Sensors & Test

The self-contained technology is similar to the smart watches that monitor heart rate.

The device can be used to pre-screen for the virus using gene-editing assays before those infected can travel and expose others.

This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.

Various components are used to assemble robots that are more aware of their surroundings.

Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.

This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.

For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.

This electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.

These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.

Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.

This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.

Ultra-thin SiC microstructures enable batch fabrication of MEMS, NEMS, pressure sensors, and biosensors.

These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.

This technology enables methane metabolism by yeast.

Applications include modeling of tidal stress response of icy satellites as well as fatigue of terrestrial ice shelves.

The non-destructive coating has applications in structural health monitoring, aerospace, automotive, and military/defense.

According to the United Nations, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and the majority live in developing nations. A process was...

A new method of estimating the optimal trailing aircraft position in a formation increases fuel savings.

Applying a surface-active agent makes metal easier to cut and shape into parts and pieces.

A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.

A synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings

The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.

This system uses fiber optic strain sensing to detect and locate micrometeoroid/orbital debris.

Current laser interferometry pressure pulse detection techniques use the shock-induced change in index of refraction to track detonation and/or shock fronts in a single fiber optic by reflecting laser...

Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have developed a calorimeter that is able to measure the total heat generated when specific types of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells are...