the...Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
InnoSenT introduced the IMD-3000 radar system as an alternative to pushbutton switches.
Products: Photonics/Optics
High-temp infrared emitter, single-frequency SWIR lasers, hazard testing systems, and more.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Thin films and engineered surfaces are used in a myriad of applications including semiconductor electronics, data storage, and precision optics. In many cases, surface roughness and...
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Learn how to obtain large signals from hyperspectral imagers.
Briefs: Imaging
University of Colorado researchers have described a new silicon chip that improves the resolution and scanning speed needed for a lidar system.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
Choosing the right battery will save trouble and expense in the long run.
Briefs: Energy
A remote forest fire detection and alarm system is powered by nothing but the movement of trees in the wind.
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Smart sensors for hazardous areas monitor essential assets, such as motors and pumps.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Predictive maintenance is poised to become much more widely adopted, and that will help to boost productivity in a time when we really need it.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Self-powering, color-changing humidity sensors are applicable to various fields including smart windows, health care, and safety management.
Articles: Data Acquisition
Tech Briefs posed questions to machine learning/AI industry execs to get their opinions on platform selection, data interpretation, and more.
Q&A: Semiconductors & ICs
Prof. Jacob Robinson developed an implantable neural stimulator the size of a grain of rice.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system encodes information in twisting beams of light.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method provides a key step toward quantum computers, sensors, and distributed quantum information.
Briefs: Transportation
Additive manufacturing creates cooling solutions with sizes and shapes not previously possible.
Top Stories
Blog: Power
My Opinion: We Need More Power Soon — Is Nuclear the Answer?
Blog: AR/AI
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
News: Energy
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Turning Edible Fungi into Organic Memristors
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Microscopic Swimming Machines that Can Sense, Respond to Surroundings
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Transportation
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement
From Spreadsheets to Insights: Fast Data Analysis Without Complex...
Upcoming Webinars: Power
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Upcoming Webinars: Internet of Things
