Sensors & Test

Browse extensive resources on the advances in Sensor and Test technologies. Find applications for smart sensor systems, data acquisition, transducers, detector systems plus the latest in advanced measuring instruments and monitoring systems, devices and instrumentation.

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White Papers: Test & Measurement
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Electric Uncertainty? How Hybrid is Emerging as a Future-Proofed Answer
As automotive manufacturers face slowing BEV adoption and regulatory uncertainty, a hybrid-centric strategy offers a market-driven bridge to the future. This white paper...

White Papers: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Avoiding Hidden Costs in RF Test Environments
There's the cost of buying a VNA, and then there’s the cost of owning a VNA. Knowing the hidden costs of ownership in your test and measurement environment can help you avoid expensive issues with...

INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
SiLC Technologies has announced the launch of Eyeonic®Edge, the newest addition to their laser scanner product lines. The Eyeonic Edge along with the Eyeonic Trace product...
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Humanoid robots are moving beyond eye‑catching demos and into real-world operations. This shift is being driven less by hardware and more by advances in AI....
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INSIDER: Motion Control
UnitX, a pioneer in AI-powered visual inspection for manufacturing, recently launched DeteX, an AI-powered smart camera. DeteX is purpose-built to eliminate the manufacturing vision...
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Teradyne Robotics, the company behind Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), is demonstrating how physical AI is transforming industrial automation at Automate...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
At Automate 2026, RealSense unveiled the RealSense™ D585 Pro, a new AI-native depth camera that combines advanced depth sensing, edge AI acceleration, and a software-defined platform designed...
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Blog: Software
Matt Moschner, President and CEO of Cognex, discusses the most important trends shaping automation today and its future outlook.
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Webinars: Test & Measurement
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In tight-tolerance manufacturing, performance is defined by whether a part can be made repeatedly, predictably, and at scale. For engineers and...
Blog: Software
Engineers have developed a system that creates “digital twins” of real farms, allowing users to walk through fully interactive virtual spaces and observe actual plants in real time.
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INSIDER: Research Lab
Army scientists achieved a major milestone in quantum sensing technology that could transform how electromagnetic signals are detected on the battlefield.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
See the product of the month: Nikon Corporation's APDIS MV5X, the latest addition to its APDIS Laser Radar product lineup.
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Briefs: Medical
A sweat-powered wearable has the potential to make continuous, personalized health monitoring as effortless as wearing a Band-Aid. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
At Idaho National Laboratory, researchers developed TRIPWIRE to enable detecting radiation over large and inaccessible areas like nuclear material repositories. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
For decades, Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility has harnessed the power of the sun to expose aerospace materials to intense heat, replicating the harsh conditions of faster-than-sound flight and atmospheric reentry to ensure the materials’ ability to protect the rest of the vehicle. The most recent of these tests is in support of two exciting NASA missions. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Using an inexpensive electrode coated with DNA, MIT researchers have designed disposable diagnostics that could be adapted to detect a variety of diseases, including cancer or infectious diseases such as influenza and HIV. Read on to learn more.
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Products: Software
See what's new on the market, including SPIROL's newest machined aluminum threaded Inserts, designed for heat or ultrasonic installation into straight plastic holes; Mitutoyo America Corporation's CRYSTA-Apex V PLUS Series, a next-generation CNC coordinate measuring machine; Airmar Technology Corporation's next generation of its WeatherStation instruments; and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and New York’s Columbia University have embedded transistors in a soft, conformable material to create a biocompatible sensor implant that monitors neurological functions through successive phases of a patient’s development. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has developed equipment that monitors the quality of hydrogen fuel supplied to vehicles through hydrogen refueling stations in real-time. This equipment is expected to prevent hydrogen vehicle accidents caused by impurities in the hydrogen fuel and improve the quality of hydrogen production. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and therefore were ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a modified mask could also protect a wearer by detecting health conditions, including chronic kidney disease. Researchers reporting in ACS Sensors incorporated a specialized breath sensor within the fabric of a face mask to detect metabolites associated with the disease. Read on to learn more.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a wearable, wireless, and battery-free bioelectronic sensor that monitors health by detecting molecular biomarkers in human sweat. Read on to learn more about it.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
The rapid expansion of data generation is challenging the capabilities of traditional charge-based electronics, such as smartphones and laptops. In response, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are investigating alternative technologies that utilize electron spin. Read on to learn more.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed a solid-polymer biosensor coated with nonpathogenic viruses to detect S. enterica, potentially providing innovative methods for identifying food contamination. Read on to learn more.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
NASA's High Performance Spaceflight Computing project aims to significantly increase spacecraft computing power. Read on to learn more about it.
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Automotive Test & Simulation - May 2026
Machine learning drives design space exploration…how simulation is accelerating ADAS innovation…what OEMs must do to spin the AI flywheel. Read all about it in this compendium of articles from the...

INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
On April 14, the 5,000 fiber-optic eyes of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which scientists and students at UC Santa Cruz are key collaborators on, swiveled...
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Webinars: Energy
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Reliable power integrity is essential in AI data centers where massive current demands and fast transients push power delivery networks to their limits. Accurately measuring these...
Application Briefs: Aerospace
SBQuantum’s diamond quantum magnetometer (SBQDM) represents a significant leap forward in addressing the challenge of magnetic navigation.
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White Papers: Defense
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Overcoming the Challenges of Measuring High Power NIR Lasers
Requirements for more accurate processing have turned NIR fiber lasers into a rapidly growing player in all high-power applications, including military, research, and material...

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