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Articles: Electronics & Computers
If you want to pursue in-house PCB prototyping and testing, there are several routes you can take.
Articles: Wearables
Heartbeat-based biometrics, sonic-boom displays, and an artificial leaf.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Ultra-thin SiC microstructures enable batch fabrication of MEMS, NEMS, pressure sensors, and biosensors.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Various components are used to assemble robots that are more aware of their surroundings.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Load-bearing structures in cars and airplanes could be manufactured from the metal foam.
NASA Spinoff: Imaging
Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.
Briefs: Wearables
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
Articles: Software
Manufacturers in almost every industry are looking to design lighter parts. Here are five lightweighting strategies.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
A new method of estimating the optimal trailing aircraft position in a formation increases fuel savings.
Briefs: Aerospace
These louvers provide passive thermal cooling for CubeSats.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Embedded Gas and Temperature Sensors for Extreme Environments
Innovative process control systems for improved efficiency and lower emissions in current and future fossil-fuel-based power systems and related applications require durable, embedded sensor technology that can operate at higher temperatures and in harsh conditions.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
An upgraded mini robot can leap over obstacles with ease.
Products: Test & Measurement
Vitrek introduces the PA920 Series ultra-high-accuracy power analyzer.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Tech Briefs in 2019 celebrated historic NASA anniversaries, new ways to power electronics, and innovative hacks of our “smartest” technologies.
INSIDER: Power
The challenge of building an energy future that preserves and improves the planet is a massive undertaking. Scientists and politicians have recognized the...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire backward diode can convert low-power 100 nanowatt microwaves into usable electricity. The newly developed...
INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
A new concept for an aluminum battery has twice the energy density as previous versions, is made of abundant materials, and could lead to reduced production costs and environmental impact. The...
Question of the Week: Energy
Will ‘Unbreakable Batteries’ Find a Place in Electronics and Vehicles?
Increasingly, lithium-ion batteries are supporting portable electronics, electric vehicles, and grid storage.
News: Energy
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...
News: Electronics & Computers
A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies, and small children without concern for skin...
Blog: Electronics & Computers
New ceramics expand on ways to more efficiently use heat radiation.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
At any moment in Delhi, India, a resident might start their car, releasing exhaust that floats into the atmosphere. In northwest India, a...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Inspired by spiders, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), have developed a compact and efficient depth sensor that could be used onboard...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable more powerful and...
Articles: AR/AI
Sensing technology will help to transform manufacturing floors into the connected factories of the future.
Briefs: Aerospace
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings
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: Automotive
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Transportation
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Upcoming Webinars: Transportation
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
Upcoming Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition
From Spreadsheets to Insights: Fast Data Analysis Without Complex...
Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure

