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Briefs: Communications
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Salty air the Dutch city of Harlingen causes exposed metal parts to corrode.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This packaging provides protection for SiC sensors and electronics in harsh, hightemperature environments.
Briefs: Propulsion
This retractable de-orbit device facilitates targeted re-entry, attitude and orbital control, and collision avoidance.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This invention is a highly stable, heat-treatable, and tunable material.
Briefs: Energy
This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.
Q&A: Electronics & Computers
Sherry Towfighian and her team made a big improvement on how microphones are manufactured.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Flying animals both power and control flight by flapping their wings. This enables small natural flyers such as insects to hover close to a flower but also to rapidly escape danger. Animal flight has...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
To investigate oceans, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that sends data to the surface. Supplying constant power to scores of sensors designed to stay for long...
Articles: Energy
A prototype of the AC 'Biode' battery has been developed at 20W.
News: Motion Control
A Tech Briefs reader asks: What's next with military motion control?
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new drone “folds” itself into configurations that suit a given environment.
Articles: Motion Control
The characteristics of hybrid drives present a practical solution when a position needs to be detected with high precision
Articles: Test & Measurement
In the digital age, the measurement of rotation of a mechanical shaft on a motor or a rotating instrument knob needs to be done quickly and efficiently....
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Very thin nylon films were created that can be used in electronic memory components. The films are several hundreds of times thinner than a human hair and could be used in bendable electronic...
Briefs: Aerospace
Lightweight Sensing and Control System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Monitoring
A new sensing and control system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) allows for semi-autonomous flight. Pilots need not leave the ground to conduct routine monitoring and surveillance quickly and cost-effectively. Such systems are particularly useful during long flight...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Between walking and running, human gaits can cover a wide range of speeds; for example, at low speeds, the metabolic rate of walking is lower than that of running in a slow jog. The...
Briefs: Aerospace
A high-sensitivity and low-noise MEMS accelerometer was developed using multi-layer metal structures composed of multiple metal layers. The accelerometer achieves 1 μG level resolution that has...
Q&A: Wearables
Professor Negar Tavassolian is using vibration sensors to monitor heartbeats.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
An automated system designs and 3D-prints complex robotic parts that are optimized according to an enormous number of specifications. The system fabricates actuators — devices that mechanically control...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
At the scale of bridges or buildings, the most important force that engineered structures need to deal with is gravity. But at the scale of microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS) — devices like the...
Briefs: Materials
An electrochemical sensing system that significantly improves the ability to rapidly and accurately detect heavy metals in biological and environmental samples was developed. Using a simple blood sample...
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
People-Counting Sensor
FLIR Systems, Inc. (Wilsonville, OR) announced the latest generation of the FLIR Brickstream 3D Gen 2 people-counting sensor. This new version includes a unique employee filtering feature designed to...
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
There is increasing demand in many high-end commercial and industrial markets for precision motion sensing for a diversity of applications.
Briefs: Transportation
Suppose you have 10 taxis in Manhattan. What portion of the borough’s streets do they cover in a typical day?
Articles: Test & Measurement
Stepper motors and stepper-based linear actuators are often selected for open-loop motion control devices and equipment. These can be found in a wide range of products and systems...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Millions of gallons of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico during the seabed oil drilling catastrophe of 2010. Numerous strategies to stop or stem the oil flow...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Cryogenic Hydraulically Actuated Isolation Valve
Researchers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have developed a cryogenic isolation valve that utilizes the upstream line pressure of cryogenic fluids for actuation. Previously, the use of cryogenic fluids for actuation systems had been too difficult to control and resulted in unsafe operating...
Top Stories
Blog: Imaging
Ultrasound Wristband Precisely Tracks Hand Movements in Real Time
Podcasts: Information Technology
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Quiz: Manned Systems
National Astronaut Day 2026: Astronauts and Space Missions Quiz
Articles: Design
Redefining the Automotive Industry with Versatile Innovation
Blog: Aerospace
Lincoln Laboratory Laser Communications Terminal Launches on Historic...
Application Briefs: Connectivity
Webcasts
Webinars: Test & Measurement
Hidden Measurement Errors in AI Data Center Power Integrity
Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Superior Environmental Protection with Ultra-Thin Parylene and Multilayer...
Summits: Automotive
Battery Manufacturing & Simulation Summit 2026
Webinars: Energy
Virtual Screening of Materials for Increased Battery Performance
Webinars: Software
Scaling SDV Development with Virtualization
Webinars: Motion Control
Why Your Motor Behaves Badly: See BLDC Control Signals, Power, and EMI in One...
