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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Washable Sensor Can Be Woven Into Materials
The device could impact composites manufacturing and health monitoring.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.
Products: Electronics & Computers
The GNV-720 and GNV-725 humidity temperature meters from Global Specialties feature three environmental sensors.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New measurements could help experts guess the location and size of the next earthquake.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory took inspiration from flying insects to create a miniaturized gyroscope, a special sensor used in...
Blog: Energy
A new charging cell wants to use low-grade heat from our industrial processes to power our devices.
Podcasts: Data Acquisition
Will we be able to trust autonomous drones? We explore the question in our latest episode of Here's an Idea.
Q&A: Semiconductors & ICs
Sherry Towfighian and her team made a big improvement on how microphones are manufactured.
Products: Test & Measurement
3D-printing platforms, simulation software, transistors, and more.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Make the best selection for your hospital, clinic, or life science organization.
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the eight winners of the 2019 "Create the Future" Design Contest
Products: Electronics & Computers
LIDAR Systems, Smart Cameras, Optical Communications, and more.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Machine vision systems shed light on processes too small or too fast to see with the human eye.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Laser illumination is scaling in a new direction.
Briefs: Materials
Undercooled metal technology was developed that features liquid metal (in this case, Field's metal, an alloy of bismuth, indium, and tin) trapped below its melting point in polished, oxide...
Briefs: Motion Control
Researchers have created a motion-powered, fireproof sensor that can track the movements of firefighters, steelworkers, miners, and others who work in high-risk environments where they cannot always be seen. The...
Articles: Test & Measurement
The Foldable Drone: a Morphing Quadrotor that can Squeeze and Fly
Davide Falanga, Kevin Kleber, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano, and Davide...
Briefs: Motion Control
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 motion...
5 Ws: Wearables
A new wearable could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate than existing electrocardiograph machines.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Flying animals both power and control flight by flapping their wings. This enables small natural flyers such as insects to hover close to a flower but also to rapidly escape danger. Animal flight has...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA Langley Research Center developed a wind event warning technology that provides a practical early warning system (5-10 minutes) for a severe change in the wind vector. Events such as gusts, shear, microbursts, or...
Briefs: Imaging
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,...
Briefs: Wearables
Wearable Motion Sensors Measure Fetal Heartbeat
A technique was developed that could allow expectant parents to hear their baby’s heartbeat continuously at home with a non-invasive and safe device that is potentially more accurate than any fetal heartrate monitor currently available in the market.
Briefs: Materials
To investigate oceans, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that sends data to the surface. Supplying constant power to scores of sensors designed to stay for long...
Briefs: Medical
Researchers have developed a formula that enables them to recreate different levels of perceived softness. Based on the results from their experiments, they created equations that can calculate how soft...
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Battelle's simple, cost-effective sensor detects the onset of battery faults.
Briefs: Materials
Smart Electronic Skin for Robots and Prosthetics
Humans use the sense of touch to accomplish almost every daily task such as picking up a cup of coffee or shaking someone’s hand. Without it, humans can even lose their sense of balance when walking. Similarly, robots need to have a sense of touch in order to interact better with humans but robots...
Articles: Test & Measurement
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow. To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A method was developed to make atom-flat sensors that seamlessly integrate with devices to report on what they perceive. Electronically active 2D materials, touted for their strength, are difficult to move to...
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INSIDER: Lighting Technology
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Webcasts
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Editorial Webinars: Defense
High-Speed Connectivity for Next Generation Aerospace & Defense...
Webinars: Automotive
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Webinars: Software
Architecting the Future: Why Systems Engineering is the Backbone...
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Engineering Fluid Conveyance Systems for Alternative Fuel...
Editorial Webinars: Medical
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