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This is your resource for developments in smart sensor systems and data acquisition. Browse technical briefs, articles, and white papers on advanced applications in transducer technologies, detector systems, data acquisition, and sensor-related technologies.

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Can We Trust A.I.? Modeling Tool Quantifies How Much a Machine Doesn't Know
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
Here's an Idea: An ‘Aerodrome’ Testing Ground for Unmanned Aircraft
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New on the Market: September 2020
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wireless “Pacemaker” for the Brain
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Electronic “Skin” Brings Sense of Touch and Pain to Prosthetic Hands
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Blog: AR/AI

Can We Trust A.I.? Modeling Tool Quantifies How Much a Machine Doesn't Know

Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Here's an Idea: An ‘Aerodrome’ Testing Ground for Unmanned Aircraft

Videos: Defense

Tomorrow's Fastest Jet

INSIDER: Energy

Biomorphic Batteries Could Provide 72 Times More Energy for Robots

Videos: Defense

SQUID 2.0: Autonomously-Stabilizing, Ballistically Launched Drone

Blog: Transportation

What's Best for Autonomous Cars: LiDAR vs Radar vs Cameras

Latest Briefs & News

On-Demand Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition
LiDAR Technology Advancements and Market Trends

LiDAR appears to be the fastest moving of all automated-vehicle hardware development efforts. By some estimates, there are more than 80 companies currently developing LiDAR for passenger- and commercial-vehicle applications, and many boast of having superior proprietary technology. After...

White Papers: Motion Control
Kit Encoders: New Technologies for a Dynamically Changing Market

Closed-loop motion control systems use feedback to ensure the precise positioning of mechanical components. Self-contained position sensors, such as rotary encoders, can do a...

Briefs: Imaging
Breathable Electronics for Wearable Technologies
The material was designed specifically for biomedical or wearable technologies, since sweat and volatile organic compounds evaporate away from the skin.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Smart Fabrics with Bioactive Inks Monitor the Body by Changing Color
Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Products of Tomorrow: September 2020
An A/C alternative, AI that sharpens blurry images, and a NASA energy harvester.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Occulter for CubeSat Coronagraph
The instrument has uses in photography where the goal is to image a dim object near a bright one.
Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
Facility Focus: NASA John C. Stennis Space Center
Stennis now is testing RS-25 rocket engines for the Space Launch System (SLS) that will carry humans back to the Moon.
Briefs: Wearables
Technologies Interpret Mood from the Skin
Smart devices measure electrical signals from the skin, indicating stress levels and emotions.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Quantum Sensor Enables Wide Spectral Coverage
The sensor could provide a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency from 1 to 100 GHz.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Force/Torque Sensor Helps Rover Sample Mars
See how one company reached out to NASA with an offer to develop a custom sensor for the Mars 2020 mission rover.
Briefs: Lighting
Electronic Diodes Demonstrate Performance Beyond 5G
Applications include high-speed communications, networking, and sensing.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
EEG-Based Technique for Controlling a Robotic Arm with the Brain
This technique can be used by people who are paralyzed or have neurodegenerative diseases.
Briefs: Communications
Formula May Help 5G Wireless Networks Share Communications Frequencies
This method of machine learning could make communications in the unlicensed bands much more efficient.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Quantum Error Correction Method
This method provides a key step toward quantum computers, sensors, and distributed quantum information.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tunable, Chip-Based, Vortex Microlaser and Detector
This system encodes information in twisting beams of light.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Executive Forum: Machine Learning & AI
Tech Briefs posed questions to machine learning/AI industry execs to get their opinions on platform selection, data interpretation, and more.
Articles: Materials
Cost-Effective Printed Sensors for the IoT/IIoT
With accelerated time from design to production, specialized foil sensor arrays will be expanding to many new areas.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Smart Windows Self-Illuminate on Rainy Days
Self-powering, color-changing humidity sensors are applicable to various fields including smart windows, health care, and safety management.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Using the IoT for Predictive Maintenance
Predictive maintenance is poised to become much more widely adopted, and that will help to boost productivity in a time when we really need it.
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Smart Sensors for Hazardous Areas
Smart sensors for hazardous areas monitor essential assets, such as motors and pumps.
Briefs: Energy
Self-Powered Alarm Fights Forest Fires, Monitors Environment
A remote forest fire detection and alarm system is powered by nothing but the movement of trees in the wind.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Long-life Batteries for the IIoT
Choosing the right battery will save trouble and expense in the long run.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D Ultrasonic Sensors Support New Industrial Applications
These sensors will improve autonomous technologies in the industrial environment, like AGVs or forklifts.
Products: Electronics & Computers
New Products: September 2020 Sensor Technology
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Engineers 3D-Print Sensors Onto Moving Organs
Designed to assist in robotic surgeries, biomedical devices can be printed in and on the human body.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Markerless Motion Capture Technology Could Help Skeleton Athletes’ Training
A new type of motion capture technology accurately tracks an athlete during the push start phase of performance.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) in Hyperspectral Imagers
Learn how to obtain large signals from hyperspectral imagers.
Articles: Imaging
Camera Trends: Where We Are Now and What to Expect in the Near Future
The COVID crisis is propelling the camera industry toward disruptive transformation.
Products: Electronics & Computers
New Products: September 2020 Photonics & Imaging Technology
High-temp infrared emitter, single-frequency SWIR lasers, hazard testing systems, and more.

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Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement

Standardization for Automated-Vehicle Testing and Simulation

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Q&A: Electronics & Computers

Q&A: Charge Wirelessly as You Drive

Briefs: Wearables

Wearable Ultrasound Patch Monitors Blood Pressure

Blog: Medical

Sponge-Inspired XSTAT Device Quickly Seals Gunshot Wounds

Blog: Wearables

At Sensors Expo: SST Wireless on a 'Journey of Innovation'

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