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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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Articles: Imaging
There are longwave, midwave, and shortwave camera systems—each with its own advantages for specific industries and uses.
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Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
Vision-based convolutional neural network system detects phone usage, eating, and drinking.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Anand Gopalan, CEO of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., discusses lidar software for ADAS and autonomous vehicles
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Products: Motion Control
Perovskites Goodfellow (Coraopolis, PA) recently announced a new range of perovskites, a group of materials that demonstrate great potential for optoelectronic applications. Perovskites have a unique and versatile crystal...
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Editor Bruce A. Bennett shares his observations from SPIE Photonics West, including the emergence of LiDAR.
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Blog: Transportation
See what caught Bruce A. Bennett's eye during Day 1 of Photonics West 2020 in San Francisco.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A team of engineers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has boosted the performance of its previously developed 3D inductor technology by adding as much as three orders...
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Nagoya University scientists have succeeded in designing a laser diode that emits deep-ultraviolet light. It emits the world's shortest lasing wavelength, at 271.8 nanometers, under pulsed electric current...
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Scientists at Linköping University (Linköping, Sweden) have described a method to manufacture transistors using gallium nitride and aluminum nitride that have the ability to withstand voltages as high...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
To further shrink electronic devices and to lower energy consumption, the semiconductor industry is interested in using 2D materials, but manufacturers need a quick...
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Articles: Motion Control
Today's advanced smart CNC controls allow manufacturers to optimize the manufacturing process right on the factory floor
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Encoder The AI25 hazardous series AI25 encoder from Dynapar (Gurnee, IL) is suited for Class 1 Division 2 applications where a Zone 1 or Division 1 encoder may have previously been specified. It features both BiSS and SSI...
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Such grippers would be suited for human-robot partnership in assembly lines in the automotive, electronic packaging, and other industries.
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Briefs: Energy
The robot is built entirely from smaller robots and can form a robophysical system that can move by itself.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This mechanical gyroscope can advance motion sensing capabilities in consumer-sized applications.
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Briefs: Connectivity
Software portal solutions can connect legacy control systems and field devices to the cloud.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This inexpensive system can detect lead levels below EPA standards.
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Briefs: Defense
Equipment-free textile detectors could be used in public health, workplace safety, military, and rescue applications.
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Products: Data Acquisition
Low-viscosity plastic; coin cell holders; oxidation-resistant coatings; and more.
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Briefs: Communications
This atom-based receiver has the potential to be smaller and work better in noisy environments than conventional radio receivers.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Drexel Professor Genevieve Dion is coating yarn with the highly conductive, two-dimensional material MXene.
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Briefs: Communications
Fiber-optic cables could help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The system provides three-dimensional imagery of potential threats at closer ranges.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This technology quickly and accurately identifies explosives, deadly chemicals, and illicit drugs.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This innovation could lead to better drones, satellites, and biomedical devices.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Breathalyzer Detects Marijuana
The device determines if a driver is under the influence of marijuana.
Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
Explore Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's first space flight complex.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Life-saving sensors, soft hearing implants, and a new water-decontamination method
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