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Your destination for advances in imaging systems, machine vision, visualization software, and human-machine interfaces (HMIs) technologies. Design engineers can access news, technical briefs, applications, and product developments.

Blog: Test & Measurement
New Discoveries, From Just a Grain of Moon Dust
INSIDER: Power
Microchip Capability Expanded with New 3D Inductor Technology
Briefs: Imaging
Threads Detect Gases When Woven into Clothing
Briefs: Aerospace
Estimated Spectrum Adaptive Postfilter (ESAP)
Products: AR/AI
Product of the Month: February 2020 Tech Briefs
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Top Stories

Blog: Test & Measurement

New Discoveries, From Just a Grain of Moon Dust

Blog: Aerospace

NASA's SuperCam Set to Look for Evidence of Life On Mars

Blog: Test & Measurement

SPIE Photonics West 2020, Day 2: Sensing LiDAR's Rise

INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping

“Pop-Up” Technique Fabricates Microrobots

Videos: Materials

Process 3D-Prints Highly Detailed Objects in Under 30 Seconds

Videos: Medical

'AuraRing': Electromagnetic Finger Tracking Wearable

Latest Briefs & News

Briefs : Imaging
Augmented Reality System Lets Smartphone Users Interact with Virtual Objects
This system places virtual objects within real-world backgrounds on cellphone screens and lets people interact with those objects by hand as if they were really there.
Briefs : Test & Measurement
Bomb Detection Method Detects Peroxide-Based Explosives
The ultra-fast method analyzes a wider range of materials than current thermal-based detection systems.
Facility Focus : Test & Measurement
Facility Focus: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Explore Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's first space flight complex.
Briefs : Semiconductors & ICs
3D Printing of Plastics with Electrical Circuits
This innovation could lead to better drones, satellites, and biomedical devices.
Briefs : Sensors/Data Acquisition
Long-Distance LADAR System and Method
The system provides three-dimensional imagery of potential threats at closer ranges.
Briefs : Sensors/Data Acquisition
Smartphone System Tests for Lead in Water
This inexpensive system can detect lead levels below EPA standards.
Briefs : Imaging
Technique Creates Transparent Polythene Films as Strong as Aluminum
The films could be used in impact-resistant glazing, windscreens, and displays.
INSIDER : Imaging
Simulated Image Demonstrates Power of Nasa's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope

Imagine a fleet of 100 Hubble Space Telescopes, deployed in a strategic space-invader-shaped array a million miles from Earth, scanning the universe at warp...

Question of the Week : Aerospace
Will We Use Satellites to Fix Satellites?

A recent INSIDER described one researcher’s idea to fix a broken satellite: Send up a repair satellite! Read the Tech Briefs Q&A for details.

Products : Electronics & Computers
New Products: January 2020 Photonics & Imaging Technology
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
Articles : Photonics/Optics
SPIE Photonics West 2020 Preview
SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6
Briefs : Sensors/Data Acquisition
Helping Autonomous Vehicles See Around Corners
A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.
Briefs : Photonics/Optics
Sandia’s Nanoantennas Help Detectors See More Heat, Less Noise
A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.
Products : Test & Measurement
New on the Market: January 2020
Processors, imaging sensors, dimensioning systems, and more.
Briefs : Test & Measurement
Dynamic Mechanical Strain-Induced Temperature Gradient Coating
The non-destructive coating has applications in structural health monitoring, aerospace, automotive, and military/defense.
Briefs : Robotics, Automation & Control
Modular Toolbox Builds Safe Robots
Various components are used to assemble robots that are more aware of their surroundings.
NASA Spinoff : Imaging
Vibration Isolator Steadies Optics for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.
Briefs : Imaging
Robot Performs Complex Maneuvers
An upgraded mini robot can leap over obstacles with ease.
Application Briefs : Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing of Precision Optics at Micro and Nanoscale
AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.
Briefs : Test & Measurement
Microchip Produces High-Contrast OCT Imagery
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
Application Briefs : Test & Measurement
NASA’s BITSE Solar Scope
NASA and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) recently tested a new way to see the Sun
Briefs : Software
The Planetary Tides Simulation Facility for Simulation Tidal Strain in Planetary Ice Analogs
Applications include modeling of tidal stress response of icy satellites as well as fatigue of terrestrial ice shelves.
Facility Focus : Aerospace
Facility Focus: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See how NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, and more.
Briefs : Test & Measurement
Acoustic Interactions Change Materials at the Atomic Level
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.

Webcasts

Upcoming Webinars: Software

Using Simulation to Design Robust Adhesively Bonded Structures

Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

Electric-Vehicle Transmission Development and Simulation

Upcoming Webinars: Energy

Thermal Management Crisis: Knowing Your Passive Solution Options

Upcoming Webinars: Internet of Things

IoT’s Role in Today’s Transportation Systems

On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Testing and Inspecting 3D-Printed Parts

On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

3D Printed Metals Are Not All the Same

TRENDING STORIES

Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Photodiode-Based CMOS APSs With Zero-Lag, Low-Noise, High-Linearity Design

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Durability Analysis of a Vehicle by Virtual Test Model (VTM)

Blog: Transportation

How to Design an Airless Car Tire? Start with Simulation

Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control

A 'DEAnsect' Robot Takes 10 Hits from a Fly Swatter – And Survives