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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A stretchable system can harvest energy from human breathing and motion.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The method could be key to designing more efficient batteries for specific uses such as electric cars and airplanes.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This technology charges lithium batteries faster and reduces the risk of device explosions.
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Articles: Nanotechnology
NASA-funded research by Clemson University scientists could lead to the creation of lighter, faster-charging batteries suitable for powering a spacesuit or even a Mars rover.
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Articles: Aerospace
Energy is absorbed in the diamond through a process called inelastic scattering, which is used to generate electricity.
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Briefs: Materials
By emulating the natural cellular architecture of wood, green products such as clothes, packaging, and furniture can be manufactured with unique properties.
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Briefs: Software
High-Fidelity Sonic Boom Propagation Tool
The sBOOMTraj software tool predicts and mitigates ground noise generated during supersonic flight.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The improved rectennas could operate low-power devices such as temperature sensors.
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Briefs: Software
Space Weather Database
The DONKI application provides daily interpretations of space weather observations, analysis, and models.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The polyimide composites have uses in aerospace, automotive, construction, electronics, mechanical systems, and industrial machinery.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Applications include terahertz medical imaging and communications.
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NASA Spinoff: Sensors/Data Acquisition
With a technique first used at NASA, researchers are making glasses that can improve your concentration.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new machine learning algorithm could make smartphones charge faster and increase the time between charges for electric vehicles.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This concept could help break through the present-day data-return bottleneck in deep space missions.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
“The disruption promised by Industry 4.0 has already begun,” says Jason Melcher from the aerospace manufacturing company Ingersoll.
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Briefs: Materials
The stretchable sensor has applications in environmental monitoring and healthcare.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This optical-based device measures position, velocity, and torque.
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Briefs: Aerospace
A smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel through their pressurized suits.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Compared to a LED, the omnidirectional laser light is much brighter and better defined.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Applications include detection of explosives, navigation, and aerospace altitude sensing.
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Briefs: Materials
A technique enables manufacturing of minuscule robots by interlocking multiple materials in a complex way.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications include aiding patients with impaired hand muscle strength and in manufacturing for operating tools for extended periods of time.
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Blog: Materials
The "polymer of squares” could one day enable the use of plastic products many times over.
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Question of the Week: Test & Measurement
Will We Make Vibration-Free Helicopters?
A Tech Briefs TV video features a test technology from the Army that’s informally known as a “Shaker.” The Multi-Degree of Freedom (MDOF) system will study the causes of vibrations in a helicopter’s many components and subcomponents. The Army researchers hope to use the conclusions of their study to...
Blog: Nanotechnology
Inspired by the squid's color-changing chromatophore, Rutgers engineers set out to create an artificial one.
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Facility Focus: Software
Stanford University’s School of Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly a century
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Applications include aerospace, automotive, commercial spaceflight, scuba diving equipment, and for first responders.
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Briefs: Wearables
This patch offers noninvasive and continuous monitoring of various biomarkers for a range of physiological conditions.
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