Keyword: Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition

Technology Leaders: Data Acquisition
The Problem of Obsolete Avionics
Learn different strategies for addressing outdated avionics, like adding in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
NASA Spinoff: RF & Microwave Electronics
Microphone Detects Turbulence Hundreds of Miles Away
A NASA microphone that detects unseen air turbulence is lofted to high heights aboard a stratospheric glider.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Imitating Human Hands to Make Better Sensors
This work could help severely injured people, such as soldiers, regain the ability to control their movements.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Programmable Fiber Provides Power and Transmits Data
Designed for soldier uniforms, the fiber can sense, store, analyze, and infer activity when sewn into a piece of clothing.
Briefs: Imaging
AI and Wearable Cameras Combine in Self-Walking Robotic Exoskeletons
Exoskeleton legs are capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using artificial intelligence technology.
Briefs: Communications
Multiplexed Optical Antennas
These antennas dramatically increase the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a coherent light source.
Articles: Software
Executive Roundtable: Cloud Software
Tech Briefs asked 5 execs: What should a user consider before moving to the cloud?
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Technology Enables Digital Communication Through Touch
The technology would enable transmission of information just by touching a surface.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Say Goodbye to the Dots and Dashes to Enhance Optical Storage Media
To modernize optical storage, Purdue researchers are replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters.”
Application Briefs: Imaging
Monitoring Additive Manufacturing with an Optical Microphone
Learn about a membrane-free, broadband microphone for the highest ultrasound frequencies.
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Robotic Floats Measure Primary Factor in Climate Picture: Oxygen in the Ocean
Robotic floats — 4,000, in fact — are in the ocean, monitoring oxygen levels.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Giving Robots Better Moves
RightHand Robotics combines machine vision with an intelligent gripper design to make more adaptable robots.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Machine Learning Helps Detect Gait Problems in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Gait data and machine learning help to monitor and predict disease progression.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Electronic Hardware System Replicates Many Network Architectures
The circuitry uses race logic to solve complex problems with a minimum expenditure of energy.
UpFront: Sensors/Data Acquisition
UpFront: August 2021 Tech Briefs
NASA's Landslide Reporter, a smarter cement, and a way to track microplastics in the ocean.
Briefs: Aerospace
Generation of Polystyrene Latex Spheres with Incorporated Fluorescent Dyes
Microspheres are used in wind tunnel experiments to monitor airflow, to stain biological samples, and in time-delayed drug release.
Blog: Data Acquisition
How Can the Private Sector Support Space?
A reader asks a Space Force expert about new markets, including data transport, traffic management, and advanced power.
White Papers: Automotive
How Data Analytics is Paving the Way to Zero Blindspots for the Automotive Industry

This is where NI’s end-to-end lifecycle analytics solution can accelerate the digital transformation in the automotive industry.

Blog: Data Acquisition
'P-Flash' Uses A.I. to Fight Fires
The Prediction Model for Flashover, or P-Flash, estimates where flashover explosions could occur.
Special Reports: Imaging
Smart Factory/IIoT - June 2021

Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in AI, connectivity, controls, and sensors. In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Sensor...

Application Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Next-Generation MEMS IMUs — High Performance, Scalable
Editor Ed Brown explores what’s ahead for MEMS automobile navigation systems.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Products: June 2021 Sensor Technology
High-precision medical sensors, battery-cell mappers, signal conditioners, and more.
Technology Leaders: Data Acquisition
Innovative IoT Sensor Applications Pave the Way to the Future
Sensors play a pivotal role in solving critical business challenges.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
3D Holographic Head-Up Display Could Improve Road Safety
The LiDAR-based system could “see through” objects to warn of potential hazards without distracting the driver.
Q&A: Imaging
Q&A: Team of Robots Maps Composition of an Environment
New autonomous robotic devices can survey hazardous or difficult-to-reach sites faster than humans.
Products: Test & Measurement
New on the Market: June 2021
Vision systems, signal generators, AC-DC converters, and more.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
High-Capacity Optical Data Storage Disk
Using gold nanomaterials, this disk can hold data securely for more than 600 years.
Special Reports: Transportation
ADAS/Connected Car - June 2021

Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this...

INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Army-Funded Research Paves Way for Improved Lasers, Communications

Photonics has the potential to transform all manners of electronic devices by storing and transmitting information in the form of light, rather than electricity. Using...

Top Stories

Blog: Motion Control

Intelligent Robots Pick, Prune in the Peach Orchard

Blog: Aerospace

A 3D-Printed 'Fish Fin' Offers New Ideas for Morphing Aircraft

INSIDER: Lighting Technology

Pivotal Discovery of Nanomaterial for LEDs

Blog: Aerospace

Go for Launch: Scientists Explore Radiation Risks to Mars-Bound Astronauts

Videos: Automotive

Charge Your Vehicle by Changing Lanes

Briefs: Lighting

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Question of the Week
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Webcasts

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Upcoming Webinars: Energy

Commercial Vehicle Electrification: Batteries or Fuel Cells?

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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Wearable Sensor Helps ALS Patients Communicate

INSIDER: Power

More Efficient Electricity Distribution Thanks to New Insulation Material

Briefs: Physical Sciences

Phase-Conjugate Receiver for Gaussian-State Quantum Illumination

Articles: Materials

Lightweighting in Aerospace Component and System Design

Articles: Energy

Development of a Centrifugal Hydrogen Pipeline Gas Compressor