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Briefs: Materials
These actuators can compete with electrical and pneumatic systems.
Blog: Wearables
Robotics researchers are developing exoskeleton legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Articles: Imaging
Learn about a variety of holographic 3D immersive displays.
Special Reports: Communications
Unmanned Systems - March 2021
Drones that swarm and change shape mid-flight... autonomous combat vehicles on the battlefield...the latest in counter-UAS technology. Read about new advances in air and ground unmanned systems in this report from...Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
Rugged Computing - March 2021
From the battlefield to the oceans to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we present this...Products: Test & Measurement
By design, new 3D scanners are motionless during inspection.
5 Ws: Imaging
With a smartphone camera, a new diagnostic test provides a positive or negative COVID-19 result in 15 to 30 minutes.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Onboard cameras can be used to keep damaged quadcopters in the air and flying stably, even without GPS.
Briefs: Materials
The device has applications in medical diagnostics and homeland security.
Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
See how NASA Langley tests a variety of advanced aircraft concepts. including ways to make flying both cleaner and quieter.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Perseverance is the first leg of a round trip to Mars.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics can be laser-printed and made in minutes.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
The invention can become color-changing “artificial muscle.”
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
Application Briefs: Imaging
See what kinds of sensors are supporting self-driving vehicles.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researcher are finding ways to estimate a target location when light gets deflected by a disordered structure.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
See what kinds of applications require high-precision laser glass with demanding dimensional tolerances and high-power laser coatings.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
The virtual event offers a mix of live plenary talks, on-demand technical presentations and discussions, online networking and special events.
Briefs: Imaging
Imagine being able to snap a picture of extremely fast events on the order of a picosecond.
Application Briefs: Transportation
While ADAS has improved freeway and high-speed driving, the basic need for collision mitigation with pedestrians and bicyclists has mostly remained unaddressed.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Any hyperspectral system needs to maintain a stable and accurate radiometric and spectral calibration.
Articles: Materials
The marking provides easy-to-see legends on plastic buttons under widely varying illumination conditions.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A novel technique for a high-brightness coherent and few-cycle duration source spans seven optical octaves.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Near-eye displays, optical inspection systems, UV glass, and more.
Briefs: Lighting
Researchers are tapping into dynamically controlled LEDs to create a simple illumination system for 3D imaging.
Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Powerful, tiny cameras provide unique streaming-video solutions for NASA robots and defense applications.
Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Learn about light-field candidates like camera arrays, plenoptic cameras, active cameras with depth sensor, and the newly developed focal-stack camera.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
When SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule splashed down off the Florida coast in August following its first crewed mission, the two astronauts inside could not exit the capsule immediately....
INSIDER: Imaging
The pursuit of fusion as a safe, carbon-free, always-on energy source has intensified in recent years, with a number of organizations pursuing aggressive...
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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
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Podcasts: Medical
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Podcasts: Power
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