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Products: Electronics & Computers
Liquid-cooled workstations, universal amplifiers, hydrogen sensors, and more.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In an airport, the scanner could eliminate the need for passengers to remove shoes at the checkpoint, speeding the screening process.
Briefs: Wearables
The camera could have uses in faster disease diagnosis and thinner cellphones.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The camera captures pulse and respiration signals from a video of a person’s face.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
Mechanical control and modulation of light on a silicon chip could enhance LiDAR.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Applications include aircraft-mounted and space-based interferometers, electronics fabrication, and military optics.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Sensing is incorporated directly into an object’s material, with applications for assistive technology and “intelligent” furniture.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new fabrication methodology addresses the need for a thin, double-sided circuitry board.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Four industry experts explore the future outlook for smart sensors and IIoT.
5 Ws: Electronics & Computers
Imagine a tablet or Kindle that can display braille on command for the visually impaired.
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Test servo drives, robot monitors, AC motors, and more
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A software makes industrial robots nimbler and almost as sensitive as human hands.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike. They can differ in size, shape, and texture; some might be wet or moss-covered or bursting with offshoots. And yet birds can land on just about...
INSIDER: Imaging
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched on December 25 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. A joint effort with ESA (European...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have succeeded in creating an experimental model of an elusive kind of fundamental particle called a skyrmion in a beam of light. The breakthrough...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories’ fog facility is bringing the future...
Blog: Automotive
What's so tough about developing a car? A Tech Briefs reader wants to know the most challenging subsystem of the vehicle to build.
Special Reports: Propulsion
Space Technology - January 2022
Read about the most powerful telescope ever launched into space, the NASA rocket that will carry humans back to the moon, the nanosatellites that are dramatically reducing the cost of space science, and much more...Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near-perfect efficiency.
Briefs: Materials
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
Briefs: Materials
The fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home can monitor regular and irregular heartbeats without physical contact.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Engineers have developed a sensor system and manufacturing process for smart contact lenses. The sensor system contains a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for...
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Diamonds’ atomic flaws are converted into atomic sensors that watch a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The tabletop diagnostic yields results in an hour and can be programmed to detect variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Briefs: Software
Biological insights of fruit fly eye movements could enhance robotics.
UpFront: Imaging
Private stations get NASA funding; a camera "sees the unseen," and more.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.
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INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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