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Technology Leaders: Internet of Things
Low-power radio design is enabling new connected IoT products for consumer, commercial, industrial, and medical markets.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Electrical cables are used in services such as power delivery, automation signaling, and communications.
Technology Leaders: Wearables
Bio-interfacing and biodegradable flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) devices can help tackle some of the world’s great challenges including environmental degradation and food scarcity.
Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
Tim Brosnihan, Executive Director of SEMI’s MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG), talks about the current state of the MEMS industry and trends for the future,
Briefs: Materials
The new method produces strips of rubbery material that can pick up and release objects.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The right sensors can cut machine building costs, improve flexibility, and boost customer satisfaction.
Articles: Motion Control
New measurement methodologies can save you time that would otherwise be wasted on returning and reordering bearing.
Blog: Materials
A team at Georgia Tech has discovered a Velcro-like way of mass-producing gecko-inspired adhesives.
Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will ‘Flexoskeletons’ Catch On?
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have found a new way to make soft, flexible, 3D-printed robots. The “flexoskeletons” are both made of a rigid material and a thin sheet of polycarbonate that acts as a flexible base. Watch the demo on Tech Briefs TV.
What do you think? Will...
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
See how NASA engineer Mike Buttigieg is creating a device that will free up ventilators for patients with COVID-19
Blog: Medical
A low-cost, low-complexity ventilator developed by NASA engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The ADISRA SmartView 4.0 HMI allows builders to see what's going on in their machines.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Aspheric lenses greatly improve the performance and efficiency of a wide range of optical applications.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The nonlinear camera captures high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects using terahertz (THz) radiation.
Q&A: Materials
A new process will reduce the cost of manufacturing graphene by a factor of more than 100.
Briefs: Wearables
Bandages with integrated pH and temperature sensors, and electronically triggered drug release, improve healing.
Briefs: Materials
A new method could enable vehicles and equipment to better withstand high temperatures, loads, and speeds.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A cryptographic ID tag, a high-reliability NASA switch, and a stretchable thermoelectric generator...
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
These “developable mechanisms” are built into the surfaces of structures.
NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA’s LED lighting system enables food and other crops to be grown indoors in places like skyscrapers.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces may enable better biomedical sensors and implants.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A highly sensitive, CMOS-compatible, broadband photodetector was created by tailoring material defects.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The material combines two polymers with different properties.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The technique could be used to improve navigation for robots, drones, or pedestrians.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications include distributed computer systems, computer security, and commercial satellite systems.
Articles: Materials
Tech Briefs posed questions to 3D printing/AM industry execs, to get their views on issues like metal printing, new materials, and environmental sustainability.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Applications include optical data transfer, infrared and night-vision systems, environmental sensors, and breath analysis for medical diagnosis.
Briefs: Lighting
The AI system can help shorten the time required for 2D material-based electronics to be ready for consumer devices.
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
The material consists solely of components that have already been shown to work well in the body.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
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Upcoming Webinars: Energy
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Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
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Podcasts: Power
