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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Optically Reconfigurable Charge-Transfer Liquid Crystals
These re-writeable materials have applications in data storage and encryption, energy transducers, and optical display technologies.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Tech Briefs spoke with NASA’s Ken Williford, Mars 2020 Deputy Project Scientist, to learn more about the science capabilities of Perseverance.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Mini-magnets could enable cloud computing systems to process data up to 100 times faster than current technologies.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system can amplify a faint signal from a neighboring system even when that signal’s amplitude is as small as ten trillionths of a meter.
Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rensselaer Engineering focuses on solving the “grand challenges” facing humanity.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Tech Briefs spoke with NASA’s Keith Comeaux, Deputy Project Chief Engineer, to learn more about the helicopter heading to Mars.
Briefs: Imaging
The process provides a cost-effective solution for applications in space-based imaging systems, military reconnaissance, and satellite and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn abut Bosch Sensortec's “Light Drive” system.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
By observing humans, robots learn to perform complex tasks such as setting a table.
Briefs: Materials
Combined muscles and sensors made from soft materials allow for adaptable robots.
Briefs: Motion Control
This program provides a relative navigation capability for spacecraft, remotely operated terrestrial vehicles, and machine vision.
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Novel biosensors allow the simultaneous study of both neuronal activity and transcription factor dynamics.
News: Photonics/Optics
A new tool for medical professionals may help shed light on tumors.
News: Medical
Simon Fraser University researchers will use their pioneering imaging technology – called Mango, for its bright color – to develop coronavirus testing kits.
News: Imaging
Researchers have tested a new imaging method to understand the brain as an individual develops Alzheimer's disease.
Blog: Imaging
An empty airport tells you more than you might think.
INSIDER: Materials
The future’s getting brighter for solar power. Researchers from CU Boulder have created a low-cost solar cell with one of the highest power-conversion efficiencies to date...
INSIDER: Imaging
Stanford University researchers created an inverse design codebase called SPINS that can help researchers explore different design methodologies to find...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A research team has used the Molecular Foundry, a Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, to create miniature lasers. These lasers are stable and work continuously. What...
INSIDER Product: Imaging
Low-Power Sealed Laser
Luxinar (Kingston Upon Hull, UK) has introduced the SR 08s for marking, scribing and kiss cutting applications requiring average rather than peak power. The new low-power sealed CO2 laser source targets...
Products: Imaging
The ADISRA SmartView 4.0 HMI allows builders to see what's going on in their machines.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Aspheric lenses greatly improve the performance and efficiency of a wide range of optical applications.
Briefs: Imaging
Researchers described a new strategy of designing metamolecules.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
The last thing you probably do when a fly buzzes toward you is marvel at its graceful wing and body kinematics. But that’s exactly what researchers at Cornell University’s Itai Cohen Group do...
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
A team is exploring new materials for telecommunications and LIDAR applications.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Photodetectors, ultrafast lasers, energy sensors, and more.
Briefs: Imaging
Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The nonlinear camera captures high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects using terahertz (THz) radiation.
Articles: AR/AI
Xilinx is now applying AI to the in-cabin environment.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
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Podcasts: Medical
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