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Blog: Test & Measurement
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.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have developed a portable sensor made of simple materials to detect heavy metals in sweat, which is easily sampled.
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Special Reports: Automotive
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Test & Measurement - February 2023
From the racetrack to the battlefield to deep space missions, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...

Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Thorough vehicle dynamics tests provide the data that will inform the final setup of the chassis and the characteristics of the control systems.
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Briefs: Regulations/Standards
The work shows the real-world viability of their easy-to-use and inexpensive methods of testing.
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Briefs: Design
The research team has been developing very large, detailed models — like their simulations of the San Francisco Bay Area for M7 Hayward fault earthquakes — which has 391 billion model grid points.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Battery packs, whether made of prismatic, cylindrical, or pouch cells, are cooled by common automotive thermal management systems.
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Articles: Data Acquisition
The integrated measuring system (IMS) has demonstrated notable cost savings and improved design efficiencies in linear motion automation applications.
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Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A developer needs confidence that the compiler will not introduce errors into the design.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
DiaMonTech used the Ophir Pyrocam to measure and characterize all their laser developments.
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Products: Test & Measurement
New products on the market in November 2022, including automotive relay, power inductors, RFID Read/Write modules, and more.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
To continue making smartphones, laptops, and other devices more powerful, yet energy efficient, industry is intensely focused on identifying promising...
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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...
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Optical strain is material independent and measures the response of the integrated system, so designers can get a measure of the true response and strength of their designs.
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Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
One method for keeping removed carbon out of the atmosphere long-term involves injecting CO2 into rock formations deep underground.
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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 —...
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A new optimization framework created by researchers at University of Michigan could drastically reduce the cost of assessing how battery configurations will perform over the long haul.
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INSIDER: Propulsion
Using biological experiments, robot models, and a geometric theory of locomotion, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated how and why intermediate lizard...
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2022
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in avionics systems,...

Briefs: Test & Measurement
The advance could accelerate engineers’ design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equations.
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Briefs: Energy
A new technique for measuring the performance of lithium batteries uses thermal waves to measure local lithium concentration as a function of depth inside battery electrodes.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Twisted nanoscale semiconductors manipulate light in a new way. This effect could be harnessed to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving medicines as well as photonic...
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Test & Measurement - February 2022
From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...

INSIDER: Wearables
People rarely walk at a constant speed and a single incline. We change speed when rushing to the next appointment, catching a crosswalk signal, or going for a casual stroll in the park. Slopes...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have devised and tested a highly sensitive method of detecting and counting defects in transistors...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
JILA scientists have boosted the sensitivity of their decade-old frequency comb breathalyzer a thousandfold, enabling it to detect additional biomarkers of disease —...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Power supply ICs, temperature sensors, DC-DC converters, and more.
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