Materials & Manufacturing

Browse innovative developments in materials and manufacturing that significantly impact military, medical devices, automotive, and industrial manufacturing. Advances in plastics, metals, and composites are transforming 3D printing and rapid prototyping.

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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.
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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: Materials
Tech Briefs in 2019 celebrated historic NASA anniversaries, new ways to power electronics, and innovative hacks of our “smartest” technologies.
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INSIDER: Nanotechnology
The challenge of building an energy future that preserves and improves the planet is a massive undertaking. Scientists and politicians have recognized the...
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INSIDER: RF & Microwave Electronics
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...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
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...
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Blog: Medical
Parylene coatings are being used in the medical industry and even space. Our expert explains why.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
New ceramics expand on ways to more efficiently use heat radiation.
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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...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable more powerful and...
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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will Self-Assembling 'M-Blocks' Catch On?
A team at MIT created self-assembling robotic cubes that can climb and roll over each other into set formations.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
“Cobots” allow companies of almost any size to automate processes that were previously out of reach.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensing technology will help to transform manufacturing floors into the connected factories of the future.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers have developed a self-contained wheel unit that combines a wheel and an electric motor.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The technology can be used in commercial motors, robotic systems, and hybrid and electric vehicles.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The algorithm speeds up the planning process that robots use to adjust their grip on objects.
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Briefs: AR/AI
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
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Application Briefs: Motion Control
Salty air the Dutch city of Harlingen causes exposed metal parts to corrode.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Adhesives, flame-retardant compounds, vision measurement, and more...
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Made with “Jenga chemistry,” the material could help in understanding how high-temperature superconductors work.
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5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The biometric tool uses modified wireless earbuds to authenticate smartphone users
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Technology Leaders: Energy
As lithium-ion battery production doubles, more viable energy storage solutions are needed.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This lightweight material brings strength and durability to complex shapes.
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Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This hands-on, educational tool highlights the properties of SMA wire.
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
Life support research for astronauts enabled a solution to one aspect of climate change.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This technology provides simultaneous ohmic contacts and the process to make them.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control

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