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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This coating acts as a spontaneous air cooler and can be fabricated, dyed, and applied like paint.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
"View it as an infrared privacy shield," says Professor Mikhail Kats.
Briefs: Materials
Applying a surface-active agent makes metal easier to cut and shape into parts and pieces.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
Briefs: Defense
The non-destructive coating has applications in structural health monitoring, aerospace, automotive, and military/defense.
Briefs: Materials
This microbot can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.
Briefs: Materials
Load-bearing structures in cars and airplanes could be manufactured from the metal foam.
Question of the Week: Materials
Can Gels Stop Wildfires?
A preventive treatment developed by Stanford researchers could greatly reduce the incidence and severity of wildfires. The cellulose-based, gel-like fluid protects against fires and stays on target vegetation through rain, wind, and other environmental exposure. Watch the demo on Tech Briefs TV.
Blog: Aerospace
Parylene coatings are being used in the medical industry and even space. Our expert explains why.
Products: Software
Adhesives, flame-retardant compounds, vision measurement, and more...
Briefs: Materials
By mimicking the outer coating of pearls (nacre or mother of pearl), researchers created a lightweight plastic that is 14 times stronger and eight times lighter (less dense) than steel. It could be...
NASA Spinoff: Electronics & Computers
The material used on a shuttle's rocket boosters has several terrestrial applications.
Products: Test & Measurement
See the new tech products being offered in October 2019.
Articles: Materials
While most cars today run on 12-volt DC batteries, cars in the future will run on 48 volts. This increased voltage could affect ball bearing performance.
Products: Test & Measurement
Data Recorder
DATAQ® Instruments, Akron, OH, announced the DI-4718B data recorder for applications that require signal conditioning. It can accommodate up to eight DI-8B-style amplifiers for industrial...
Application Briefs: Materials
Optical coatings are critical for enhancing the transmission, reflection, polarization, and phase of light incident upon and passing through optical components. There are many different technologies used to fabricate...
Articles: Materials
Semi-Liquid Metal Anode for Next-Generation Batteries
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a semi-liquid lithium metal-based anode. Lithium batteries made using this new electrode type could have a...
Briefs: Materials
Unlike water, liquid refrigerants and other fluids that have a low surface tension spread quickly into a sheet when they come into contact with a surface. For many industrial processes,...
Briefs: Materials
While different approaches have been used to create artificial muscles — including hydraulic systems, servomotors, shape-memory metals, and polymers that respond to stimuli — they all have limitations such as...
Blog: Transportation
How much does windshield glazing matter when cars drive themselves?
Briefs: Materials
The color of a material can often tell how it handles heat. With clothing, for example, the darker the pigment, the warmer you're likely to feel on a hot day. Likewise, the more...
Briefs: Materials
Fire-Retardant Coating Uses Renewable, Nontoxic Materials
Researchers developed a new kind of flame-retardant coating using renewable, nontoxic materials readily found in nature. The coating could provide more effective fire protection for several widely used materials. The coatings offer the opportunity to reduce the flammability of polyurethane...
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Researchers have created a fabric that automatically regulates the amount of heat that passes through, depending on conditions; for example, when conditions are warm and moist — such as those of a...
Facility Focus: Aerospace
On September 1, 1961, NASA requested appropriations for initial land purchases on Merritt Island on Florida’s east coast to support the Apollo Lunar Landing Program. Designers quickly began developing...
Articles: Materials
The critical angle lens reflector has commercial applications that supersede ordinary mirrored reflectors. The physics of the critical angle lens reflector are based on the optics...
Briefs: Materials
A system was developed that can remove radioactive cesium contamination from porous structures such as brick and concrete that are hard to clean, as well as contamination from metal...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
There is a need for high-volume material testing/qualification but industry and researchers are currently limited by commercially available testing devices. Most wear testers can only handle one sample...
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
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Blog: Materials
This Paint Can Cool Buildings Without Energy Input
Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
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