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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The sensor is suitable for both overt and covert applications, and can detect multiple and variable targets.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
These nanomaterial strain sensors are ten times more sensitive when measuring minute movements compared to existing technology.
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Briefs: Materials
The stretchable sensor has applications in environmental monitoring and healthcare.
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NASA Spinoff: Robotics, Automation & Control
With a technique first used at NASA, researchers are making glasses that can improve your concentration.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This optical-based device measures position, velocity, and torque.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel through their pressurized suits.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include detection of explosives, navigation, and aerospace altitude sensing.
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Briefs: Materials
This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications include aiding patients with impaired hand muscle strength and in manufacturing for operating tools for extended periods of time.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The performance of flexible large-area organic photodiodes has advanced to the point that they can now offer advantages over conventional silicon photodiode...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers from the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs) and Université Côte d‘Azur have made a new miniaturized light...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a long-standing mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the...
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A survey of over 170 experts assessed the opportunities and challenges that drones, robots, and autonomous systems could have for urban nature and green spaces.
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Facility Focus: Electronics & Computers
Stanford University’s School of Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly a century
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Products: RF & Microwave Electronics
Radar sensors, cameras, RF processing systems, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This supercapacitor promises storage, high power, and fast charging.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This patch offers noninvasive and continuous monitoring of various biomarkers for a range of physiological conditions.
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5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The smartwatch app identifies sounds that a user is interested in and sends a friendly buzz and information about the sound.
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Articles: Wearables
A malaria-test "bandage"; underwater navigation via sound; and a biodegrading, implantable sensor.
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Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics
The sensor is able to detect ice formation far before you can see it occurring on a surface.
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Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Could ‘Smellicopters’ Someday Support Search-and-Rescue?
Our second INSIDER story today highlights an innovative combination of autonomous drones and live moth antennae: The “Smellicopter.”
Blog: Imaging
UW doctoral student Melanie Anderson explains how to make an autonomous 'Smellicopter' to navigate toward smells.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability...
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INSIDER: Data Acquisition
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a miniature superconducting thermometer with big potential applications, such as monitoring the...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Field Effect Transistors (FET) are the core building blocks of modern electronics such as integrated circuits, computer CPUs, and display backplanes. Organic...
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
A new study has confirmed the success of a natural-gas leak-detection tool pioneered by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, which uses sensors and machine learning to...
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Special Reports: Automotive
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ADAS/Connected Car - December 2020
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...

Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn about the sensors assessing and analyzing plant equipment.
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