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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: Robotics, Automation & Control
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving together to transport objects.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Various components are used to assemble robots that are more aware of their surroundings.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Ultra-thin SiC microstructures enable batch fabrication of MEMS, NEMS, pressure sensors, and biosensors.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Processors, imaging sensors, dimensioning systems, and more.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
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Briefs: Materials
This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The device can be used to pre-screen for the virus using gene-editing assays before those infected can travel and expose others.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.
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Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
See how NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
System Allows Diabetics to Monitor Blood Sugar Without Drawing Blood
The self-contained technology is similar to the smart watches that monitor heart rate.
Briefs: Energy
This electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.
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Application Briefs: Materials
AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
If a satellite breaks in orbit, there's not much that can be done. A professor envisions a new idea for refueling and repair.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
At any moment in Delhi, India, a resident might start their car, releasing exhaust that floats into the atmosphere. In northwest India, a...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small...
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INSIDER: Imaging
Inspired by spiders, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), have developed a compact and efficient depth sensor that could be used onboard...
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INSIDER: Materials
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable more powerful and...
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Special Reports: Internet of Things
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ADAS/Connected Car - December 2019
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...

Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The GNV-720 and GNV-725 humidity temperature meters from Global Specialties feature three environmental sensors.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Washable Sensor Can Be Woven Into Materials
The device could impact composites manufacturing and health monitoring.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This innovation dynamically provides fast signal processing and precision measurement.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.
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