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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The camera was designed for use in space and other extreme environments.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The instrument identifies, quantifies, and characterizes contamination, even on irregularly shaped surfaces.
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Articles: Aerospace
Metamaterial printing, high-efficiency solar cells, and a noise-reduction material.
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Briefs: Energy
Growing large-area graphene on optical substrates enables use in photonics devices.
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
A bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D-printed metals.
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UpFront: Energy
NASA reveals winners of a CO2 conversion challenge.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
New Variables for Iterative Transform Phase Retrieval
This approach provides a more general framework for performing Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) calculations.
Briefs: Imaging
Applications include planetary exploration and imaging systems used in surveillance, navigation, and target recognition.
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Briefs: Energy
This evaluation tool for low-altitude air traffic operations can be used by the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry.
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Facility Focus: Imaging
Today, Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering performs research in robotics, cyberphysical systems, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, energy, and other topics.
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Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
As the U.S. lands a craft on the Moon for the first time since 1972, technology built by Louisiana State University students will report back from the lunar surface.
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Briefs: Communications
Applications include telecommunications, optical switching, and quantum computing.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The compact instrument measures thermal conductivity of materials at below ambient temperatures.
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Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Ewellix (Gothenburg, Sweden) has developed a planetary roller screw that's now on Mars.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Vibration-absorbing resonators could better soundproof walls and make vehicles more streamlined.
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Blog: Aerospace
A NASA expert explains why the Artemis mission will rely on a fascinating orbit known as the "Gateway."
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Blog: Energy
A NASA expert explains the big difference between the lunar south pole and the Moon's equator.
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Blog: Aerospace
A reader asks about NASA's Artemis mission: "Are there other objectives for specifically lunar operations besides preparing and training for Mars mission?"
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Blog: Energy
Before human explorers can head to the Moon and beyond, they need to tackle these three important tasks.
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Blog: Aerospace
As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon, human explorers will have to handle microgravity conditions and other elements that take a toll on the body.
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Blog: Aerospace
With good shielding and good timing, Mars-bound astronauts are safe from radiation, according to a recent study.
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Blog: Aerospace
Professor Francois Barthelat wants to incorporate the fish fin's strong, flexible characteristics into robotic and aerospace designs.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
CEO Keith Moore tells Tech Briefs about the unique challenges facing testing engineers in aerospace.
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Blog: Propulsion
A team at the University of Tsukuba used a beam of microwave radiation to a launch a drone into the air. Can this type of propulsion take off?
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Test & Measurement - September 2021
An automated CT system “sees” deep inside electronics to spot hidden defects...a NASA moon mission spinoff now monitors forest fire emissions...a novel way to test bonded structures in critical aerospace...

Technology Leaders: Data Acquisition
Learn different strategies for addressing outdated avionics, like adding in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
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Application Briefs: Software
Interstellar used Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud to design and develop its first prototype: BioPod.
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Briefs: Transportation
Applications include manufacturing structural components for aerospace vehicles, cars, trucks, trains, ships, and submarines.
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NASA Spinoff: Unmanned Systems
A NASA microphone that detects unseen air turbulence is lofted to high heights aboard a stratospheric glider.
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