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Application Briefs: Energy
See what integrated building systems can do to enhance the working and living environment inside a commercial building.
Articles: Data Acquisition
The biggest challenge in the provisioning process: ensuring that a device and the connection to the network and server are secure.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Automation can crumble, even when only one cog is loose, says Brad Walters from Monnit.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A smart roof coating, a wearable RFID sensor tag, and a 3D-printed OLED display.
Briefs: Wearables
The tool diagnoses a stroke based on abnormalities in a person’s speech and facial movements.
Products: Imaging
A Smart Gadget, a simulator module, and a holographic display.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The test uses a smartphone microscope and could deliver results in about 10 minutes.
Briefs: Wearables
These textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing and potentially help patients recovering from post-surgery breathing changes.
Application Briefs: Aerospace
What began as a research tool to collect aerodynamic data from research aircraft is now solving technical challenges for NASA.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Engineers at Caltech, ETH Zurich, and Harvard are developing artificial intelligence (AI) that will allow autonomous drones to use ocean currents to aid their navigation, rather than...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
In efforts to limit the spread of disease while preserving privacy, an interdisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has designed and...
INSIDER: Medical
Twisted nanoscale semiconductors manipulate light in a new way. This effect could be harnessed to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving medicines as well as photonic...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Demand for sensitive and selective electronic biosensors — analytical devices that monitor a target of interest in real time — is growing for a wide range of applications....
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Four industry experts explore the future outlook for smart sensors and IIoT.
INSIDER: Motion Control
Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike. They can differ in size, shape, and texture; some might be wet or moss-covered or bursting with offshoots. And yet birds can land on just about...
INSIDER: Imaging
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched on December 25 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. A joint effort with ESA (European...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have succeeded in creating an experimental model of an elusive kind of fundamental particle called a skyrmion in a beam of light. The breakthrough...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories’ fog facility is bringing the future...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
What's so tough about developing a car? A Tech Briefs reader wants to know the most challenging subsystem of the vehicle to build.
Facility Focus: Energy
Learn about the technologies being developed at NC State, including vehicle armor, a monitoring patch for plants, and origami-inspired materials.
5 Ws: Semiconductors & ICs
About the size of a grain of sand, the flying microchip (or microflier) does not have a motor or engine.
Briefs: Software
Biological insights of fruit fly eye movements could enhance robotics.
Briefs: Aerospace
Holographic lenses render visible and infrared starlight into either a focused image or a spectrum.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
NASA's NEID tool delivered its first batch of data on the nearest and best-studied star, our Sun.
Q&A: Materials
An "E-Skin" material can be printed without polymer binders.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
Briefs: IoMT
The tabletop diagnostic yields results in an hour and can be programmed to detect variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Briefs: IoMT
Speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home can monitor regular and irregular heartbeats without physical contact.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
People rarely walk at a constant speed and a single incline. We change speed when rushing to the next appointment, catching a crosswalk signal, or going for a casual stroll in the park. Slopes...
Top Stories
Blog: Power
My Opinion: We Need More Power Soon — Is Nuclear the Answer?
Blog: AR/AI
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
News: Energy
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Turning Edible Fungi into Organic Memristors
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Microscopic Swimming Machines that Can Sense, Respond to Surroundings
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Transportation
Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive...
Upcoming Webinars: Transportation
Quiet, Please: NVH Improvement Opportunities in the Early Design...
Upcoming Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition
From Spreadsheets to Insights: Fast Data Analysis Without Complex...
Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Upcoming Webinars: Transportation
