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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
From mountain goats that run up near-vertical rock faces to armadillos that roll into a protective ball, animals have evolved to adapt effortlessly to changes in their environment....
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at the German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen, have developed a novel training protocol for brain-computer interfaces in a...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In nature, flying animals sense coming changes in their surroundings, including the onset of sudden turbulence, and quickly adjust to stay safe. Engineers who design aircraft...
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INSIDER: Internet of Things
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are attempting to make a motion sensor so precise it could minimize the nation’s reliance on global positioning satellites. Until recently, such a sensor — a...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A new algorithm may make robots safer by making them more aware of human inattentiveness.
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INSIDER: Transportation
Communities could reduce costs and cut vehicle emissions — all in the name of shortening your trip.
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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: Electronics & Computers
MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, self-powered sensor that can harvest energy from its environment.
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
MIT engineers have developed a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle, which mimics the beating and blood-pumping action of live hearts.
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
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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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Someday, when quakes, fires, and floods strike, the first responders might be packs of robotic rescue dogs rushing in to help stranded souls. These battery-powered quadrupeds would use...
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Research reveals that expertly timed lasers shined at an approaching LIDAR system can create a blind spot in front of the vehicle.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Imagine you're in an airplane with two pilots, one human and one computer. Both have their “hands” on the controllers, but they're always looking out for different things. If...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers from UCLA and the United States Army Research Laboratory have laid out a new approach for enhancing artificial intelligence-powered computer vision technologies by...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A self-navigating, cargo-carrying sailboat designed by a team of Rice University engineering students could be a sustaining link for Marines hunkered down on shore during war. The...
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INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A new system enables makers to incorporate sensors into gears and other rotational mechanisms with just one pass in a 3D printer.
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Briefs: Wearables
This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Research reveals that expertly timed lasers shined at an approaching LIDAR system can create a blind spot in front of the vehicle.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University took an all-terrain vehicle on wild rides through tall grass, loose gravel, and mud to gather data about how the ATV...
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Robots are good at making identical repetitive movements such as a simple task on an assembly line. But they lack the ability to perceive objects as they move through an environment. A recent...
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Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Would You Wear a Microgrid?
Our April issue of Tech Briefs highlighted a wearable microgrid that powers electronics by harvesting energy from the wearer’s body. The wearable (shown here) has three components: sweat-powered biofuel cells, motion-powered devices called triboelectric generators, and energy-storing supercapacitors. All parts are...
Special Reports: Aerospace
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Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2022
Designing the connected battlespace of the future...mobile robots that detect and alert soldiers to dangers in real time...'electronic skin' sensors capable of mimicking the dynamic process of human...

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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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Engineers at Caltech, ETH Zurich, and Harvard are developing artificial intelligence (AI) that will allow autonomous drones to use ocean currents to aid their navigation, rather than...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In efforts to limit the spread of disease while preserving privacy, an interdisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has designed and...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike. They can differ in size, shape, and texture; some might be wet or moss-covered or bursting with offshoots. And yet birds can land on just about...
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INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories’ fog facility is bringing the future...
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Articles: Communications
Breath-regulating garments, humidity sensors, thin-film antennas, and more.
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