Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition

New Products: November 2019 Photonics & Imaging Technology

LIDAR Systems, Smart Cameras, Optical Communications, and more.

Articles: Test & Measurement

Expanding Traditional Machine Vision With High-Speed Digital Imaging

Machine vision systems shed light on processes too small or too fast to see with the human eye.

Articles: Electronics & Computers

Bringing Precision Anamorphic Micro-Optics to Consumer-Level Laser Applications

Laser illumination is scaling in a new direction.

Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Tiny Lensless Endoscope Captures 3D Images of Objects Smaller Than a Cell

Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell without a lens or any optical, electrical, or...

Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Shaping Light with a Smartlens

High quality camera performance on mobile devices has proven to be one of the features that most end-users aim for. The importance of optical image quality improvement and the trend to have thinner and thinner...

Briefs: Imaging

Recovering Color Images from Scattered Light

A new imaging method extracts a color image from a single exposure of light scattered through a mostly opaque material.

Briefs: Data Acquisition

Optical Neural Network Could Lead to Intelligent Cameras

UCLA engineers have made major improvements on their design of an optical neural network — a device inspired by how the human brain works — that can identify objects or process...

Briefs: Transportation

Mathematical Technique Quickly Tunes Next-Generation Lenses

Most of us know optical lenses as curved, transparent pieces of plastic or glass, designed to focus light for microscopes, spectacles, cameras, and more. For the most part, a...

Features: Medical

2019 Create the Future Design Contest Grand Prize Winner: ULiSSES

Learn more about ULISSES, an organ-preserving device that received top honors in the "Create the Future" Design Contest.

Features: Medical

2019 'Create the Future' Medical Category Winner: Cervical Stabilization Device

Learn more about the how "CSD" offers a cost-effective, non-invasive way of saving the lives of infants.

Products: Test & Measurement

Product of the Month: November 2019 Tech Briefs

OnLogic has introduced the Karbon 700 high-performance rugged computer.

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Creating the Future: Livox Simplifies Communication for People with Disabilities

Livox uses machine learning to ease communication.

INSIDER: Motion Control

“Pushy” Robots Learn How to Move Objects

MIT researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically pushing hundreds of different objects. Using the dataset, robots “learn” pushing...

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Acting Like Bees, Tiny Drones Find Their Way Through Unknown Environments

A minimal, map-less approach to drone navigation takes after the bee.

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

A Standalone AC Battery Begins with a Cathode, an Anode, and a 'Biode'

The 'Biode' saves power by eliminating the need for AC/DC conversion.

Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

A Closer Look at ULiSSES, A Device Extending the Life of Organs

The ULiSSES device preserves organs, without the ice chest.

Blog: Electronics & Computers

AUSA 2019: A Really Cool Computer

Ben Sharfi, CEO of General Micro Systems (GMS), says he has the Product of the Year. Do you agree?

News: RF & Microwave Electronics

AUSA 2019: Eyes in the Sky

It just wouldn’t be a military technology show without a few drones on display.

Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics

AUSA 2019: Military Preps for Open Sensor Standards

SOSA, the Sensor Open Systems Architecture Consortium, held a press conference on Monday afternoon at AUSA 2019.

Blog: Transportation

AUSA 2019: A View From the Show Floor

Editor Bruce A. Bennett offers a look at the Association of the United States Army's 2019 Annual Meeting.

News: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Answering Your Questions: How Will the Military Use Motion Control Technology?

A Tech Briefs reader asks: What's next with military motion control?

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Create the Future: A Drone That Folds to Fit Through Holes and Gaps

A new drone “folds” itself into configurations that suit a given environment.