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Learn what's trending in test, measurement, and monitoring technologies. Explore the latest products, applications, and technical briefs covering advanced measuring instruments, monitoring systems, devices, and instrumentation.

Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Facility Focus: Rochester Institute of Technology
Briefs: Imaging
Lenslet-Based Integral Field Spectrograph
Products: Test & Measurement
New on the Market: November 2020
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Giant Telescope Construction Viewed Through an Industrial Lens
Briefs: Data Acquisition
Long-Range Wireless Sensor Network
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Blog: Energy

A Solar Alternative: How to Power Devices with Indoor Light

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Stanford Computer Model Predicts How COVID-19 Spreads in Cities

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Woodworking, Simplified: New Software Aids in Design

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Printing Paper Structures for Mechatronics

Blog: Imaging

What's Best for Autonomous Cars: LiDAR vs Radar vs Cameras

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Latest Briefs & News

White Papers: Automotive
Change is Right Around the Corner

The US EPA and CARB are finalizing new heavy-duty regulations that will usher in a period of unprecedented complexity, focused on engine efficiency, improvements in CO2 performance, fuel economy, reduction...

White Papers: Test & Measurement
Spectrum Analyzer Fundamentals – Theory and Operation of Modern Spectrum Analyzers Primer

This primer examines the theory of state-of-the-art spectrum analysis and describes how modern spectrum analyzers are designed and how they work....

Briefs: Test & Measurement
Detector Senses X-Rays Over a Broad Energy Range
New materials generate precise X-ray images with a lower amount of exposure.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Products: November 2020 Photonics & Imaging Technology
Multi-sensor imaging systems, eyesafe laser finders, machine vision algorithms, and more.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Megapixel Photon-Counting Camera Technology
See what kinds of applications are possible when you can literally see light propagating through space.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Overcoming Pitfalls When Measuring Thin, Parallel Optics
A "TPSI" process makes it possible to distinguish between the front and back of optical surfaces, and to characterize the quality of both in a single measurement.
Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Measuring Layer Thickness Using a Microscope
With Nikon's Layer Thickness software module, comprehensive information about a specimen is obtained more quickly than if an operator is making all the measurements by hand.
Q&A: Electronics & Computers
Q&A: Soft Electronics Treat Heart Arrythmias
A new class of medical instruments uses flexible electronics to improve patient outcomes in minimally invasive surgeries.
NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
Balance Scale Predicts and Helps Prevent Falls
A technique to assess astronauts’ balance recovery helps people assess their risk of falling.
Briefs: Medical
Biosensor Enables Real-Time Oxygen Monitoring for Organs-On-A-Chip
This sensor makes it possible to ensure that such systems more closely mimic the function of real organs.
Articles: Data Acquisition
COVID-19 Drives Data Acquisition & Analytics Evolution
When deployed on edge devices, modern HMI and SCADA software can go beyond basic visualization to deliver advanced data acquisition and analytics.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Ring Detects Finger Location to Track Hand Movements
The technology, which could be added to smart watches, could detect the onset of Parkinson’s disease or help with stroke rehabilitation.
Products: Semiconductors & ICs
Product of the Month: November 2020 Tech Briefs
The SHFQA Quantum Analyzer from Zurich Instruments operates at up to 8.5 GHz and can perform direct readout of superconducting and spin qubits.
Blog: Transportation
Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Testing: Simulation vs. Closed-Course vs. Public Roads
A reader asks, "For AV testing, what are the respective role of simulation, closed course, and public road testing?"
White Papers: Automotive
Accelerating Integration in Automated Test Systems

Defining an automated test system can be challenging. A test system architect's goal is to accelerate the test system design process and ensure that the system can be easily deployed and...

White Papers: Test & Measurement
Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EMFI) for Automotive Safety & Security Testing with the ChipSHOUTER

Electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) can cause many of the faults listed in ISO26262-11 for digital devices. This fault injection can be...

On-Demand Webinars: Test & Measurement
Standardization for Automated-Vehicle Testing and Simulation

With an ever-increasing worldwide number of automated-vehicle developers comes the need for standards for physical and simulation testing. There currently are many global and regional endeavors to formulate AV testing standards, but the piecemeal nature of these efforts...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Possible Significant Response Speedup from Detuning a Resonator Bolometer
The response time of kinetic inductance bolometers can be greatly enhanced by electrothermal feedback for devices that are both sensitive and speedy.
Products: Data Acquisition
New on the Market: October 2020
Tubing plugs, displacement measurements, CAM software, and more.
Facility Focus: Energy
Facility Focus: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
In 2020, the EPA marks 50 years of preparing for, responding to, preventing, and mitigating natural and manmade disasters.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Bending an Organic Semiconductor Boosts Electrical Flow
This method could benefit next-generation electronics.
Briefs: Unmanned Systems
Testing Swarming Drones
This system has a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a typical testing facility.
Briefs: Energy
Drawing Electronics on Human Skin
People could monitor their own health conditions by picking up a pencil and drawing a bioelectronic device on their skin.
Q&A: Imaging
Q&A: NanoLED Architecture Overcomes Efficiency Droop
A nanoLED has up to 1,000 times the brightness of conventional submicron-sized LEDs.
Briefs: Software
AI Software Enables Real-Time 3D Printing Quality Assessment
The software assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Measuring Optical Null Lens Aberrations
This method can be used in astronomy, surveillance, and optics manufacturing.
Application Briefs: Motion Control
Custom Gimbal for JHU-APL Shows Promise for Others
See how Blue Joule developed and delivered the Mini Mount (MM) Gimbal to Johns Hopkins University.
Products: Test & Measurement
New Products: October 2020 Motion Design
Accelerometers, actuators, hexapods, and more.
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Aerospace & Defense - October 2020

In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll learn about NASA's return to the moon with Apollo's twin sister Artemis, how autonomous...

Webcasts

Upcoming Webinars: Materials

Protecting Power Electronics from EM and RF Interference

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Vehicle Electrification

Upcoming Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition

The Evolution of SOSA

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Next-Gen Vehicle Architectures and the Role of HPCs

Tech Talks: Medical

Testing Home Healthcare Medical Devices

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Accelerating Pre-Silicon Software Development with Next-Gen...

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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Tool for Two Types of Friction Stir Welding

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NASA Spinoff: Materials

Nanotechnology Repairs Engine Damage in Cars

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