Stories
46
124
61
0
0
30
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Cornell researchers in physics and engineering have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The world is currently facing significant environmental challenges and complex demands related to infrastructure and natural ecosystems. To address these issues, viable solutions that are both...
Articles: Test & Measurement
To meet the ever increasing demand for silicon carbide (SiC) crystals, the world needs much higher yields without sacrificing quality. However, without advanced metrology tools capable of promptly detecting minor flaws, the SiC crystal growing sector essentially operates blindly, resulting in unacceptable defects and costly product losses. Read on to learn more.
Articles: Physical Sciences
When processing pharmaceutical products, how do you tell if a fluid is of high quality? If you are working with crude oil, how do you know how much you are extracting? If you are transporting water, how do you know the flow rate? Such questions, which impact confidence and bottom lines for water, food, life sciences, and oil and gas companies, are addressed by the manufacturers of flowmeters that are installed in pipelines and other equipment. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Capacitive Microgravity Fluid Mass Gauge
Measuring fluid mass in microgravity, where fluid behavior is dominated by fluid properties, is a challenging problem. To address this problem, engineers at NASA are developing a capacitance-based, mass-fraction gauge for vessels containing two-phase fluids. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER: Energy
MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, self-powered sensor that can harvest energy from its environment.
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
An inspection design method and procedure by which mobile robots can inspect large pipe structures has been demonstrated with the successful inspection of multiple...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Scientists from the Institute of Geophysics at ETH Zurich, working together with the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS), have found an inexpensive method that enables accurate earthquake measurements even on the ocean floor and in less developed countries.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers from Northwestern University have collaborated on the implementation of an accurate, low-cost, and easy-to-use test for detecting toxic levels of fluoride in water. The new biosensor device has been field tested in Kenya.
Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A solar-powered wireless sensor system developed by a Drexel University team can continuously monitor bridge deformation and could be used to alert authorities if the bridge performance deteriorates significantly.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The University of Maine’s Wireless Sensor Networks laboratory has developed a novel method of using AI and machine learning to make monitoring soil moisture more energy and cost efficient.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables in...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Engineers have developed a modeling and manufacturing technique that generates unique verification tools which simulate cracks in metals within X-ray setup part-testing geometries.
Blog: Unmanned Systems
The Yonder Deep team installed an entire suite of sensors in its AUV, versatile enough to withstand the frigid Arctic waters as well as the coastal waters of Southern California.
Q&A: Test & Measurement
Researchers have developed a theory that predicts the limits to which metals can be subjected to cyclic stress before failing.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Discussing the basic design concepts of a UV-visible-NIR range microscope-spectrometer in several different configurations.
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Battery packs, whether made of prismatic, cylindrical, or pouch cells, are cooled by common automotive thermal management systems.
Products: Test & Measurement
See the new products on the market, including power inductors, vibration sensors, a field TV connector, and more.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow.
Articles: Test & Measurement
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2022 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
Products: Photonics/Optics
The new products for November 2022, including an AI inspection system, a non-contact machine vision measuring system, and more.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New products on the market in November 2022, including automotive relay, power inductors, RFID Read/Write modules, and more.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A strain-sensing smart skin developed at Rice University uses very small carbon nanotube structures to monitor and detect damage in large structures. The “strain paint” uses the fluorescent...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A collaborative effort has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size — smaller than an ant’s head — so that they can walk autonomously without...
INSIDER: Government
Gears are sophisticated parts that play a vital role in cars, airplanes, construction and mining equipment, food processing, clock making, and more. And, companies are still trying to make them better —...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Anyone who has watched steam billow up from a boiling kettle or seen ice crystals form on a wet window in winter has observed what scientists call a phase transition. Phase...
Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aerospace Manufacturing - May 2022
Demanding applications in the aerospace industry require products and systems that are manufactured using advanced technologies – in additive manufacturing, machining, metrology, and more. To help you keep...Products: Data Acquisition
Dual Locking C14 IEC Connector
The SG03DC from MEGA Electronics, New Brunswick, NJ, contains side locking tabs similar to the Raritan Securelock. It will mate with any standard nonlocking C13 Outlet along with...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
Smallest Walking Robot Makes Microscale Measurements
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A New Home for Sustainability Robotics
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Integrating Fragile 2D Materials into Devices
Products: Design
INSIDER: Design
MIT Engineers Grow “High-Rise” 3D Chips
Blog: Energy
My Opinion: There’s a Practical Way to Fix the Electric Grid Bottleneck
Webcasts
Tech Talks: Automotive

AI-Powered Quality Control for Sustainable Automotive Production
Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Custom Designs and Perfect Moldings with 3D Printing and Scanning
Upcoming Webinars: Defense

Improving Thermal Management for Aerospace and Defense Electronics
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

The Road Ahead for Next-Gen E/E Architectures: Trends and...
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers

Department of Defense Contracts Denied: New Cybersecurity Rules...
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

Leveraging Simulation for Net Zero Emissions in Conventional and...