Sensors/​Data Acquisition

Sensors

Access the latest developments used in sensor-related technologies. Learn more about essential applications for specialized sensors and durable designs for extreme conditions.

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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: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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: Wearables
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: Imaging
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: Wearables
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: Electronics & Computers
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: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rain detectors, beacons, flow meters, and more.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See what kinds of sensors are supporting self-driving vehicles.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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: Electronics & Computers
With new vehicles, automotive manufacturers will need to closely monitor the current flowing to the motor.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
A "smart building" platform incorporates hardware, software, and cloud analytics to form a digital "backbone."
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Articles: Internet of Things
Is "SPE" the future of industrial automation and automotive? It certainly has the potential, says Mike Anderson.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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Articles: Aerospace
Perseverance is the first leg of a round trip to Mars.
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Q&A: Energy
Professor Shirley Meng explains why there's a demand for stretchable batteries.
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Facility Focus: Aerospace
See how NASA Langley tests a variety of advanced aircraft concepts. including ways to make flying both cleaner and quieter.
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Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The importance of a proactive and systematic method for collecting machine and process data within a smart manufacturing environment cannot be overstated.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The sensor monitors the oil circulation ratio in real time for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Study shows improvements to chemical sensing chip that aims to quickly and accurately identify drugs and other trace chemicals.
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Articles: Wearables
In-air UAV docking, digital communication via touch, and a computer-vision monitor for diabetes.
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Briefs: Wearables
A patch of needles connected to a paper sensor diagnoses conditions such as prediabetes.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics can be laser-printed and made in minutes.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Real-time health monitoring and sensing abilities of robots require soft electronics, but a challenge of using such materials lies in their reliability.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Hundreds of drones can recharge autonomously on unmanned ground vehicles.
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Briefs: Software
A mathematical framework can help engineers make informed decisions about which sensors to use and where they must be positioned in aircraft and other machines.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensors need to be flexible, stretchable, biodegradable, safe, and stable for use in the body.
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