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Articles: Test & Measurement
Freetouch turns a smartphone into a touchscreen remote control.
UpFront: Imaging
How to be a NASA intern; a new ideas for moon fabrics; and NASA's need for a better rover.
Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
Once triggered, the enzyme-embedded plastics self-destruct, completely degrading and eliminating microplastics in days.
Articles: Energy
The invention could capture the potential of the edible packaging market.
Briefs: Aerospace
The material could be used to create housing in outer space.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Power supply ICs, temperature sensors, DC-DC converters, and more.
NASA Spinoff: Electronics & Computers
A long-time apparel insulator develops its own takes on popular NASA spinoff material.
Briefs: Energy
This paves the way for innovative and more energy-efficient printed electronics.
Articles: Materials
The Halo replaces all metal retractors with one simple, one-size-fits-all design.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The e-kit promises to be a low-cost solution in the developing world.
Briefs: Materials
Directly visualizing external stresses of plastics is useful in development of materials with improved mechanical properties.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Av four-legged soft robot walks, without requiring any electronics.
Briefs: Materials
The 2D materials boost device performance for electronic devices, solar cells, batteries, and medical equipment.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
With Artemis II — the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion — four astronauts will travel to the lunar environment in 2024.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Incorporating semiconductor components, microscopic robots are made to walk with standard electronic signals.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Applications include space structures, emergency shelters, backpack solar collectors, and inspection of hazardous environments.
Articles: Materials
Learn about "FreePower" charging stations.
Articles: Materials
A vision-based control algorithm saves a quadrotor after the complete loss of a single motor.
Q&A: Automotive
Jingcheng Ma, along with a team of researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, found a way to make ultra-thin water-resistant surface coatings robust enough to survive...
Briefs: Imaging
Flexible carbon nanotube fibers woven into clothing gather accurate EKG and heart rate.
Question of the Week: Packaging & Sterilization
Will Coatings Reduce Food Waste?
Today’s lead story highlighted an egg-based coating that extends the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
A micron-thick coating, made largely from leftover eggs, can extend the shelf life of the fruits and vegetables in your refrigerator.
Blog: Test & Measurement
Tech Briefs readers ask two industry experts about the effectiveness of CT scans when you want a deeper look at a battery.
Question of the Week: Green Design & Manufacturing
Will Technology Help to Reduce Plastic Pollution?
Our October Q&A in Tech Briefs highlighted an achievement from Professor Aaron Sadow of Ames Laboratory in Iowa. Sadow’s chemical process produces valuable biodegradable chemicals from discarded plastics, which are then used as surfactants and detergents in a range of applications.
INSIDER: Materials
Stacking extremely thin films of material on top of each other can create new materials with exciting new properties. But the most successful processes for building those...
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
The 2021 Create the Future Design Contest winner wants to build a truly recyclable bioplastic.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
UCLA engineers have demonstrated successful integration of a novel semiconductor material into high-power computer chips.
Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
Space Technology - October 2021
A new era of space exploration is set to begin with Artemis 1, the first in a series of increasingly complex NASA missions that will take humans back to the moon and then on to Mars. Read all about it in this...Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Learn seven key design considerations for implementing electrohydraulic valves.
Top Stories
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Turning Edible Fungi into Organic Memristors
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Revolutionizing the Production of Semiconductor Chips
News: Energy
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
On-Demand Webinars: Power
E/E Architecture Redefined: Building Smarter, Safer, and Scalable Vehicles
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
Upcoming Webinars: Power
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Podcasts: Defense
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