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Question of the Week: Imaging
Do the Advantages of Tiny Cameras Outweigh Privacy Risks?
A recent Tech Briefs TV video showcased a wireless camera from the University of Washington – a device that is small enough to fit on an insect’s back, literally.
While the imaging advancement offers potential applications in biology and exploration, the UW team acknowledged that the...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have developed a new way to build power efficient and programmable integrated switching units on a silicon photonics chip. The new technology is...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique they call depth...
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
This method detects power line faults using a drone.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Polymer Composite for Radiation Shielding
The polymer composite could replace conventional radiation shielding materials such as lead.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The sensor has applications in fields such as robotics, healthcare, and security.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new proof-of-concept photonic pH sensor could advance studies of tissue regeneration.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology is useful for energy, industrial, and aerospace applications.
Briefs: Imaging
Multiple commercial applications include defense, search and rescue, and disaster relief.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Imaging technology used to map the universe shows promise for more accurately and quickly identifying cancer cells in the operating room.
Briefs: Imaging
Ultrafast Camera Captures Transparent Objects and Phenomena
The camera can take up to 1 trillion pictures per second of transparent objects, shockwaves, and other phenomena.
Briefs: Imaging
Biologically inspired ultrathin arrayed camera captures super-resolution images.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technique offers enhanced resolution and improved system reliability for mapping and obstacle recognition and navigation for vehicles.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The method determines whether circuits are accurately executing complex operations that classical computers can’t tackle.
Briefs: Imaging
Smart adaptive clothing can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An ultrafast image sensor with a built-in neural network can be trained to recognize certain objects.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology shows potential for the detection of subtle human motions and the real-time monitoring of body postures for healthcare applications.
Briefs: Imaging
Video can be recreated from motion-blurred images and new cameras may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The technique could easily be translated into existing medical device manufacturing processes for use in orthopedic implants.
Products: Test & Measurement
Data storage boards, modular plugs, equipment enclosures, and more.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Tiny, metal-rich particles can be excited with a low-power laser for deep-tissue imaging.
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Positioning devices, vibration transmitters, brushless DC motors, and more.
Articles: Test & Measurement
When inspecting products for instance, machine vision is not only faster but also far more accurate.
Blog: Imaging
The Perseverance rover has an almost human-like way of keeping its lenses clean.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its hundreds...
INSIDER Product: Imaging
Ultraviolet-Enhanced Circular Photodetector
Opto Diode Corporation (Camarillo, CA) has introduced the UVG5S, an ultraviolet-enhanced photodiode with a 5 mm² circular active area. The new device is suitable for detection between...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Carolin Frueh is among only a handful of researchers who have persisted in using a complex technique that can diagnose a problem from thousands of miles away based on how a...
INSIDER: Imaging
A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of...
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