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Question of the Week: Imaging
Would You Use ‘PocketView?’
Ever need your phone but your hands are full? A new display being developed at the University of Waterloo uses LEDs to display phone messages through fabrics. The “PocketView” shows notifications for email or messages, time, weather, or other forms of basic information.
Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
InGaAs is interesting, but is it useful?
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
See how hyperspectral imaging adds value to food inspection systems.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
An expert compares Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR systems with Time of Flight tech.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
See how solid-state lasers have grown and diversified over the years.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
For the first time, a team has measured the volume of individual droplets smaller than 100 trillionths of a liter, with an uncertainty of less than 1%.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Columbia researchers are reducing both the size and the power consumption of a visible-spectrum phase modulator, from one millimeter to 10 microns.
Briefs: Imaging
A new imaging method measure temperature in 2D.
Products: Test & Measurement
Spectrometers, digital microscopes, high-speed imaging, and more.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
A metal-coated fiber capable of withstands high temperatures.
Technology Leaders: Imaging
The method combines concepts of global and local stereo methods for accurate, pixel- wise matching at low runtime.
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
See what integrated building systems can do to enhance the working and living environment inside a commercial building.
Application Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Learn the internal functioning of an AI processor that pulls from a variety of sensors, including radar, lidar, sonar, and cameras.
Briefs: Imaging
A study seeks to understand how different parts of the brain communicate with other.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers successfully demonstrated the use of the human body as a medium for transmitting and harvesting energy to power wearables.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Design of miniature optical systems could lead to future cell phones that can detect viruses and more.
Articles: Data Acquisition
The biggest challenge in the provisioning process: ensuring that a device and the connection to the network and server are secure.
Articles: Motion Control
Automation can crumble, even when only one cog is loose, says Brad Walters from Monnit.
Application Briefs: Connectivity
The grid’s growing size and complexity increases vulnerability to cyberattacks.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A smart roof coating, a wearable RFID sensor tag, and a 3D-printed OLED display.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Find the right components that protect your electronics from the effects of temperature and moisture.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers have created an electronic microsystem that can intelligently respond to information inputs without any external energy input, much like a...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The method could support the semiconductor industry and facilitate development of next-gen devices.
Briefs: Energy
Applications include power and energy, communications, and sensors.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
In-wall capacitors power lights, phones, and laptops without wires.
Briefs: Materials
The material could potentially provide a platform for error-free quantum computing.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The nanothin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies, and even deliver pacemakers powered by heartbeats.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The test can simultaneously diagnose cases, track variants, and detect co-infections.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The technology could benefit firefighters, miners, the military, plumbers, and households.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The smartphone-based device could reduce the pressure on testing laboratories during a pandemic.
Briefs: Motion Control
This testing method ensures that an exoskeleton and the person wearing it are moving smoothly and in harmony.
Briefs: Wearables
The test uses a smartphone microscope and could deliver results in about 10 minutes.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Invisibly small nanotubes aligned as fibers and sewn into fabrics can turn heat from the Sun or other sources into energy.
Briefs: Materials
This process could improve large touchscreens, LED light panels, and window-mounted infrared solar cells.
Briefs: Materials
The coatings eradicated human influenza and coronavirus in five minutes.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Mechanical properties, such as strength and ductility, can be improved for car, plane, and building components.
Briefs: Wearables
These textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing and potentially help patients recovering from post-surgery breathing changes.
Briefs: Propulsion
This scalable power processing unit (PPU) is for use with low-power Hall effect thrusters.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A new catalyst and microchannel reactors improve efficiency and cost of the process.
Briefs: Energy
The system could allow for flight speeds of Mach 6 to 17 and would have applications in air and space travel.
Briefs: Imaging
The engine could make rockets not only more fuel-efficient, but also more lightweight and less complicated to construct.
Briefs: Propulsion
This system would extend the life of CubeSat satellites.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The aerogels safely remove contaminants from water without releasing any problematic chemical residue.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The long-lasting, environmentally benign fire-retarding treatment, if used on high-risk areas, could dramatically cut the number of fires that occur each year.
Briefs: Energy
This remote forest fire detection and alarm system is powered by nothing but the movement of the trees in the wind.
Briefs: Materials
The sustainable material offers a zero-waste solution to boost recycling and support the circular economy.
Briefs: Materials
Carbon nanotubes are used to create solar cells with unprecedented flexibility and resistance.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
A method converts cotton into sugar, which can be turned into spandex, nylon, or ethanol.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The handheld printer deposits sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds and its bio-ink accelerates healing.
Briefs: Wearables
The patch enables unobtrusive drug delivery through the skin for the management of skin cancers.
Briefs: Medical
The tool diagnoses a stroke based on abnormalities in a person’s speech and facial movements.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The lenses enable the painless diagnosis or early detection of ocular diseases including glaucoma.
Briefs: Medical
The bandage captures and holds a pro-healing molecule at the site of a bone break to accelerate and improve the natural healing process.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D bioprinting using bioink from engineered stem cells enables treatment of myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases.
Briefs: Software
The mobile phone app enables regular monitoring of glucose levels in people with diabetes.
Briefs: AR/AI
The technology is aimed at protecting physical targets, such as utilities and infrastructure.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The simulations provide insight on the models needed to simulate a full-scale landing event.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
What began as a research tool to collect aerodynamic data from research aircraft is now solving technical challenges for NASA.
Products: Electronics & Computers
Smart contactors, an industrial edge platform, tiny engines, and more.
