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Test & Measurement - September 2020
See how the latest test tools and methodologies are enabling new applications in aerospace, electronics, robotics, healthcare, and other key industries. This compendium of recent articles is presented by the...

Products: Materials
InnoSenT introduced the IMD-3000 radar system as an alternative to pushbutton switches.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Real-time terahertz imaging with a single-pixel detector.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
High-temp infrared emitter, single-frequency SWIR lasers, hazard testing systems, and more.
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Articles: Imaging
The COVID crisis is propelling the camera industry toward disruptive transformation.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn how to obtain large signals from hyperspectral imagers.
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Briefs: Imaging
University of Colorado researchers have described a new silicon chip that improves the resolution and scanning speed needed for a lidar system.
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Briefs: Wearables
A new type of motion capture technology accurately tracks an athlete during the push start phase of performance.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designed to assist in robotic surgeries, biomedical devices can be printed in and on the human body.
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Products: Imaging
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These sensors will improve autonomous technologies in the industrial environment, like AGVs or forklifts.
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Articles: IoMT
Choosing the right battery will save trouble and expense in the long run.
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Briefs: Energy
A remote forest fire detection and alarm system is powered by nothing but the movement of trees in the wind.
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Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Smart sensors for hazardous areas monitor essential assets, such as motors and pumps.
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Briefs: AR/AI
Empa researchers were able to demonstrate real-time acoustic monitoring of laser weld seams.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Predictive maintenance is poised to become much more widely adopted, and that will help to boost productivity in a time when we really need it.
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Briefs: Internet of Things
Self-powering, color-changing humidity sensors are applicable to various fields including smart windows, health care, and safety management.
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Articles: Internet of Things
With accelerated time from design to production, specialized foil sensor arrays will be expanding to many new areas.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Tech Briefs posed questions to machine learning/AI industry execs to get their opinions on platform selection, data interpretation, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system encodes information in twisting beams of light.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method provides a key step toward quantum computers, sensors, and distributed quantum information.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Pop-up miniature electronics based on the Japanese art of kirigami can be repeatedly compressed.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In place of flat breadboards, 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This method of machine learning could make communications in the unlicensed bands much more efficient.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technique can be used by people who are paralyzed or have neurodegenerative diseases.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include high-speed communications, networking, and sensing.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
See how one company reached out to NASA with an offer to develop a custom sensor for the Mars 2020 mission rover.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Laser light induces ultrasonic vibrations in a sample that can be used to image cells, blood vessels, and tissues.
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Briefs: Defense
The sensor could provide a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency from 1 to 100 GHz.
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