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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Two-dimensional materials can be used to create smaller, high-performance transistors than the ones traditionally made of silicon, according to Professor Saptarshi Das of...
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Blog: AR/AI
The A.I. system learns from thousands of real-traffic situations, when a self-driving car stopped unexpectedly.
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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Servo drives, magnetic angle sensors, draw wires, and more.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Pneumatic technologies such as control valves continue to evolve, incorporating sensors, industrial network interfaces, wireless technology, and more.
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Products: Energy
Displacement sensors, metal 3D printers, shielding materials, and more.
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2021
A microwave radiation sensor offers 100,000 times greater sensitivity...Nature-inspired sensors help autonomous machines to see better...New accelerometers aid the development of Electric Vertical...

Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Emerging robotics technology may lead to better buildings in less time.
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Briefs: AR/AI
These robots could perform basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology could be a low-cost, in-home alternative to blood draws and clinic-based screening tools.
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Articles: Transportation
NASA's graphene composites, textile pressure sensors, and a better kind of glass.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.
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Briefs: Imaging
This camera enables multi-spectral imaging for metrology.
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Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
Medical instruments equipped with a soft electronics system improve diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in minimally invasive surgeries.
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Products: Imaging
The GVC1001 computer features dual 10-GigE ports for gigabit Ethernet camera or other sensor inputs.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The instrument could bring powerful sensing and imaging capabilities into hospitals, airports, or other settings.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Edge computing, focused applications, and open connectivity let designers start with little data on their digital transformation journey.
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Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This month’s Here’s an Idea episode highlighted a number of on-body sensors. Penn State professor Larry Cheng, for example, found a way to 3D-print a sensor directly on the skin (shown in the above image),...
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Robotics researchers are developing exoskeleton legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In this episode of our Here's an Idea podcast, we speak to engineers who are building a variety of wearables. And some sensors blend in more than others.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Software and electrical engineering is converging in today’s vehicles. A reader asks our expert: “How do you decide which items to test first?”
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A robot being developed at Tel Aviv University "hears" electrical signals, thanks to a natural sensor: the ear of a dead locust.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
While ADAS has improved freeway and high-speed driving, the basic need for collision mitigation with pedestrians and bicyclists has mostly remained unaddressed.
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Products: Motion Control
Rain detectors, beacons, flow meters, and more.
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Application Briefs: Automotive
See what kinds of sensors are supporting self-driving vehicles.
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Articles: Communications
The ability to identify hidden patterns, predict future issues, forecast usage and costs, and derive insights from IoT sensor data will reshape the industrial process forever.
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Application Briefs: Motion Control
With new vehicles, automotive manufacturers will need to closely monitor the current flowing to the motor.
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Application Briefs: IoMT
A "smart building" platform incorporates hardware, software, and cloud analytics to form a digital "backbone."
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Is "SPE" the future of industrial automation and automotive? It certainly has the potential, says Mike Anderson.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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