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Briefs: AR/AI
Dangerous “butterfly” landmines can be detected using low-cost drones and infrared cameras.
Special Reports: Imaging
Smart Factory/IIoT - June 2021
Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in AI, connectivity, controls, and sensors. In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Sensor...Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Faster inline CT inspections makes it possible to inspect far greater numbers of circuit boards.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Editor Ed Brown explores what’s ahead for MEMS automobile navigation systems.
Application Briefs: Imaging
Over the last 75 years, sensors have played an increasingly significant part in the advancement of medicine.
Q&A: Robotics, Automation & Control
New autonomous robotic devices can survey hazardous or difficult-to-reach sites faster than humans.
Briefs: Wearables
Exoskeleton legs are capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using artificial intelligence technology.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The inexpensive cameras are easy to produce.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
Briefs: Imaging
The LiDAR-based system could “see through” objects to warn of potential hazards without distracting the driver.
Special Reports: Transportation
ADAS/Connected Car - June 2021
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this compendium...INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
New research shows how to measure the super-short bursts of high-frequency light emitted from free electron lasers (FELs). By using the light-induced ionization itself to create a...
Articles: Imaging
Learn about the benefits of SWIR imaging, from food inspection to surveillance.
Briefs: Propulsion
These engines will allow upper stage rockets for space missions to become lighter, travel farther, and burn more cleanly.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A flexible, free-standing THz sensor array images blind ends of irregularly shaped objects.
Articles: Test & Measurement
A heat source near the optical path can introduce image warping that locally shifts the position of the image content. Learn how to fix the flaw.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Fiber coatings measurement, single-frequency laser, optical filters, and more.
NASA Spinoff: Robotics, Automation & Control
With a clever design by NASA, waiting for hot water could be a thing of the past.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The intelligent camera features all three resolutions: spatial, temporal, and spectral.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology could be a low-cost, in-home alternative to blood draws and clinic-based screening tools.
Briefs: Imaging
These technologies help compress 3D camera files and automate focus and exposure settings.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This camera enables multi-spectral imaging for metrology.
Products: Electronics & Computers
The GVC1001 computer features dual 10-GigE ports for gigabit Ethernet camera or other sensor inputs.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The instrument could bring powerful sensing and imaging capabilities into hospitals, airports, or other settings.
5 Ws: Wearables
A medical patch can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines, and other narrow spaces.
Briefs: Imaging
The single piece of glass produces crisp panoramic images.
Blog: AR/AI
Robotics researchers are developing exoskeleton legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Learn about light-field candidates like camera arrays, plenoptic cameras, active cameras with depth sensor, and the newly developed focal-stack camera.
Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Powerful, tiny cameras provide unique streaming-video solutions for NASA robots and defense applications.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Blog: Aerospace
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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