Analog Devices (Norwood, MA) has released the ADIS16210 MEMS iSensor® digital inclinometer system that provides measurements of both pitch and roll angles over a full orientation range of ±180°. It integrates iMEMS® multi-axis accelerometer technology and signal processing, adding addressable user registers for application...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have built a simple nanoantenna that directs red and blue colors in opposite directions, even though the antenna is smaller than the wavelength of light. The findings – published in the online journal Nature Communications this week – can lead to optical...

A team of researchers at MIT and Children’s Hospital Boston has built cardiac patches studded with tiny gold wires that could be used to create pieces of tissue whose cells all beat in time, mimicking the dynamics of natural heart muscle. The development could someday help...

Research scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications are optimizing the technologies that make it possible to watch TV in 3D without technical aids such as 3D glasses. A new four-camera system will even be able to handle live transmissions.

A scanner that combines the convenience of a desktop scanner with the functionality of a powerful laboratory imaging device has been developed at the University of Oxford (UK), and is now being commercialized by a new company, Oxford Multi Spectral (OMS) Limited, which was spun out by...

A team of researchers in Munich, Germany, has developed a new imaging technology using laser light to detect cancer based on molecular signatures, leading to the localization of even small cancer cell nests that surgeons might otherwise overlook during surgery. The technique has been...

This week's Question: The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, reported that a neutrino beam fired from a particle accelerator near Geneva to a lab 454 miles away in Italy traveled 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light — a claim that potentially questions Einstein's 1905 special...

The winning design of a NASA student competition to create a new greener aircraft looks a little like a cross between a plane and a Swiss Army knife. More than 20 seniors from the University of Virginia contributed to the winning design and project they called the VERDe Atrema or Virginia...

Officials at the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base are working with Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. to provide the Air Force with a deployable precision approach landing capability to support contingency operations or humanitarian missions across the globe.

Boeing (Everett, WA) has delivered the first 787 Dreamliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA). The 787 Dreamliner is an all-new airplane featuring a host of technologies that benefit both airlines and passengers. It is the first mid-size airplane capable of flying long-range routes, enabling...

Marlow Industries (Dallas, TX) has introduced the EverGen series of thermoelectric-based energy harvesting devices, offering a zero-maintenance power solution for wireless sensor applications. EverGen thermal energy harvesters power wireless sensors without a battery, reducing replacement...

A polymer has been shown to offer 10 times the piezoelectric effect of crystals and ceramics, making it potentially suitable for hundreds of everyday uses, according to researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Until now, scientists did not believe that non-polar polymers were capable of exhibiting...

Engineers at Harvard have created plasmonic nanotweezers that may make it easier to isolate and study tiny particles such as viruses. The device uses light from a laser to trap nanoscale particles, creates strong forces more efficiently than traditional optical tweezers, and eliminates the overheating...