Facility Focus: Electronics & Computers
Michigan engineers and collaborators are improving smart infrastructure, autonomous transportation, weather prediction, nuclear non-proliferation, and more.
Products: Data Acquisition
Instron has announced its 3400 and 6800 Series high-force universal testing systems.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Smart Gadget, a simulator module, and a holographic display.
Special Reports: Propulsion
Engine Technology - March 2022
From diesel to electric to hydrogen, SAE's Truck & Off-Highway Engineering magazine reports on the latest advances in commercial vehicle engines. Stay up to date with this compendium of recent articles...Special Reports: Aerospace
Unmanned Systems - March 2022
Powering better battlefield drones...autonomous quadcopters that fly aerobatic maneuvers...a breakthrough in compact UAV satellite communications technology. Read about these and other advances in air, ground, and...INSIDER: Imaging
Two-Axis Laser Scan Head
Aerotech Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) has released the AGV-XPO, a high-dynamic, two-axis laser scan head that combines low-inertia, high-efficiency motors with ultra-high resolution position feedback and...
INSIDER: Imaging
Inside every cellphone is a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an essential role in cellphone communication. Buffeted by the...
INSIDER: Research Lab
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and ELI-Beamlines in the Czech Republic have reached a major agreement that will build on the relationship between the two organizations and ramp...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
When thirsty residents of a permanent community on the Moon take a swig of fresh water brought in from the lunar south pole, they’ll be enjoying the benefits of a 30-pound spacecraft known...
Q&A: Materials
An inexpensive, clear coating has reduced snow and ice accumulation on solar panels, enabling them to generate up to 85% more energy in early testing.
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
An industry expert supports a “diesel engine without the diesel fuel.”
Question of the Week: Energy
Will Battery Recycling Efforts Take Off?
Have you listened to the latest episode of our podcast series Here’s an Idea?
5 Ws: Materials
A newly designed wearable magnetic metamaterial could help make MRI scans crisper, faster, and cheaper.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Makers of a brain-computer interface recall a memorable achievement in prosthetics: A presidential handshake.
INSIDER: Software
Renewable energy has an intermittency problem — the sun provides no power at night, while winds can stop suddenly.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
In a milestone for renewable energy integration, General Electric (GE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) operated a common class of wind turbines in grid-forming mode, which...
INSIDER: Lighting
A new, internet-connected lighting system for greenhouses could sharply reduce a farmer’s electrical bill, according to a study by University of Georgia researchers.
INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
The largest ever simulation of its kind, modeled on the Texas power grid, concluded that consumers stand to save about 15 percent on their annual electric bills by partnering with...
Podcasts: Wearables
Marcus Gerhardt and his company at Blackrock Neurotech are creating a brain-computer interface that restores senses for paralyzed patients.
Blog: Power
A reader asks how to check the longevity and capacity of vehicle batteries.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
How CSEM and its partners are using magnetic levitation to counter unwanted vibrations from components aboard satellites.
Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Can 'Charging Rooms' Catch On?
One of the Tech Briefs highlighted in the second section of today’s INSIDER is a “charging room” from the University of Michigan and University of Tokyo that provides electricity over the air. The aluminum test area uses magnetic fields to deliver 50 watts and power-up devices, no matter their location within...
Briefs: Motion Control
A haptic thumb-shaped sensor uses machine learning to accurately estimate where objects come into contact with the sensor and how large the applied forces are.
Blog: Energy
An MIT team has a water-free way to charge up dust on solar panels and repel it away.
Blog: Software
A reader asks about the role of simulation when automakers like Toyota have a more “model-based” design approach.
Question of the Week: Software
Are You Taking a ‘Model-Based’ Design Approach?
A reader had the following question for an industry expert from the Germany-based simulation services provider Siemens:
NASA Spinoff: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA’s grip-strengthening glove technology aims to reduce workplace stress injuries.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
You can design something special when you begin with a blank piece of paper on a wall. Editor Ed Brown shares a lesson learned from his early days as an engineer.
Blog: Transportation
The wire harness is changing as vehicles become “computers on wheels.” A reader asks how electrification impacts the wiring harness.
INSIDER: Motion Control
Crane operators at a construction site can be guided to safely and quickly transport heavy loads using an equation derived from studying the motion of a tortional pendulum.
INSIDER: Transportation
Carnegie Mellon University's Corey Harper, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Heinz School of Public Policy, led a study that...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
High-resolution solid-state lidar using an array of MEMS switches will reduce its cost to match that of inexpensive, chip-based cameras and radar systems — removing a major barrier to...
INSIDER: Medical
The first fully autonomous biohybrid fish from human stem-cell-derived cardiac muscle cells has been developed by Harvard University researchers in collaboration with colleagues from Emory...
Blog: Electronics & Computers
The future of computing is in fabrics, says Prof, Yoel Fink from MIT.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Rowheel, which was a winning technology at SAE’s Create the Future Design Contest in 2010, continues to roll forward.
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
1 Year? 5 years? 10? A reader wants an industry expert to predict when 3D printing will truly catch on in automotive manufacturing.
Top Stories
Blog: Power
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Blog: AR/AI
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News: Energy
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Turning Edible Fungi into Organic Memristors
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Microscopic Swimming Machines that Can Sense, Respond to Surroundings
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Power
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Semiconductors & ICs
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
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Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
From Spreadsheets to Insights: Fast Data Analysis Without Complex...
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Podcasts: Aerospace
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