Publications
Lab Notes
Lab Notes are brief, nontechnical descriptions of some of Lincoln Laboratory's most intriguing engineering innovations and their potential impact.
- Radio Wave of the Future › Lab models communications protocols to help the military design next-generation software-defined radios. Posted April 2009
- Plotting the Laboratory's Technology Future › Q&A with Chief Technology Officer Zachary Lemnios. Posted April 2009
- Dialect Detectives › System that distinguishes among variants in spoken languages could enhance automated machine translation. Posted March 2009
- A Fast Switch › Work on high-speed optical switch could provide one component for future optical communications networks. Posted March 2009
- Early Warning Chemical Sensors Pass an Indoor Test › A relatively cheap sensor system can detect indoor attacks in buildings with chemical weapons.
Posted February 2009 - Foul Weather Friend › The Corridor Integrated Weather System now covers the continental U.S. , expanding air traffic planners' and airline dispatchers' view of the nation's weather. Posted February 2009.
- Going Beyond Limits › New lens lets microscopes peer at much smaller objects. Posted January 2009
Lab Notes from Volume 17, Number 2
Published November 2008
- Auto-mation › A robotic car bedecked with Lincoln Laboratory sensors takes on DARPA's Urban Challenge.
- "Nano-urchins" Could Save Soldiers' Eyes › Novel materials darken quickly when hit by intense light, such as from a stray laser beam.
- Cruising the Energy Bands › New kind of atomic probe could be boon for quantum computing.
- Standing Guard › Protecting process control systems: Q&A with Robert Cunningham.
- Looking for a Reaction › A new DNA amplification method is better, faster, and cheaper than traditional tests.
- A Big Eye Sees Small Things › An upgrade to the Millstone radar antenna will ensure uninterrupted tracking of the ever more crowded geosynchronous orbit.
- Plugging the Right Holes › NetSPA software maps computer networks to find paths most vulnerable to hacking.
- Untangling the Friendly Skies › Computer recommendations could clear up some weather-caused airline delays.
- Good Vibrations › A different take on terahertz radiation can measure moving motors or beating hearts.
- Threat Detection › Cheap sensors plus mesh networking could yield an effective alarm system for biological and chemical attacks.
- Order from Chaos › Human factors engineering adds value to complex systems by making them seem simple to the user.
- Conceiving Collision Avoidance › Lincoln Laboratory proved that unfeasible was not the same as impossible.
Lab Notes from Volume 17, Number 1
Published November 2007
- Pump on a Chip › A microfluidic lab-on-a-chip moves tiny volumes of fluids around on a silicon chip without the use of external pumps and valves.
- Small Packages › A new way to squeeze compound semiconductors onto silicon chips promises smaller, more efficient microelectronics.
- Power to Go › Integrating a thermovoltaic device with a butane-fueled combustor yields an efficient source of portable power to challenge batteries.
- A Little Light Work › Getting silicon to respond to light could usher in a new era of integrated optical devices.
- No More Babel? › An algorithm that accounts for parts of speech lowers a key barrier to real-time language translation.
- Detector Avoids Speed Traps › Photodiodes sensitive around 1.9 micrometers could sense biological and chemical agents.
- Shadowy Work › Arrays of telescopes figure out what satellites are doing by looking at their silhouettes.
- Saving a Satellite › Forty years ago, a Lincoln Laboratory team spent agonizing hours waiting for a pioneering UHF communications satellite to wake up.
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