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Briefs: Imaging
Video can be recreated from motion-blurred images and new cameras may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
This approach allows scientists to study the communication within plants, providing valuable insights to improve crop yields.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This device could be used to find threats to ecosystems.
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.
Briefs: Automotive
This technique offers enhanced resolution and improved system reliability for mapping and obstacle recognition and navigation for vehicles.
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.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
These sensors monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations.
Briefs: Medical
The lab-on-a-chip device allows researchers to look at several different aspects of a disease simultaneously.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The system looks for chemical indicators found in sweat to give a real-time snapshot of what’s happening inside the body.
Blog: Aerospace
“Food supply” goes beyond just crop production. See how NASA is offering a more comprehensive look at food security and agriculture.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
We plug in our headphones everyday. Now a robot can perform the task.
Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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.
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.
Products: Energy
Photoelectric sensors, cable connectors, power monitors, and USB3 cameras.
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tektronix announced new digital storage oscilloscopes.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Human Embodied Autonomous Thermostat, or “HEAT," uses cameras to identify facial temperature, and adjust the room's air accordingly.
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?
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The right sensors can cut machine building costs, improve flexibility, and boost customer satisfaction.
Application Briefs: Wearables
Learn abut Bosch Sensortec's “Light Drive” system.
Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
A far infrared temperature sensor is small in size but big in performance.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Find the right pressure sensors for your sterilization applications.
Products: Test & Measurement
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...
Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tim Brosnihan, Executive Director of SEMI’s MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG), talks about the current state of the MEMS industry and trends for the future,
Technology Leaders: Internet of Things
Bio-interfacing and biodegradable flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) devices can help tackle some of the world’s great challenges including environmental degradation and food scarcity.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Combining pulse oximetry with a heart-rate monitor improves sleep monitoring accuracy.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
NASA's Mars 2020 rover looks virtually the same as Curiosity but there are a number of differences.
Articles: Aerospace
Tech Briefs spoke with NASA’s Keith Comeaux, Deputy Project Chief Engineer, to learn more about the helicopter heading to Mars.
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: Power
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
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: Energy
Battery Abuse Testing: Pushing to Failure
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
