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Briefs: Automotive
A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
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Products: Lighting
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
If a satellite breaks in orbit, there's not much that can be done. A professor envisions a new idea for refueling and repair.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
At any moment in Delhi, India, a resident might start their car, releasing exhaust that floats into the atmosphere. In northwest India, a...
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INSIDER: Materials
Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Inspired by spiders, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), have developed a compact and efficient depth sensor that could be used onboard...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable more powerful and...
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Special Reports: Transportation
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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...

Products: Data Acquisition
The GNV-720 and GNV-725 humidity temperature meters from Global Specialties feature three environmental sensors.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Washable Sensor Can Be Woven Into Materials
The device could impact composites manufacturing and health monitoring.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology provides simultaneous ohmic contacts and the process to make them.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This packaging provides protection for SiC sensors and electronics in harsh, hightemperature environments.
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Facility Focus: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The reader uses a frequency multiplexer to boost its ability to accurately locate a greater number of RFID tags.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This system uses fiber optic strain sensing to detect and locate micrometeoroid/orbital debris.
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Application Briefs: Motion Control
Salty air the Dutch city of Harlingen causes exposed metal parts to corrode.
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Briefs: Materials
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The algorithm speeds up the planning process that robots use to adjust their grip on objects.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The ESA has commissioned its industry partners to design a new docking system called the International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM).
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings
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Briefs: Motion Control
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Sensing technology will help to transform manufacturing floors into the connected factories of the future.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
“Cobots” allow companies of almost any size to automate processes that were previously out of reach.
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