Sensors & Test

Sensors/​Data Acquisition

This is your resource for developments in smart sensor systems and data acquisition. Browse technical briefs, articles, and white papers on advanced applications in transducer technologies, detector systems, data acquisition, and sensor-related technologies.

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Briefs: Wearables
This technology could be a low-cost, in-home alternative to blood draws and clinic-based screening tools.
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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: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Displacement sensors, metal 3D printers, shielding materials, and more.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Pneumatic technologies such as control valves continue to evolve, incorporating sensors, industrial network interfaces, wireless technology, and more.
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Briefs: Automotive
The tiny device accurately measures acceleration in smaller navigation systems and other devices.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Servo drives, magnetic angle sensors, draw wires, and more.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
These robots could perform basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Emerging robotics technology may lead to better buildings in less time.
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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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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: Automotive
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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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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Products: Test & Measurement
By design, new 3D scanners are motionless during inspection.
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5 Ws: Imaging
With a smartphone camera, a new diagnostic test provides a positive or negative COVID-19 result in 15 to 30 minutes.
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Technology Leaders: RF & Microwave Electronics
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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technique could have applications in diagnosing and monitoring the lungs of patients with COVID-19.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device has applications in medical diagnostics and homeland security.
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Briefs: Unmanned Systems
The algorithms enable drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flight.
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Facility Focus: RF & Microwave Electronics
See how NASA Langley tests a variety of advanced aircraft concepts. including ways to make flying both cleaner and quieter.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The stretchable electronics are more stable as they change shape, which could lead to next-generation sensors for healthcare applications.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Professor Shirley Meng explains why there's a demand for stretchable batteries.
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Articles: Aerospace
Perseverance is the first leg of a round trip to Mars.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Hundreds of drones can recharge autonomously on unmanned ground vehicles.
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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: Robotics, Automation & Control
“Smellicopter” uses a live moth antenna to avoid obstacles and seek out smells.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology could continuously monitor fluid flow in pipes on the International Space Station and prevent satellites from colliding.
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Articles: Unmanned Systems
In-air UAV docking, digital communication via touch, and a computer-vision monitor for diabetes.
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