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Q&A: Design
Researchers have developed a theory that predicts the limits to which metals can be subjected to cyclic stress before failing.
Quiz: Photonics/Optics
On July 12, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope began its official science operations. Test your knowledge about Webb with this quiz.
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
A study has perhaps solved the wind-turbine issue of causing harm to bats.
Technology & Society: Design
SprayBox can target individual weeds and crops at a 20-per-second rate and then spray them at a millimeter’s accuracy.
Application Briefs: Materials
A novel approach is moving away from conventional structural health monitoring testing methods for inflatable space habitats in favor of using sensors embedded in the flexible structural restraint webbing layers.
Quiz: Manned Systems
The chances are very high that you're familiar with GPS. However, do you know how it came to be? Its trials and tribulations? Take this quiz to find out.
Special Reports: Materials
Vehicle Electrification - January 2023
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: Photonics/Optics
Space Technology - January 2023
Read about robot construction workers on the moon, the first commercial space station, what's next for the James Webb Space Telescope, and much more in this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech...Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Discussing the basic design concepts of a UV-visible-NIR range microscope-spectrometer in several different configurations.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
It began full scientific operations July 11, following six months of instrumentation cool-down, calibration, and other commissioning activities.
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
Over the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of satellites in orbit. A significant portion of this increase is thanks to the smaller size of newer satellites.
Briefs: Motion Control
This mechanism improves rotordynamic stability in turbomachinery.
Briefs: Motion Control
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The technology was developed as an alternative to existing options for in-space aeroponic food production applications.
Briefs: Motion Control
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Users can download the design files to 3D print and assemble a customizable peristaltic pump.
Briefs: Motion Control
A prototype version could be demonstrated on a large cargo lunar lander.
Briefs: Energy
Redox flow batteries are stationary batteries in which the energy is located in the electrolyte, outside of the cell itself, as in a fuel cell.
Briefs: Medical
To overcome the limitations of using cleaning agents, sprays, or bulky high-cost sterilizing systems, NASA developed the Ultraviolet Germicidal Door Handle.
Briefs: Design
A novel 3D printed prosthetic arm is more comfortable, flexible, and cheaper than a conventional prosthesis.
Briefs: Wearables
Device detects pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation in real time.
Briefs: Medical
The respirator earned a 100 percent success rate for fit testing.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This set of oculomotor metrics provide valid and reliable measures of dynamic visual performance.
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
See Tech Briefs’ most-read stories of 2022.
INSIDER: Motion Control
Combustion engines, propellors, and hydraulic pumps are examples of fluidic devices — instruments that utilize fluids to perform certain functions, such as generating power or...
INSIDER: Design
Hummingbirds occupy a unique place in nature: They fly like insects but have the musculoskeletal system of birds. According to Bo Cheng, Associate Professor in...
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
Blog: Power
Using Street Lamps as EV Chargers
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Materials
This Paint Can Cool Buildings Without Energy Input
Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
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