North Carolina State University engineers continue to improve the efficiency of a flexible device worn on the wrist that harvests heat energy from the human body to monitor health.
The technology uses tactile sensing to identify objects underground.
A "self-aware," self-powering material can be used in heart stents, bridges, and even space.
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...
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The design could contribute to various applications in the robotics field such as smart prosthetics and human-robot interaction.
Editor Ed Brown explores what’s ahead for MEMS automobile navigation systems.
Color changes of gold nanoparticles under the skin reveal concentration changes of substances in the body.
High-precision medical sensors, battery-cell mappers, signal conditioners, and more.
Researchers at KU Leuven have succeeded for the first time in measuring brain waves directly via a cochlear implant.
Ultra-thin piezoresistive sensors can be used in both R&D and as embedded components to develop safer, longer-lasting lithium-ion battery technologies.
Over the last 75 years, sensors have played an increasingly significant part in the advancement of medicine.
The MPS Flammable Gas Sensor can detect and identify the concentrations of 12 of the most common combustible gases,
MEMS sensors have been around for a long time, but requests from the market for new applications are driving upgrades in the technology.
Recent advances could make it feasible to deploy networks of methane sensors to detect this greenhouse gas at large facilities.
Researchers have developed a millimeter-thick accelerometer.
Sensors play a pivotal role in solving critical business challenges.
New autonomous robotic devices can survey hazardous or difficult-to-reach sites faster than humans.
A smartphone, combined with nanoscale porous silicon, enables inexpensive, simple, home diagnostics.
Head-up displays, health-monitoring sensors from NASA, and a pollen sponge.
A valve actuator has deep-sea applications.
Designers who must sense motor position, speed, or acceleration have a lot of choices, including resolvers, optical encoders, and Hall-effect devices.
Faster inline CT inspections makes it possible to inspect far greater numbers of circuit boards.
Encoders, quick disconnects, automation systems, and more.
The machines fold themselves within 100 milliseconds and can flatten and refold thousands of times.
The walking quadruped is controlled and powered by pressurized air.
One of the final hurdles to hydrogen power is securing a safe method for detecting hydrogen leaks.
AI will only reach its full potential when it can be fed with a constant stream of data from a plentitude of diverse sources.
These tiny detectors could record characteristics of light such as color, polarity, and angle.
Complete integrated circuits with more than 1,000 organic electrochemical transistors can be screen-printed.
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