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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Stronger cell phone signals, more accurate sensors, and cleaner energy may be achieved by adding a simple step to the industrial fabrication process of...
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Application Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The MEMS industry can’t match the rapid innovation cycles typical of the semiconductor industry — it’s been more than a decade since we’ve seen a major leap in MEMS manufacturing processes. However, Omnitron is confident that they can rapidly improve the approach to manufacturing MEMS. Read on to learn more.
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Test & Measurement - December 2024
From space satellites to the factory floor to medical labs, innovative test technologies are enabling major performance, quality, and cost improvements. Read about these and other applications in a new report...

Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The global market for automotive LIDAR is expected to grow from $332 million in 2022 to more than $4.5 billion by 2028. We interviewed Eric Aguilar, co-founder and CEO of Omnitron Sensors, Los Angeles, CA, to learn about a new MEMS scanning mirror that could accelerate the market adoption of LIDAR.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See the new products, including TDK-Micronas' further extended Micronas 3D HAL® position sensor family, AW-Lake’s TRICOR Coriolis Flow Meters, Kistler's new accelerometer series 8740A and 8788A, Melexis' MLX90830, and more.
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Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
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Optics & Photonics Innovations - April 2024
How to turn a mobile phone into a high–resolution microscope…hyperspectral imaging technology spots pipeline leaks from space…a MEMS solution to self–driving cars' LiDAR challenges. Read about...

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new system that brings together real-world sensing and virtual reality would make it easier for building maintenance personnel to identify and fix issues in...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Imagine you want to carry a large, heavy box up a flight of stairs. You might spread your fingers and lift the box with both hands, then hold it on top of your forearms and balance...
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Omnitron Sensors Co-founder and CEO Eric Aguilar has developed a key component for LiDARs featured in autonomous vehicles, based on his experience working with LiDAR in a variety of past roles with some of the world’s largest technology providers and manufacturers.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In people with epilepsy, seizure-alert dogs can smell small changes in body chemistry and warn of an impending seizure an hour or more before it occurs. Inspired by this feat of nature, a team of researchers has developed a way to replicate that ability with technology.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
To improve efficiency, it is necessary to characterize and reduce flow separation on curved surfaces.
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Extreme environments in several critical industries — aerospace, energy, transportation, and defense — require sensors to measure and monitor numerous factors under...
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Briefs: Connectivity
A new study suggests mobile data collected while traveling over bridges could help evaluate their integrity.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
With advancements in microfabrication techniques, MEMS devices have become more readily available for many commercial applications.
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Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
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Optics & Photonics Innovations - April 2023
Demand for satellite communications bandwidth is quickly outstripping supply. The solution: optical, laser-based technologies. Read all about it – and other major photonics advances – in this...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
To improve efficiency, it is necessary to characterize and reduce flow separation on curved surfaces.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New products for February 2023, including stainless-steel specialty inductive proximity sensors, hermetically sealed position sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new study suggests mobile data collected while traveling over bridges could help evaluate their integrity.
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Application Briefs: Materials
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.
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Products: Imaging
See what's new on the market, including a pressure transmitter, a new pressure instrument, new confocal controller, and more.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A team at KTH Royal Institute of Technology has developed a new 3D printing technique that could be used to produce customized chip-based microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
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Articles: Materials
This article is a marked departure from my annual reporting on the past year’s performance of the health of the MEMS industry vis-à-vis my MEMS Industry Commercialization Report Card. [1] Here, I have...
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Through the use of magnetic fields, scientists have developed an electronic sensor that can simultaneously process both touchless and tactile stimuli. Prior attempts have so far failed to combine these functions on...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
High-resolution solid-state lidar using an array of MEMS switches will reduce its cost to match that of inexpensive, chip-based cameras and radar systems — removing a major barrier to...
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The wire harness is changing as vehicles become “computers on wheels.” A reader asks how electrification impacts the wiring harness.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Mechanical control and modulation of light on a silicon chip could enhance LiDAR.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Potential uses include MEMS accelerometers, vibration monitoring, and other precision motion control applications.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See leading manufacturers in a variety of sensor topic areas, including radar and encoders.
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