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5 Ws: Wearables
Imagine a tablet or Kindle that can display braille on command for the visually impaired.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new fabrication methodology addresses the need for a thin, double-sided circuitry board.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The camera could have uses in faster disease diagnosis and thinner cellphones.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Sensing is incorporated directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.
Briefs: Imaging
In an airport, the scanner could eliminate the need for passengers to remove shoes at the checkpoint, speeding the screening process.
Briefs: Imaging
The camera captures pulse and respiration signals from a video of a person’s face.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Flexible electrodes, NASA sensors, and anti-corrosion compounds.
INSIDER: Unmanned Systems
Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike. They can differ in size, shape, and texture; some might be wet or moss-covered or bursting with offshoots. And yet birds can land on just about...
INSIDER: Data Acquisition
Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories’ fog facility is bringing the future...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
What's so tough about developing a car? A Tech Briefs reader wants to know the most challenging subsystem of the vehicle to build.
Articles: Propulsion
With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), mankind’s understanding of the universe — and its origins — will increase exponentially.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The built-in nanosensors glow to alert patients when a wound is not healing properly.
5 Ws: Sensors/Data Acquisition
About the size of a grain of sand, the flying microchip (or microflier) does not have a motor or engine.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Better detection of microwave radiation will enable improved thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communications, and radar.
Articles: Communications
Breath-regulating garments, humidity sensors, thin-film antennas, and more.
Briefs: Imaging
Biological insights of fruit fly eye movements could enhance robotics.
Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An "E-Skin" material can be printed without polymer binders.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
Briefs: Wearables
Engineers have developed a sensor system and manufacturing process for smart contact lenses. The sensor system contains a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for...
UpFront: Aerospace
Private stations get NASA funding; a camera "sees the unseen," and more.
Briefs: Materials
The device provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near-perfect efficiency.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Diamonds’ atomic flaws are converted into atomic sensors that watch a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
Briefs: AR/AI
The fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
INSIDER: Medical
People rarely walk at a constant speed and a single incline. We change speed when rushing to the next appointment, catching a crosswalk signal, or going for a casual stroll in the park. Slopes...
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have devised and tested a highly sensitive method of detecting and counting defects in transistors...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
JILA scientists have boosted the sensitivity of their decade-old frequency comb breathalyzer a thousandfold, enabling it to detect additional biomarkers of disease —...
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Boron is a versatile non-metal element, but until the last five years, chemists have only theorized about the useful properties and applications of two-dimensional (2D)...
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Materials
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Blog: Software
Quiz: Power
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