Sensors/​Data Acquisition

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.

Stories

41
74
0
690
30
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Document cover
ADAS/Connected Car - December 2019
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this...

Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
Feature Image
Briefs: Materials
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
Feature Image
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system uses fiber optic strain sensing to detect and locate micrometeoroid/orbital debris.
Feature Image
Briefs: Motion Control
A synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings
Feature Image
5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The biometric tool uses modified wireless earbuds to authenticate smartphone users
Feature Image
Application Briefs: Aerospace
The ESA has commissioned its industry partners to design a new docking system called the International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM).
Feature Image
Briefs: Test & Measurement
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 light...
Feature Image
Briefs: Data Acquisition
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 driven...
Feature Image
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.
Feature Image
Briefs: Communications
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
Feature Image
Products: Electronics & Computers
The GNV-720 and GNV-725 humidity temperature meters from Global Specialties feature three environmental sensors.
Feature Image
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.
Feature Image
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New measurements could help experts guess the location and size of the next earthquake.
Feature Image
Blog: Wearables
A new charging cell wants to use low-grade heat from our industrial processes to power our devices.
Feature Image
Podcasts: Defense
Will we be able to trust autonomous drones? We explore the question in our latest episode of Here's an Idea.
Feature Image
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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...
Feature Image
Q&A: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Sherry Towfighian and her team made a big improvement on how microphones are manufactured.
Feature Image
Products: Materials
3D-printing platforms, simulation software, transistors, and more.
Feature Image
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Make the best selection for your hospital, clinic, or life science organization.
Feature Image
Products: Test & Measurement
LIDAR Systems, Smart Cameras, Optical Communications, and more.
Feature Image
Articles: Imaging
Machine vision systems shed light on processes too small or too fast to see with the human eye.
Feature Image
Articles: Test & Measurement
Feature Image
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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 motion...
Feature Image
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
The Foldable Drone: a Morphing Quadrotor that can Squeeze and Fly Davide Falanga, Kevin Kleber, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano, and Davide...
Feature Image
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
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...
Feature Image
5 Ws: Wearables
A new wearable could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate than existing electrocardiograph machines.
Feature Image
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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,...
Feature Image
Briefs: Test & Measurement
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 measure...
Feature Image

Videos