This system uses fiber optic strain sensing to detect and locate micrometeoroid/orbital debris.

Adhesives, flame-retardant compounds, vision measurement, and more...

The biometric tool uses modified wireless earbuds to authenticate smartphone users

Current laser interferometry pressure pulse detection techniques use the shock-induced change in index of refraction to track detonation and/or shock fronts in a single fiber optic by reflecting laser...

Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have developed a calorimeter that is able to measure the total heat generated when specific types of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells are...

RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.

This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.

This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.

The GNV-720 and GNV-725 humidity temperature meters from Global Specialties feature three environmental sensors.

New measurements could help experts guess the location and size of the next earthquake.

A new charging cell wants to use low-grade heat from our industrial processes to power our devices.

Will we be able to trust autonomous drones? We explore the question in our latest episode of Here's an Idea.

A new instrument mounted on a telescope in Arizona aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic “eyes” at the night sky on Oct. 22 to capture the first images showing...

The Foldable Drone: a Morphing Quadrotor that can Squeeze and Fly

Davide Falanga, Kevin Kleber, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano, and Davide...

A perception system for soft robots was developed that is inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other objects and people. The system includes a...

Flying animals both power and control flight by flapping their wings. This enables small natural flyers such as insects to hover close to a flower but also to rapidly escape danger. Animal flight has...

A new wearable could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate than existing electrocardiograph machines.

Sherry Towfighian and her team made a big improvement on how microphones are manufactured.

Thermal cameras like forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensors are actively deployed on aerial and ground vehicles, in watch towers, and at check points for surveillance purposes. More recently,...

To investigate oceans, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that sends data to the surface. Supplying constant power to scores of sensors designed to stay for long...

3D-printing platforms, simulation software, transistors, and more.

Understanding how cars, planes, bridges, and other structures handle vibrations and dynamic loads can be critical to their design and performance. Researchers have developed a new way to...

Battelle's simple, cost-effective sensor detects the onset of battery faults.

NASA Langley Research Center developed a wind event warning technology that provides a practical early warning system (5-10 minutes) for a severe change in the wind vector. Events such as gusts, shear, microbursts,...