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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The electricity can be used to power wireless devices or to charge energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
Briefs: Connectivity
Implantable chips visible only in a microscope point the way to developing chips that can be injected into the body with a hypodermic needle to monitor medical conditions.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Monitoring urine sugar levels is important during early stages of diabetes, and diaper sensors represent an attractive solution.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Vibration-absorbing resonators could better soundproof walls and make vehicles more streamlined.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technology could improve the control of prosthetic hands and provide a sense of “touch” for amputees.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A system uses tiny magnetic beads to rapidly measure the position of muscles and relay that information to a bionic prosthesis.
Briefs: Materials
Researchers have developed graphene-based sensing technology using G-Putty material — a highly malleable graphene blended putty. The printed sensors are 50 times more sensitive than the...
Briefs: Energy
This work could help severely injured people, such as soldiers, regain the ability to control their movements.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
These tactile imaging sensors can measure pressure distribution without using pressure-sensitive materials.
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Designed for soldier uniforms, the fiber can sense, store, analyze, and infer activity when sewn into a piece of clothing.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The approach could lead to more flexible health monitors, wearable devices, sensors, optical communication systems, and soft robotics.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An atom-based sensor can determine the direction of an incoming radio signal.
Briefs: Communications
These antennas dramatically increase the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a coherent light source.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A deep-learning technique optimizes the arrangement of sensors on a robot’s body to ensure efficient operation.
Briefs: Energy
A skin-like device can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to speak.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The robot can walk, run, jump, and interact with the environment in synchrony with a human operator.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
An alternative, environmentally friendly production method creates permanent magnets.
Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The wearable antenna bends, stretches, and compresses without compromising function.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology would enable transmission of information just by touching a surface.
Briefs: AR/AI
The ultra-compact, wearable hologram sensor immediately notifies the user of volatile gas detection.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include wearables, airplane cabin monitoring, medical diagnostics, and indoor air quality measurement.
Briefs: Imaging
To modernize optical storage, Purdue researchers are replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters.”
Briefs: Nanotechnology
A novel nanostructure produces uniquely shaped light.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers are using a standard RGB digital camera to accurately monitor soil moisture.
Briefs: Energy
The battery can withstand thousands of charge and discharge cycles and years of storage before being composted.
Briefs: Motion Control
A connection between electricity and mechanical motion in soft, rubber-like materials could improve robot range.
Briefs: Materials
Material for shoe bottoms could help prevent falls in icy or slippery conditions.
Briefs: Medical
The soft, stretchy skin patch can monitor cardiovascular signals and multiple biochemical levels at the same time.
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