A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.

A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.

The self-contained technology is similar to the smart watches that monitor heart rate.

Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.

The device can be used to pre-screen for the virus using gene-editing assays before those infected can travel and expose others.

This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.

This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.

Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.

This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.

At any moment in Delhi, India, a resident might start their car, releasing exhaust that floats into the atmosphere. In northwest India, a...

The algorithm speeds up the planning process that robots use to adjust their grip on objects.

The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.

Salty air the Dutch city of Harlingen causes exposed metal parts to corrode.

Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today, they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather formations,...

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...

This method also reverse-engineers computer chips to detect the chip’s purpose.

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

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.

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...

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,...

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.