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Briefs: Design
New research from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI) aims to increase autonomy for individuals with motor impairments by introducing a head-worn device that will help them control a mobile manipulator.
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Articles: Energy
A report from consultants at McKinsey & Co. strikes an optimistic tone that major reductions in carbon emissions from the electric vehicle battery supply chain can be attained in the next five to 10 years.
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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ADAS/Connected Car - June 2023
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines, see how advances in computer simulation, lidar/sensors, display technology, and...

Special Reports: Electronics & Computers
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Rugged Computing & Electronics - June 2023
From the battlefield to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. Keep pace with the latest developments in this compendium of recent...

INSIDER: Design
Purdue University engineers have developed a patent-pending tool to make the manufacture of ultrathin semiconductors more consistent, controllable, and...
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INSIDER: Energy
Newcastle University researchers have created high-efficiency, sustainable solar cells that harness ambient light to power Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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Blog: Software
Peter Fuhr has invented a new way to hide sensitive electric grid information from cyberattack: a constantly changing color palette.
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INSIDER: Data Acquisition
Cornell researchers have developed an optical neural network (ONN) that can filter relevant information from a scene before the visual image is detected by a camera, a method that...
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
Traveling-wave tubes designed for NASA are being used not only for satellite systems but also ground applications.
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5 Ws: Materials
A new kind of smart bandage developed at Caltech may make treatment of chronic wounds easier, more effective, and less expensive.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Facial recognition AI inspections will go beyond simple geometry. They will learn how makeup, tattoos, or clothing may conceal features that were previously used to identify someone.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
See the New Products, including Variable Beam Expander, a modulator, Smart Fixture Mount Sensors, a pluggable module, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The future of electronics will be based instead on using laser light to control electrical signals, opening the door for the establishment of “optical transistors” and the development of ultrafast optical electronics.
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Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An interview with Tom Doyle, CEO and Founder of Aspinity, Pittsburgh, PA, about the company's analog machine learning chip, the AML100 analog machine learning processor.
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Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
An apparatus such as a wireless sensor used in a hazardous location must meet the required safety standards. Those standards are amplified when the hazardous duty is done in areas in or near explosive atmospheres.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
MIT researchers recently explored the potential energy consumption and related carbon emissions if autonomous vehicles (AV) are widely adopted.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Multi-Energy Electron Device to Enable Lab Testing of Spacecraft Materials
Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are developing a multi-energy electron source, capable of emitting a beam of electrons, at dozens of energies simultaneously.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
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Blog: Design
Researchers have created software that is able to verify how much information an AI system farmed from an organization’s digital database.
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2023
From the battlespace to outer space, RF electronics are at the heart of new advances in a variety of fields. Read about the latest innovations in this compendium of articles from the editors of Aerospace...

INSIDER: Design
There is extensive research on how a fixed-position flap affects lift in the realm of fluid-structure interaction. However, taking the conversation in a new direction, researchers at...
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
Physicists achieved optical switching of a light signal at attosecond speeds to reach previously unattainable data transfer speeds.
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Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
By avoiding hazardous chemicals, the work points down a path industry could follow to reduce its environmental footprint.
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Quiz: Electronics & Computers
Do you know what microgrids are and how they work? Find out with this quiz.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Professor Patrick Mercier and his team at the University of California, San Diego, have developed an RFID smart tag that uses the signals generated by a smartphone to both read and power it.
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Blog: Medical
A Caltech-developed new kind of smart bandage aims to treat lingering wounds and help those who have trouble recuperating.
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Quiz: Semiconductors & ICs
Test your knowledge about the facts, history, and individual elements of computer processors.
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Quiz: Information Technology
How much do you know about cybersecurity? Take this quiz to find out.
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Researchers from TMOS, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, have developed a sensor made from an array of nanowires,...
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