Electronics & Software

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Products: Test & Measurement
Rugged tablets from Teguar Corp. can be used to monitor manufacturing operations.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Here's what you'll need to know when you’re choosing an encoder for a motion control system.
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Briefs: Software
Manufacturers, medical device companies, and others can use this 3D printing software driven by artificial intelligence (AI).
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Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
See some of the world-changing tools and technologies launched by Caltech scientists, from earthquake monitoring to helping the blind see.
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Briefs: Software
Apps could take up less space on a smartphone and apps could download instantly.
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Articles: Automotive
Even though ultrasound has been studied by scientists for many years, its capabilities in practical applications are yet to be fully harnessed.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Applications include powering portable electronic devices and sensors, and harvesting waste mechanical energy for aircraft, automobile, and other transportation equipment.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Vision-based 3D printing, network analyzers, particulate sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Communications
Laser Radio Transmitter
This device transmits data via a semiconductor laser, opening the door to ultra-high-speed WiFi.
Q&A: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Lenan Zhang and his team at MIT developed a small, economical, highly efficient device to provide fresh drinking water using only the Sun for its energy input.
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Briefs: Internet of Things
The technology could help in elder care with sensors throughout a home.
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Articles: Medical
A wildfire-preventing gel; NASA's 3D tissue models, and more.
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Briefs: Transportation
The coating could make lightweight lithium metal batteries safe and long-lasting for the next generation of electric vehicles.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A wearable energy harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging.
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Briefs: Transportation
Hardware and software tweak microwave patterns to discover the most efficient way to identify objects.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These materials can be used in soft robotics, self-healing electronics, and medical devices.
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Briefs: Information Technology
The newest PLCs can directly access Internet resources, much like a mobile device, to obtain information for improving operations.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new method provides a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride material for solar cells or other applications.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Fuse devices enable circuit safety in high-power applications, such as motion control and alternative energy generation, in addition to electric vehicles.
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Briefs: Materials
These carbon-based fillers can be used in thermally conductive clothing such as liquid-cooled garments.
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Briefs: Materials
This imaging technique could impact optical communications and signal processing.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This work could accelerate the development of flexible electronics.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The lasers are small and efficient enough to fit on a microchip.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include homeland security, vehicle anti-collision systems, telecommunications systems, and industrial instrumentation.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Housed in a chip, it lets IoT devices communicate with existing WiFi networks.
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Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
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RF & Microwave Electronics - April 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 reader asks, "What market drivers need to occur for electric vehicles to be considered an acceptable replacement for vehicles with internal combustion engines?"
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Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Would You Use a CurveBoard?
MIT researchers have invented a way to integrate “breadboards” — flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping — directly onto physical products.

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