Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
System Tests Dream Chaser's Atmospheric Flight Control System
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SAKOR Technologies supplied a test system to Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI) to be used to test the...
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Hyperfine Interpolated Range Finding for CW Lidar, Radar, and Sonar Using Repeating Waveforms and Fourier Transform Reordering
NASA's Langley Research Center has developed a novel fine interpolation technique that is useful in signal processing for applications in lidar, sonar, radar, and similar modalities. The interpolation technique uses...
Briefs: Software
Location Awareness Algorithm for Internet of Things Devices
Positioning of wireless devices is centralized, depending on “anchors” with known locations such as cell towers or GPS satellites to communicate directly with each device. As the number of devices increases, anchors must be installed at higher density. Centralized positioning can...
Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Air Force Research Laboratory
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, was formed in October 1997 through the consolidation of four former Air Force laboratories and the Air Force...
Briefs: Materials
Modified, 3D-Printable Alloy for Flexible Electronics and Soft Robots
Liquid metal printing is integral to the flexible electronics field. Additive manufacturing enables fast fabrication of intricate designs and circuitry. The field features...
Products: Test & Measurement
Product of the Month: August 2018
Pepperl+Fuchs, Twinsburg, OH, introduced the R200 and R201 photoelectric sensors in a design that is suitable for specific mounting situations. Standardized IO-Link connection via smart sensor profiles...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
IMTS Product Preview 2018
igus, East Providence, RI, offers the E4.1L general-purpose energy chain (e-chain) cable carrier with high dynamics that includes a honeycomb strain relief block. It also includes separators...
By introducing some new ingredients to the flow battery, Stanford University scientists are advancing a new way to store wind and solar electricity.
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
A Role for Cell-Sized Robots?
Today's lead INSIDER story highlighted cell-sized robots developed by a team at MIT. The researchers say the nanobots could someday support oil-pipeline inspection or medical diagnostics.
Blog: Test & Measurement
Engineers Teach Computers to Detect Radiation Damage
INSIDER: Materials
Future Robots Powered by Light
A novel actuating material – nickel hydroxide-oxyhydroxide –can be powered by visible (Vis) light, electricity, and other stimuli. The material actuation can be instantaneously triggered by visible...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers Ready Cell-Sized Robots for Inspection Tasks
Researchers at MIT have created cell-sized robots that may someday be used to inspect and analyze hard-to-reach locations, from oil pipelines to the human body.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
How Would You Use An Electronic Circuit Sensor Sticker?
Researchers at Purdue University and the University of Virginia have designed peelable electronic films that can be cut and pasted onto any object, offering new sensing capabilities to...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Is It Important to Know How a Robot is 'Feeling?'
Talking about your feelings can be difficult. Now imagine if you’re a robot.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Silicon Photonics Scientist Demonstrates New Type of Laser
Northern Arizona University assistant professor Ryan Behunin collaborated with a team of physicists from Yale and the University of Texas at Austin in discovering an innovative...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Research Project Will Produce Clearer Images of Space Objects
A research project designed to enable more precise imaging of space objects has moved from lab bench testing to field testing at the John Bryan State Park observatory,...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
National Ignition Facility Sets New Laser Energy Record
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser system has set a new record, firing 2.15 megajoules (MJ) of energy to its target chamber –...
INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
New Products: July 2018 Photonics & Imaging Insider
Teledyne e2v (Chelmsford, UK) recently announced its Emerald 67 megapixel, the newest member of its Emerald CMOS image sensor family. The new sensor features a...
Question of the Week: Materials
Which Superpower Do You Want Most?
Our latest episode of “Here’s an Idea” showcased a variety of technologies designed to give the human user a kind of “superpower”: a Spider-Man-like adhesive; an Iron Man suit; a Jet Pack; and (thermal) invisibility.
Podcasts: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Here's an Idea: Engineering Real-Life 'Superpowers'
Engineers today are using their creativity to build a variety of superhero-like technologies that enhance our human capabilities, including exosuits, invisibility cloaks, and wall-scaling...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Products at Sensors Expo 2018: IMUs, Microcontrollers, Transducers, and More
Question of the Week: Communications
Could Touch be the New Avenue for Communications?
Our lead story in today’s INSIDER highlights a 'general-purpose' tactile system designed to deliver information using text or speech symbols.
Blog: Energy
From Chemical Engineer to Solar-Powered Whiskey and Beer: Meet Jim Batdorf, Chief Distiller
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Fused Analytic Desktop Environment (FADE)
The Fused Analytic Desktop Environment (FADE) provides analysts in information-driven fields with a range of analysis technologies — capable of handling ad-hoc data sources — integrated into a...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Near-Zero-Power Temperature Sensor
A temperature sensor was developed that runs on 113 picowatts of power — about 10 billion times smaller than a Watt. The technology could enable devices that can be powered by harvesting energy from...
Facility Focus: Aerospace
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Established in 1943, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico was site Y of the Manhattan Project for a single purpose: to design and build an atomic bomb, which took just 27 months. The Los Alamos...
Briefs: Defense
Real-Time Airborne Particle Analyzer
Particle analysis is useful for determining chemical compositions in a wide range of disciplines, from ascertaining the source of a petroleum sample to duplicating a fragrance. The technique is appealing...
Briefs: Motion Control
Positional Sensor Measures Rotational and Lateral Displacements
Positional sensors have applications where a very accurate measurement of position is needed over a limited range. One example of such an application is in manipulation of a...
Briefs: Materials
Laser Technique Writes Graphene Patterns on Most Surfaces
Laser-induced graphene (LIG) has been used to write graphene patterns onto food and other materials to quickly embed conductive identification tags and sensors into the products...
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