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Data Acquisition

Find viable solutions for advanced data acquisition technologies. Access the latest technical briefs and product news that are essential to data acquisition systems and applications.

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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
A team of Brown University physicists has developed a new type of compact, ultra-sensitive magnetometer, 20 times more sensitive than many traditional sensors. The new...
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INSIDER: Medical
In a potential breakthrough in wearable sensing technology, researchers from Cornell and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have designed a wrist- mounted device that continuously tracks the...
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Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
As an integral part of onshore and offshore drilling, mud pumps circulate drilling fluids to facilitate drilling oil and natural gas wells. Mud pumps stabilize pressure and support the well during the...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Data storage boards, modular plugs, equipment enclosures, and more.
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Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Smart Manufacturing - August 2020
Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in connectivity, controls, sensors, and robotics. See the future of manufacturing in this compendium of recent articles from the...

Briefs: Imaging
Video can be recreated from motion-blurred images and new cameras may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This approach allows scientists to study the communication within plants, providing valuable insights to improve crop yields.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This device could be used to find threats to ecosystems.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology shows potential for the detection of subtle human motions and the real-time monitoring of body postures for healthcare applications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technique offers enhanced resolution and improved system reliability for mapping and obstacle recognition and navigation for vehicles.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Imaging technology used to map the universe shows promise for more accurately and quickly identifying cancer cells in the operating room.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These sensors monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The lab-on-a-chip device allows researchers to look at several different aspects of a disease simultaneously.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The system looks for chemical indicators found in sweat to give a real-time snapshot of what’s happening inside the body.
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Blog: Aerospace
“Food supply” goes beyond just crop production. See how NASA is offering a more comprehensive look at food security and agriculture.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
We plug in our headphones everyday. Now a robot can perform the task.
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Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will ‘Roboats’ Catch On?
Our July issue of Tech Briefs highlighted a fleet of “roboats” that could someday transport people, collect trash, and self-assemble into floating structures. The Roboat autonomous robotic boats — rectangular hulls equipped with sensors, thrusters, microcontrollers, GPS modules, cameras, and other hardware —...
Application Briefs: Materials
NASA needed help accurately measuring Earth-reflected sunlight.
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Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
Aircraft may have a huge amount of data available, but this doesn’t mean it’s the right data to troubleshoot a problem.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Photoelectric sensors, cable connectors, power monitors, and USB3 cameras.
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Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Exploring Mars - July 2020
As NASA prepares this week to launch its latest robotic rover to the Red Planet, we are excited to present this commemorative publication chronicling – through historic images and video – six decades of Mars...

Products: Test & Measurement
Tektronix announced new digital storage oscilloscopes.
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Blog: Imaging
The Human Embodied Autonomous Thermostat, or “HEAT," uses cameras to identify facial temperature, and adjust the room's air accordingly.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A reader asks NASA experts: How much hardware from the Curiosity rover is being used on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover?
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The right sensors can cut machine building costs, improve flexibility, and boost customer satisfaction.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn abut Bosch Sensortec's “Light Drive” system.
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Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
A far infrared temperature sensor is small in size but big in performance.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Find the right pressure sensors for your sterilization applications.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Small Accurate Temperature Sensor Würth Elektronik (Waldenburg, Germany) is introducing a 2.0 × 2.0 × 0.5 mm temperature sensor. Its accuracy in the measuring range of -40 to 125°C is ±0.5°C, while in the range of -10 to...
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