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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technology could benefit firefighters, miners, the military, plumbers, and households.
Briefs: Wearables
The smartphone-based device could reduce the pressure on testing laboratories during a pandemic.
Briefs: Wearables
The tool diagnoses a stroke based on abnormalities in a person’s speech and facial movements.
Briefs: AR/AI
Columbia researchers are reducing both the size and the power consumption of a visible-spectrum phase modulator, from one millimeter to 10 microns.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new imaging method measure temperature in 2D.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The lenses enable the painless diagnosis or early detection of ocular diseases including glaucoma.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The method could support the semiconductor industry and facilitate development of next-gen devices.
Briefs: Motion Control
This testing method ensures that an exoskeleton and the person wearing it are moving smoothly and in harmony.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
What began as a research tool to collect aerodynamic data from research aircraft is now solving technical challenges for NASA.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Smart contactors, an industrial edge platform, tiny engines, and more.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
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: Medical
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....
Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Test & Measurement - February 2022
From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...Articles: Internet of Things
Four industry experts explore the future outlook for smart sensors and IIoT.
Briefs: Motion Control
A software makes industrial robots nimbler and almost as sensitive as human hands.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include aircraft-mounted and space-based interferometers, electronics fabrication, and military optics.
Briefs: Imaging
The camera could have uses in faster disease diagnosis and thinner cellphones.
Briefs: Imaging
In an airport, the scanner could eliminate the need for passengers to remove shoes at the checkpoint, speeding the screening process.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Flexible electrodes, NASA sensors, and anti-corrosion compounds.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Mechanical control and modulation of light on a silicon chip could enhance LiDAR.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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: Photonics/Optics
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
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.
Special Reports: Nanotechnology
Space Technology - January 2022
Read about the most powerful telescope ever launched into space, the NASA rocket that will carry humans back to the moon, the nanosatellites that are dramatically reducing the cost of space science, and much more...Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
Blog: Power
Using Street Lamps as EV Chargers
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Materials
This Paint Can Cool Buildings Without Energy Input
Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast: Additive Manufacturing
Podcasts: Defense
A New Approach to Manufacturing Machine Connectivity for the Air Force
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Streamlining Manufacturing with Integrated Digital Planning and Simulation
On-Demand Webinars: Automotive
