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Articles: Photonics/Optics
In-line testing of certain LEDs, using nanosecond pulses, will become more and more relevant with time-of-flight applications.
Application Briefs: Imaging
New surveillance sensors are able to perform better than ever under unpredictable and dynamic lighting conditions.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Human Embodied Autonomous Thermostat, or “HEAT," uses cameras to identify facial temperature, and adjust the room's air accordingly.
Blog: Data Acquisition
A reader asks NASA experts: How much hardware from the Curiosity rover is being used on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover?
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
ADAS/Connected Car - June 2020
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this compendium...Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inspired by the octopus, the structure senses, computes, and responds without any centralized processing.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Read our special series on the Mars 2020 mission, featuring interviews with NASA experts and designers of the Perseverance rover.
Q&A: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A robotic finger has a sense of touch that can be localized with high precision over a large, multi-curved surface.
Articles: Imaging
Perseverance will have the ability to land in more challenging terrain than Curiosity, making more rugged sites eligible as safe landing candidates.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This system can amplify a faint signal from a neighboring system even when that signal’s amplitude is as small as ten trillionths of a meter.
Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rensselaer Engineering focuses on solving the “grand challenges” facing humanity.
Articles: Aerospace
Tech Briefs spoke with NASA’s Keith Comeaux, Deputy Project Chief Engineer, to learn more about the helicopter heading to Mars.
Technology Leaders: Communications
Low-power radio design is enabling new connected IoT products for consumer, commercial, industrial, and medical markets.
Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA's Mars 2020 rover looks virtually the same as Curiosity but there are a number of differences.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Combining pulse oximetry with a heart-rate monitor improves sleep monitoring accuracy.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Soldiers tend to dodge, dive, duck, and run, creating motion measurement challenges.
Technology Leaders: Wearables
Bio-interfacing and biodegradable flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) devices can help tackle some of the world’s great challenges including environmental degradation and food scarcity.
Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
Tim Brosnihan, Executive Director of SEMI’s MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG), talks about the current state of the MEMS industry and trends for the future,
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Small Accurate Temperature Sensor
Würth Elektronik (Waldenburg, Germany) is introducing a 2.0 × 2.0 × 0.5 mm temperature sensor. Its accuracy in the measuring range of -40 to 125°C is ±0.5°C, while in the range of -10 to...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Find the right pressure sensors for your sterilization applications.
Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A far infrared temperature sensor is small in size but big in performance.
Application Briefs: Communications
Learn abut Bosch Sensortec's “Light Drive” system.
Briefs: Motion Control
An inexpensive gyroscope could help drones and autonomous cars stay on track without a GPS signal.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The right sensors can cut machine building costs, improve flexibility, and boost customer satisfaction.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Combined muscles and sensors made from soft materials allow for adaptable robots.
News: Medical
Novel biosensors allow the simultaneous study of both neuronal activity and transcription factor dynamics.
Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Will Biosensors Be Used Effectively in Crowded Environments?
A team used to making pollutant-detection systems is adapting their technologies to spot coronavirus.
INSIDER Product: Photonics/Optics
Low-Power Sealed Laser
Luxinar (Kingston Upon Hull, UK) has introduced the SR 08s for marking, scribing and kiss cutting applications requiring average rather than peak power. The new low-power sealed CO2 laser source targets...
Products: Software
The ADISRA SmartView 4.0 HMI allows builders to see what's going on in their machines.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Podcasts: Medical
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