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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
By taking a closer look at the delta deposits on Mars, Stanford University researchers concluded that the Jezero Crater is still the best place to search for signs of life on Mars.
Blog: Test & Measurement
A team used to making pollutant-detection systems is adapting their technologies to spot coronavirus.
Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Is Anonymization the Best Way to Protect Personal Data?
A Tech Briefs reader recently asked our industry expert:
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A new manufacturing process could produce flexible electronics for things like virtual reality-enabled contact lenses, solar-powered skins that mold to the contours of your car, and...
INSIDER: Wearables
Wearable tech and electronic cloth may be the way of the future, but to get there the wiring needs to be strong, flexible, and efficient.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Microelectronics like semiconductor devices are at the heart of the technologies we use each day. As we move into an era where we are stretching the limits of Moore’s Law, it is...
INSIDER: Internet of Things
More portable, fully wireless smart home setups; lower power wearables; batteryless smart devices, could all be made possible with this new ultra-low power Wi-Fi radio. It is housed in a chip smaller than...
Briefs: Transportation
Hardware and software tweak microwave patterns to discover the most efficient way to identify objects.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology could help in elder care with sensors throughout a home.
Products: Test & Measurement
Vision-based 3D printing, network analyzers, particulate sensors, and more.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include powering portable electronic devices and sensors, and harvesting waste mechanical energy for aircraft, automobile, and other transportation equipment.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Even though ultrasound has been studied by scientists for many years, its capabilities in practical applications are yet to be fully harnessed.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Special light sources and sensors see around corners or through gauzy filters, enabling reconstruction of the shapes of unseen objects.
Facility Focus: Aerospace
See some of the world-changing tools and technologies launched by Caltech scientists, from earthquake monitoring to helping the blind see.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Manufacturers are beginning to realize the same benefits by cloud-connecting their equipment and processes on the shop floor.
Articles: Motion Control
As advancements in technology continue to define how pneumatic or electromechanical linear devices lift, move, or place a load, the requirements of excellent closed-loop positioning and accuracy greatly increase
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Here's what you'll need to know when you’re choosing an encoder for a motion control system.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This technology could help control driverless cars and automated warehouses.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A reader asks our expert.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
As autonomous cars collect data on passing pedestrians, cyclists, and license plates, what privacy measures are in place? A reader asks.
Question of the Week: Wearables
Would You Use the Pedestrian Audio Wearable System (PAWS)?
Our “5Ws” article in the March issue of Tech Briefs highlights a wearable developed at Columbia University called “PAWS.” The Pedestrian Audio Wearable System detects and locates approaching cars. PAWS then warns the pedestrian in real-time by providing audio/visual feedback via the...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The votes are in. Our readers selected top products in data acquisition, software, and ultrasonic sensing.
Special Reports: Aerospace
Unmanned Systems - March 2020
The latest advances in aerial, ground, and underwater unmanned systems are covered in this special report, a compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology.5 Ws: Data Acquisition
Learn about the Pedestrian Audio Wearable System (PAWS), a low-cost, headset-based, wearable platform.
Briefs: Aerospace
The sensor makes it easier to detect and manage ice accumulation on aircraft wings.
Facility Focus: Nanotechnology
The Army Test and Evaluation Command provides essential information to acquisition decision-makers and commanders.
Products: Energy
Thermal cameras, testing software, an ion air knife, and more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This vibrometer has uses in analyzing spasms in humans, as a breath analyzer for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, and as a preventative healthcare sensor.
Top Stories
Blog: Power
My Opinion: We Need More Power Soon — Is Nuclear the Answer?
Blog: AR/AI
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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
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Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
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Upcoming Webinars: Unmanned Systems
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Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
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