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12/23/2025

Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories

As 2025 ends, engineering stands at the forefront of an AI-driven revolution. Over the past year, AI has reshaped every corner of the discipline — from generative design and co-pilot tools that accelerate product design and development, to AI-powered simulations, AI-driven automation, and intelligent robotics redefining what’s possible. No aspect of engineering has remained untouched by this transformative wave.

Beyond AI, aerospace breakthroughs and next-generation battery technologies as well as the charging infrastructure to power EVs captured the attention of our readers. The battery industry is overdue for a jolt as old chemistries can’t keep pace with the demands of modern EVs or extreme environments. Fortunately, some research labs and companies are developing potentially groundbreaking ideas.

As engineering continues to shape society and drive innovation, we have curated a list of most-read engineering stories on our website this year.

See which stories were the most popular this year: https://ow.ly/JA0N50XNCfS

12/22/2025

Top 5 Videos of 2025

Over the past year, we’ve doled out myriad videos for you, and you all have been a great audience — watching our reels religiously.

If you’re wondering which of our videos from 2025 were the most popular, wonder no more! We’ve put together a list below of the top five Tech Briefs videos.

Watch them all again: https://ow.ly/rFgT50XN6rk

12/19/2025

Top 5 Tech Briefs Quizzes of 2025

Nearly every Friday for the past 12 months, we here at Tech Briefs have thrown quiz after quiz at you. You’ve learned about microwave heating, the history of military helicopters, and so much more.

Now you can learn which of our tests were the most popular this year. Find out below which five quizzes topped our 2025 list.

Thanks for yet another year of loyal readership; we appreciate your devotion to Tech Briefs. Happy Holidays!

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12/18/2025

VoxeLite: Helping Users Feel the Digital World

Engineers have developed the first haptic device that accurately matches the sensing abilities of the human fingertip.

"VoxeLite consists of an array of tiny points that move independently. As you slide your finger, we precisely control how each point adheres to the surface and stretches the skin on your fingerpad. These motions occur at very high speeds, allowing us to create the sensations of different icons or textures."

Learn more: https://ow.ly/yqiE50XLnsY

12/17/2025

My Opinion: How about HI?

I think the best way to sum up the essence of my thinking about all of this is from Acemoglu: “My recommendation to business leaders would be, don't be taken in by the hype. Instead, think where your most important resource, which is your human resource, can be better deployed, and how to leverage that human resource together with technology, together with data, to increase people's efficiency and enable them to create better and newer goods and services.”

Learn more about SAE Media Group's Ed Brown's opinion on the matter: https://ow.ly/72Vg50XKPnV

12/16/2025

A Satellite Micro-Vibration Test Platform to Isolate Vibrations

The European Space Agency (ESA) has added a micro-vibration test instrument, developed by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to its satellite testing facilities. NPL is the United Kingdom’s National Measurement Institute, developing and maintaining the national primary measurement standards. The instrument measures vibrations generated by satellite subsystems, to quantify their effects on images and measurements made from space. This facility is the result of five years of collaboration between NPL and ESA.

Vibrations onboard a satellite can be caused by common instruments and mechanisms, such as spinning reaction wheels, solar array drives and rotating cryocoolers. ESA needed to be able to measure and correct for these jitters and vibrations to improve the accuracy of its Earth observations. This required the simulation of satellite components under a range of controlled vibration conditions.

“The NPL won a tender to design a system for the European Space Agency which required a very high level of performance,” said Dan Veal, Senior Research Scientist with the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom. “The system was required to measure very low frequency related to very low force. ESA needed a better way to check satellite components for these micro-vibrations, and to what effect they might disrupt a spacecraft.”

Learn more: https://ow.ly/mRBH50XKeKA

12/15/2025

A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force

On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Corsha CEO Anusha Iyer explains how machine identity, continuous authentication, and secure connectivity are accelerating digital transformation for the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center.

Listen now: https://ow.ly/OOKw50XJxWu

12/12/2025

How Do Hydraulic Brakes Work?

You have definitely used them, but do you know how they work? Find out with this quiz.

Take now: https://ow.ly/CUtW50XIovQ

12/11/2025

2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets

Sometimes akin to receiving a root canal, holiday gift giving is not for the faint of heart. Most times, the recipient is left disappointed. Other times, the present will serve as a bone of contention. It makes matters 10 times worse if the receiver has an engineering background. You already know why.

However, we here at Tech Briefs want to remedy that toxic part of the holidays. So, we put together a list of terrific gift ideas for anyone — but especially the engineer — in your life.

See all the gift ideas: https://ow.ly/zCec50XHmo5

12/10/2025

Training Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles for Visualization of Subsurface Structures

On a calm day along the coast of Mississippi, a small surface vessel is pulled methodically back and forth in a test area. This low magnetic signature sensor platform is hard at work scanning the seabed for ferromagnetic targets. These scans are just one part of an ambitious project conducted by the University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise. Through a combination of modeling, simulation, and machine learning (ML), USM researchers are laying the groundwork for intelligent uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) capable of autonomously and accurately revealing what lies beneath the waves.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/7rLP50XGQsT

12/09/2025

Revolutionizing the Production of Semiconductor Chips

The new 3D printing method — Holographic Metasurface Nano-Lithography (HMNL) — aims for faster, more efficient and environmentally friendly production of advanced electronics.

"The HMNL process uses sub-wavelength-patterned metasurface masks (metamasks) to create multi-colored holograms in a photocurable metal-polymer hybrid resin. This process allows entire 3D, multi-material (insulators and conductors) nanostructures to be patterned using a single light exposure."

Learn more: https://ow.ly/kpiE50XGeNc

12/08/2025

How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing

On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Packet Digital CEO Terri Zimmerman breaks down the company’s push to expand U.S.-based production of advanced lithium-ion batteries for military unmanned aircraft systems.

Listen now: https://ow.ly/onvi50XFChy

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