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INSIDER: Energy

Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are...

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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Will Technology Increasingly Integrate with Nature?

“Nature is much more advanced than we are, so we should use it,” said Dr. Ben Maoz, one of a team of Tel Aviv University researchers who created a robot that uses a dead locust’s ear to “hear” electrical signals and respond to them with movement. (Read our lead story to learn...

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The 2021 “Create the Future” Design Contest is open, and we want to hear your big ideas.
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Blog: Transportation
Software and electrical engineering is converging in today’s vehicles. A reader asks our expert: “How do you decide which items to test first?”
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

A robot being developed at Tel Aviv University "hears" electrical signals, thanks to a natural sensor: the ear of a dead locust.

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Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Do You See Applications for Electronics-Free Robots?

In our lead INSIDER story today, UCSD researcher Dylan Drotman talked to Tech Briefs about his team’s air-powered robot.

Articles: Imaging
Learn about a variety of holographic 3D immersive displays.
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Unmanned Systems - March 2021

Drones that swarm and change shape mid-flight... autonomous combat vehicles on the battlefield...the latest in counter-UAS technology. Read about new advances in air and ground unmanned systems in this report...

Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Learn about light-field candidates like camera arrays, plenoptic cameras, active cameras with depth sensor, and the newly developed focal-stack camera.
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Technology Leaders: Imaging
Powerful, tiny cameras provide unique streaming-video solutions for NASA robots and defense applications.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Near-eye displays, optical inspection systems, UV glass, and more.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
The marking provides easy-to-see legends on plastic buttons under widely varying illumination conditions.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Any hyperspectral system needs to maintain a stable and accurate radiometric and spectral calibration.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
While ADAS has improved freeway and high-speed driving, the basic need for collision mitigation with pedestrians and bicyclists has mostly remained unaddressed.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
See what kinds of applications require high-precision laser glass with demanding dimensional tolerances and high-power laser coatings.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rain detectors, beacons, flow meters, and more.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See what kinds of sensors are supporting self-driving vehicles.
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Articles: Internet of Things
The ability to identify hidden patterns, predict future issues, forecast usage and costs, and derive insights from IoT sensor data will reshape the industrial process forever.
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Application Briefs: Motion Control
With new vehicles, automotive manufacturers will need to closely monitor the current flowing to the motor.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A "smart building" platform incorporates hardware, software, and cloud analytics to form a digital "backbone."
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Articles: Communications
Is "SPE" the future of industrial automation and automotive? It certainly has the potential, says Mike Anderson.
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Products: Materials
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Perseverance is the first leg of a round trip to Mars.
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Q&A: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Professor Shirley Meng explains why there's a demand for stretchable batteries.
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Facility Focus: Aerospace
See how NASA Langley tests a variety of advanced aircraft concepts. including ways to make flying both cleaner and quieter.
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Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The importance of a proactive and systematic method for collecting machine and process data within a smart manufacturing environment cannot be overstated.
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Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Rugged Computing - March 2021

From the battlefield to the oceans to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we present this...

Briefs: Imaging
Researchers are tapping into dynamically controlled LEDs to create a simple illumination system for 3D imaging.
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