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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
The wire harness is changing as vehicles become “computers on wheels.” A reader asks how electrification impacts the wiring harness.
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Briefs: Motion Control
A haptic thumb-shaped sensor uses machine learning to accurately estimate where objects come into contact with the sensor and how large the applied forces are.
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Podcasts: Electronics & Computers
Marcus Gerhardt and his company at Blackrock Neurotech are creating a brain-computer interface that restores senses for paralyzed patients.
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INSIDER: Internet of Things
The largest ever simulation of its kind, modeled on the Texas power grid, concluded that consumers stand to save about 15 percent on their annual electric bills by partnering with...
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INSIDER: Power
A new, internet-connected lighting system for greenhouses could sharply reduce a farmer’s electrical bill, according to a study by University of Georgia researchers.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Makers of a brain-computer interface recall a memorable achievement in prosthetics: A presidential handshake.
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5 Ws: Wearables
A newly designed wearable magnetic metamaterial could help make MRI scans crisper, faster, and cheaper.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Smart Gadget, a simulator module, and a holographic display.
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Facility Focus: Energy
Michigan engineers and collaborators are improving smart infrastructure, autonomous transportation, weather prediction, nuclear non-proliferation, and more.
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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.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The lenses enable the painless diagnosis or early detection of ocular diseases including glaucoma.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This system would extend the life of CubeSat satellites.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications include power and energy, communications, and sensors.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers have created an electronic microsystem that can intelligently respond to information inputs without any external energy input, much like a...
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A smart roof coating, a wearable RFID sensor tag, and a 3D-printed OLED display.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The grid’s growing size and complexity increases vulnerability to cyberattacks.
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Articles: Data Acquisition
Automation can crumble, even when only one cog is loose, says Brad Walters from Monnit.
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Articles: Internet of Things
The biggest challenge in the provisioning process: ensuring that a device and the connection to the network and server are secure.
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Products: Energy
Battery monitoring, flow meters, torque sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Design of miniature optical systems could lead to future cell phones that can detect viruses and more.
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Briefs: Energy
Researchers successfully demonstrated the use of the human body as a medium for transmitting and harvesting energy to power wearables.
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Briefs: Wearables
A study seeks to understand how different parts of the brain communicate with other.
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Application Briefs: AR/AI
Learn the internal functioning of an AI processor that pulls from a variety of sensors, including radar, lidar, sonar, and cameras.
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Application Briefs: Software
See what integrated building systems can do to enhance the working and living environment inside a commercial building.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
A metal-coated fiber capable of withstands high temperatures.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Spectrometers, digital microscopes, high-speed imaging, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new imaging method measure temperature in 2D.
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Application Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
An expert compares Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR systems with Time of Flight tech.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
See how hyperspectral imaging adds value to food inspection systems.
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