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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Kirigami balloons could be used in shape-changing actuators for soft robots, minimally invasive surgical devices, and macro structures for space exploration.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
These hands, with a large grasping force, enable safer human-robot interactions.
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Automatic recirculation valves offer efficiency for critical pump protection in power or oil and gas applications.
Briefs: Power
The tiny motor can be powered by both thermal and electrical energy.
Briefs: Automotive
This can be used in energy-recovery systems in industrial, space, automotive, and military applications.
Articles: Propulsion
The NiobiCon™ underwater connector will not short out, corrode, or cause an electrical shock if touched while powered in harsh environments like saltwater.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The soft, wearable device simulates the sense of touch and has wide potential in medical and industrial applications.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Applications include mechanical aerospace manufacturing and thermal structure manufacturing.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
VOC sensors, panel-mount connectors, 3D printing cloud software, and more.
Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
A "TPSI" process makes it possible to distinguish between the front and back of optical surfaces, and to characterize the quality of both in a single measurement.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The sensor provides accurate and real-time measurement of flow rates and temperature in next-generation microfluidic instruments.
Briefs: Energy
The system is effective in urban environments where there are tall buildings on all sides.
Briefs: Transportation
The sensors can be built into the shells of aircraft, cars, or other machines.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
University of Central Florida researchers are developing a human-like way for large machines to cool off and keep from overheating: Letting the machines "breathe."
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Vanderbilt University engineers are proving that their elastic exosuit can provide relief for people doing the heavy lifting.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Tubing plugs, displacement measurements, CAM software, and more.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
By consolidating tasks traditionally performed by multiple devices into a single, high-performing controller, manufacturers can improve operations.
Articles: Software
Standard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) connectors continue to be a great resource for quick prototypes and reference designs.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Traditional spark plugs are replaced by an optical pumping source.
Briefs: Energy
A nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredient.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Tiny aircraft that weigh as much as a fruit fly could serve as Martian atmospheric probes.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Taking a cue from birds and insects, the wing design helps drones fly more efficiently and makes them more robust to atmospheric turbulence.
Application Briefs: Imaging
See how Blue Joule developed and delivered the Mini Mount (MM) Gimbal to Johns Hopkins University.
Articles: Motion Control
Torque limiters protect against damage and downtime caused by machine overloads.
Blog: Regulations/Standards
As Brazil begins mass-producing a NASA-developed ventilator, a Tech Briefs reader asks why NASA didn't go open-source.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Stennis now is testing RS-25 rocket engines for the Space Launch System (SLS) that will carry humans back to the Moon.
Top Stories
Blog: Lighting
A Stretchable OLED that Can Maintain Most of Its Luminescence
Blog: Energy
Batteries that Can Withstand the Cold
INSIDER: Energy
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
Blog: Power
My Opinion: We Need More Power Soon — Is Nuclear the Answer?
Quiz: Power
Blog: Data Acquisition
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