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Skin-Conformal Wearable Stress Monitor Delivers Greater Precision and Continuous, Wireless Monitoring with Comfort and Flexibility	All-in-one: The personal adhesive bandage-like single device platform offers wireless, multi-data sensing by simply mounting it on the skin. Disposable: This wearable device is fully disposable after the use and the measured data can be simply sent to the cloud via a tablet or smartphone app. Compact: The unique, thin design of this bioelectric device is one-sixth the volume of current market offerings—weighing less than 7 g, including its rechargeable battery.	8414
Smart Webcam Shield Protects Users from Unknown External Digital Intrusion	Secure: Offers visual obstruction of the webcam even when remote software attempts to record without triggering the computer’s LED indicator Reliable: Automates the webcam safeguard for ongoing protection without reliance on user engagement Flexible: Enables two different actuators via the same sensor	8610
Enabling Multi-Beam, High-Capacity Massive MIMO for 5G Communications and More	State-of-the-art: Is the first Rx-array design of its kind, autonomously achieving modulated blocker suppression and desired signal beamforming simultaneously without the need for a digital beamforming aid Robust: Enables multi-beam high-capacity massive MIMO to address the demands of both commercial and defense applications Scalable: Employs ASFs that achieve 4-element spatial filters with sharpened selectivity that can be extended to larger array sizes of thousands of elements and cancellation of any number of interference signals	8120
Virtual Sensing Integrated for Predictive Reliability (VIPR)	Advanced: Acquires system data via virtual sensing, without the need for physical sensors in all desired locations Cost-reducing: Aims to reduce maintenance and planning costs for solid rocket motors and potentially other vehicle propulsion systems Predictive: Provides useful, repeatable, extensive data sets to predict rocket performance and enable proactive plans for propulsion system maintenance, upgrades, and replacements, potentially reducing downtime and failures	8555
Integrating Electrical Sensors into Soft-Lithography Microfluidic Devices	Sophisticated: Advances the integration of electrical sensors on microfluidic devices with a simple, approachable solution Sensitive: Demonstrates a higher signal sensitivity than electrodes in a typical coplanar arrangement Adaptable: Allows for greater layout flexibility because of its straightforward fabrication process	7769
Microfluidic CODES with Innovative Machine-Learning Analysis	Scalable: Set-up allows for the integration of multiple microfluidic devices to increase throughput volume. Versatile: Machine learning analysis can be applied to other microfluidic devices integrated with the same Coulter sensor network. Pragmatic: This innovation improves the capabilities of lab-on-a-chip systems to provide an affordable solution for low-resource settings.	7107, 8032
Utilizing Impedance Spectroscopy for Advanced Characterization of Particles	Comprehensive: Simultaneously measures both spatial and dielectric properties of particles Streamlined: Helps resolve signal interference from coincident cells—a challenge of other assessment techniques Precise: Offers complex impedance as a new level of particle feature assessment, integrating it with other measurements such as elasticity and size for more predictive analyses	8049
Fully Integrated, Piezoelectric Standalone MEMS Frequency Combs	Compact: Provides a fully integrated package with a smaller footprint (30 μm x 30 μm) compared with CMOS-MEMS configurations Robust: Offers higher sensitivity and enhanced detection limit compared with the previous state of the art Low noise: Lowers shot noise levels associated with electronics and MEMS circuitry by eliminating the need for circuitry like electronic amplifiers	7875
Heterogeneous Integration Method for III-Nitride Devices	High performance: Enables simple and fast transfer to foreign substrates with an automated pick-and-place technique Compatible: Can be used to transfer devices of any shape and size—from micron to millimeter Efficient: Allows reuse of the growth wafer, lowering production costs	7910
Electronic Barrier and Enforcement System and Method	Improve overall performance of the transportation system while reducing enforcement costs and need for law enforcement resources Reduces the need for a physical barrier between the HOV/HOT and general purpose lanes Addresses traffic management problems through the implementation of automated electronic enforcement of barrier to integrity	4613
Ultra-Thin Interposer Assemblies for Higher Integrated Circuit Bandwidth	Scalable, with connections above, below, and beside the interposer Lower cost, less complex manufacturing through interposer-package integration Testable, both before and after device integration	5453
Crane Control Using Real-Time Location Systems	Relatively simple technology Saves time that would be spent training operators Can be applied to existing cranes	5318
Advance Mobility Improvement for Organic Field Effect Transistors	Dramatic increase in mobility: Yields a 2-order-of-magnitude increase in charge transport Fast: Achieves 100-fold improvements after a mere 5 minutes of ultrasound Simple: Requires only low-intensity ultrasound and eliminates the need for dielectric surface modifications or post-deposition treatment of the device	5187
Method to modify the Conductivity of Graphene	Does not require the application of a dielectric layer to the graphene Graphene does not need to be chemically modified Maintains quality of graphene	5042
High-Speed Autofocus Interometric Inspection System	High-speed Fully noncontact Nondestructive inspection techniques for investigating solder bump and joint integrity	4750
Self-Aligned HARPSS Micromechanical Variable Capacitors	Results in larger-value capacitors Requires only three lithography masks	4359
Retrieving 3D Information for Probe Microscopy	Can isolate the central region of a diffraction spot from its respective fringes Creates ideal diffraction patterns	3597
Molded Microfluidic Fluid Cell for Atomic Force Microscopy	More precise — Three orders of magnitude decrease in volume of fluid containment when working with the microscope Cost-saving — Allows for the use of less analyte (important for drug companies)	4847
MINTED: Simultaneous Deformation and Temperature Imaging	Simultaneous recording of small-scale temperature and deformation fields at high spatial and time resolutions Studies deformation, failure, and heating in a range of materials Analyzes/monitors heating and failure of MEMS devices, microchips, and circuit board	8064
Fabrication of Slanted Electrodes in MEMS Devices	High Performance – slanted electrodes provide more capabilities and possibilities for MEMS devices Consolidated – reduces the need for large systems of MEMS Versatile – MEMS with slanted electrodes can be applied to many applications	7324

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