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Articles: Photonics/Optics
See what kinds of applications are possible when you can literally see light propagating through space.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Multi-sensor imaging systems, eyesafe laser finders, machine vision algorithms, and more.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technology, which could be added to smart watches, could detect the onset of Parkinson’s disease or help with stroke rehabilitation.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The network is designed for remote, low-resource locations where power and communications infrastructure are scarce.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Infrared Detectors Enhance Night-Vision Cameras
The ability to enhance night vision could improve what can be seen in space, in chemical and biological disaster areas, and on the battlefield.
Articles: Wearables
A smartwatch that tracks medication levels, a flexible LED, and NASA's "Micro-Organ" device platform.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology detects the presence of one or more specific chemical components in a liquid.
Articles: AR/AI
When deployed on edge devices, modern HMI and SCADA software can go beyond basic visualization to deliver advanced data acquisition and analytics.
Briefs: Wearables
The dye, delivered along with a vaccine, could enable “on-patient” storage of vaccination history.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
VOC sensors, panel-mount connectors, 3D printing cloud software, and more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include biomedical imaging, remote sensing, and heliophysics research.
Briefs: Imaging
The sensor enables detection of items for security screening, intrusion detection, forensics, and medical imaging.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The sensor provides accurate and real-time measurement of flow rates and temperature in next-generation microfluidic instruments.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The sensors can be built into the shells of aircraft, cars, or other machines.
Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
Learn about RIT's achievements in cybersecurity, imaging science, and personalized healthcare tech.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology enables robots, electronic devices, and prosthetic devices to feel pain through sense of touch.
Briefs: Imaging
Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, the automated system “sees” around corners to spot oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This sensor makes it possible to ensure that such systems more closely mimic the function of real organs.
Briefs: Energy
Printable organic photodiodes can distinguish wavelengths and enable data transmission by light.
Briefs: Materials
Detector Senses X-Rays Over a Broad Energy Range
New materials generate precise X-ray images with a lower amount of exposure.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These implants can provide doctors with regular activity updates and are powered by the patient’s movement.
Blog: Photonics/Optics
Purdue University innovators are taking cues from the spider to develop 3D photodetectors for biomedical imaging.
Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Will We Someday 'Draw' Sensors On Our Skin?
A Tech Brief featured in our October issue showcases how University of Missouri researchers are creating pencil-drawn sensors. The engineers demonstrated that the simple combination of pencils and paper could be used to create personal, health-monitoring devices.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A reader asks, "Will the public feel safe enough in an autonomous vehicle?"
Special Reports: Aerospace
Aerospace & Defense - October 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll learn about NASA's return to the moon with Apollo's twin sister Artemis, how autonomous...Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
For nearly 50 years, engineers in the electronics, aerospace, defense, medical device, and transportation industries have relied on Parylene coatings.
Articles: Motion Control
Torque limiters protect against damage and downtime caused by machine overloads.
Articles: Software
Standard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) connectors continue to be a great resource for quick prototypes and reference designs.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Podcasts: Medical
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Podcasts: Power
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