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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
It might be tiny, but Peter Ryseck’s Mini QBIT offers hobbyists some serious fun — and could help foster new innovations in the field of unmanned aviation.
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A pair of University of Houston engineers has discovered that they can create upward fountains in water by shining laser beams on the water’s surface. Jiming Bao, professor of...
Podcasts: Energy
Dr. Frits Bliek and his team at Ocean Grazer are building an "Ocean Battery" that brings hydrodam technology to the sea.
Blog: Propulsion
For hydrogen-powered engines to reach a mainstream adoption, there are questions about infrastructure and regulation that must be answered.
Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Will a Breath-Like Approach Cool Down Machinery?
University of Central Florida researchers are developing a human-like way for large machines to cool off: Letting the machines "breathe." (See our January issue of Tech Briefs to learn more.)
INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories’ fog facility is bringing the future...
Blog: Energy
What's so tough about developing a car? A Tech Briefs reader wants to know the most challenging subsystem of the vehicle to build.
Special Reports: Transportation
Vehicle Electrification - January 2022
Innovation is happening at a rapid pace in the e-mobility space. Read this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Truck & Off-Highway Engineering to learn about...Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
Space Technology - January 2022
Read about the most powerful telescope ever launched into space, the NASA rocket that will carry humans back to the moon, the nanosatellites that are dramatically reducing the cost of space science, and much more...Briefs: Photonics/Optics
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This robot can run, jump, carry heavy payloads, and turn on a dime.
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
Satellite scheduling software helps consolidate data acquisition and improve weather forecasting.
Briefs: Materials
An electrically driven soft valve paves the way for fully soft robots.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system creates accurate defect standards for in-situ inspection systems.
Briefs: Energy
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The engine is approximately 10 billion times smaller than a car engine.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
An ultra-small actuator has nanometer-scale precision.
Briefs: Medical
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Breath-regulating garments, humidity sensors, thin-film antennas, and more.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The suit can be controlled with a double tap to the chest or via an app.
Products: Materials
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The robots move more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots.
Briefs: Materials
These elastomers have a wide range of uses for the building, automotive, and electronics industries.
Application Briefs: Manned Systems
Learn about the interconnects that are supporting today's miniature satellites.
Briefs: Imaging
Large machines can breathe in and out cooling blasts of water to keep their systems from overheating.
Articles: Propulsion
With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), mankind’s understanding of the universe — and its origins — will increase exponentially.
Products: Unmanned Systems
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
INSIDER: Motion Control
Modern agricultural tractors contain so much cutting-edge technology, they rival even the latest spacecraft. But the back end is still old-school, relying largely on fossil fuels....
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptionally nimble and capable of...
Top Stories
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Going for Gold in Winter Olympic Curling
Blog: Energy
Batteries that Can Withstand the Cold
Blog: Lighting
A Stretchable OLED that Can Maintain Most of Its Luminescence
INSIDER: Design
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
Blog: Data Acquisition
Blog: Materials
Webcasts
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