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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.

INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Coronavirus Testing Kits Use RNA Imaging Technology
Blog: Test & Measurement
As Fewer Planes Take Off, NASA's Pandora Sensors Measure Airport Air Quality
Briefs: Imaging
Device Tests Drugs on Tumor Tissue
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Radiation-Hardened Gain Digitizer
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Microfluidics Device Detects Cancer Cells in Blood
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White Papers: Materials
The Advantages of Electropolishing

Stamping and machining leave behind a variety of surface imperfections that affect the fit, form, and safety of metal parts. Learn how the process of electropolishing can fix one of the most common...

On-Demand Webinars: Automotive
Addressing a Unique Challenge of Testing with NVH Sensors on Electric Vehicles

The development of noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) sensors for automotive applications, in the past, has been without regard for high-voltage (HV) electro-magnetic (EM) fields, which are now present in electric vehicles (EV) and hybrid electric vehicles...

Products: Test & Measurement
New on the Market: May 2020
Sealing connection tools, oscilloscopes, snap-action switches, and more...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Ultrasonic System to Assess Compartment Syndrome
Applications include emergency medicine, combat casualty care, and sports injuries.
Briefs: Imaging
Characterizing Richness of Previously Unmapped Terrain and its Impact on Navigation Using 3D Range Sensors
Landers to small bodies such as comets and asteroids can use this program to estimate the terrain richness of the previously unmapped small body.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Wi-Fi-assisted Inertial Odometry (WIO) Measures Speed and Distance of Indoor Movement
The technique could be used to improve navigation for robots, drones, or pedestrians.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Lab-on-a-Chip Enables “Liquid Biopsy” of Cancer Cells
This diagnostic device allows doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Defects Enable High-Performance Infrared Photodetectors
A highly sensitive, CMOS-compatible, broadband photodetector was created by tailoring material defects.
Briefs: Defense
Analyzing Wear and Tear of Metal
A new method could enable vehicles and equipment to better withstand high temperatures, loads, and speeds.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Low-Cost Detection of Thin Film Stress During Fabrication
This method uses fiber optic probes for measurement of semiconductors, optical coatings, magnetic read/write heads, and precision machines.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Bats Inspire Detectors to Help Prevent Oil and Gas Pipe Leaks
Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines.
Products: Test & Measurement
New Products: May 2020 Photonics & Imaging Technology
Photodetectors, ultrafast lasers, energy sensors, and more.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Moving Precision Communication, Metrology, Quantum Applications from Lab to Chip
A team is exploring new materials for telecommunications and LIDAR applications.
Products: Test & Measurement
Product of the Month: May 2020 Tech Briefs
The ADISRA SmartView 4.0 HMI allows builders to see what's going on in their machines.
Briefs: Software
Open-Source Software Analyzes Economics of Biofuels and Bioproducts
This fast, flexible tool allows researchers to quickly compare and prioritize strategies for converting biomass to fuels and products.
Briefs: Materials
Nano-Infused Ceramic Can Report its own Health
A ceramic sensor could be embedded into structures such as bridges and aircraft to monitor their health.
Briefs: Wearables
Wearable Air Conditioning
This on-skin electronic device provides a personal air conditioner without electricity.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Smart Bandages Monitor and Tailor Treatment for Chronic Wounds
Bandages with integrated pH and temperature sensors, and electronically triggered drug release, improve healing.
Articles: Imaging
AI-Based Machine Vision & the Future of Automotive In-Cabin Technologies
Xilinx is now applying AI to the in-cabin environment.
Briefs: Defense
Foldable Mechanical Devices
These “developable mechanisms” are built into the surfaces of structures.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Biosensor to Measure Coronavirus Concentration in Air
A team used to making pollutant-detection systems is adapting their technologies to spot coronavirus.
White Papers: Medical
The Liquid Lens Evolution

Before liquid lenses, a user would have to design some type of mechanical focusing into their optical system, which meant having a device to raise and lower the optics to enable them to refocus on different heights...

Blog: Test & Measurement
'mRIXS' Offers Deeper Look into Battery Chemistry
A Berkeley Lab system provides a much more sensitive probe of the chemical state of battery electrodes, especially when the battery is operated under high capacity mode.
White Papers: Test & Measurement
Accurate Measurements of Extremely Small Capacitance Values

Increasing range of required capacitance values on both high and low ends stipulates development of new measurement tools. Increasing operating frequency leads to a need of...

White Papers: Photonics/Optics
Automated Solutions for Head-Up Display Measurement

Head-up display (HUD) technology is one of the largest growth areas in the automotive market, and standard measurement criteria are rapidly being defined to ensure HUD visual performance...

Articles: Test & Measurement
Resolution, Accuracy, and Precision of Encoders
Here's what you'll need to know when you’re choosing an encoder for a motion control system.
Articles: IoMT
Reimagining Robotics in a Connected World
Manufacturers are beginning to realize the same benefits by cloud-connecting their equipment and processes on the shop floor.
Products: Materials
New on the Market: April 2020
Vision-based 3D printing, network analyzers, particulate sensors, and more.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Terahertz Imaging System Uses Small, Efficient Lasers
The lasers are small and efficient enough to fit on a microchip.

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