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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.

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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
RiPanel Online Enclosure Rittal North America (Schaumburg, IL) announced the new RiPanel online enclosure configurator — making it easy for machine and control system design engineers to individually configure industrial...
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Adas/Connected Car - June 2022
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Automotive Engineering and Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines, see how advances in edge computing, lidar and camera technology, cabin design, and more are...

INSIDER: Automotive
Specialists in fluid dynamics at Rice University and Waseda University in Tokyo have developed their computer simulation methods to the point where it’s possible to accurately model moving...
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Special Reports: Materials
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Aerospace Manufacturing - May 2022
Demanding applications in the aerospace industry require products and systems that are manufactured using advanced technologies – in additive manufacturing, machining, metrology, and more. To help you keep...

INSIDER: Research Lab
In a new study, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have turned to machine learning to predict the lifetimes of a wide range of different battery...
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INSIDER: Imaging
Researchers at Oxford University have used a sapphire optical fiber – a thread of industrially grown sapphire less than half a millimeter thick – that can withstand temperatures...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Rohde & Schwarz, Columbia, MD, launches its new LCR meter family of high-performance general-purpose impedance testers covering a wide range of applications. With its supported frequency range from 4 Hz to 10 MHz, the...
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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Dual Locking C14 IEC Connector The SG03DC from MEGA Electronics, New Brunswick, NJ, contains side locking tabs similar to the Raritan Securelock. It will mate with any standard nonlocking C13 Outlet along with...
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have developed electronic skin (e-skin) that is applied directly on top of real skin. Made from soft, flexible rubber, it can be embedded with sensors that monitor...
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Any space, enclosed or open, can be vulnerable to the dispersal of harmful airborne biological agents. Silent and near-invisible, these bioagents can sicken or kill living things before steps...
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Engineers have remotely determined the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials using a new technique called depth thermography. The method may be useful in applications where...
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Methanol is sometimes referred to as ethanol's deadly twin. While the latter is the intoxicating ingredient in wine, beer, and liquor, the former is a chemical that...
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Foodborne illness hits about one in six people in the United States every year from more than 31 recognized pathogens including E. coli O157:H7, a particularly harsh strain of E. coli. Researchers...
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Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
There is already a wide body of work in which assessments of various motion capture systems have produced a wide range of different results. These studies produce useful and relevant results for...
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Products: Energy
Battery Management Solution InnovationLab (Heidelberg, Germany) has launched BaMoS, its battery monitoring solution for automotive applications. BaMoS uses ultra-thin printed pressure and temperature sensors to capture...
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Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
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RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2022
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in avionics systems,...

Products: Test & Measurement
A new suite helps Ada developers build safe, secure software as well as meet internal security and quality procedures.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
High-performance laser trackers, gimbal motors, air-quality sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Design
The advance could accelerate engineers’ design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equations.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A new imaging technique measures temperature in 2D.
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Briefs: Materials
A reversible polymer changes color when it senses a material is about to fail.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Epoxy and silicone compounds serve a critical role as adhesives in electronics.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Modular robot platforms, automated crane systems, motion smoothing, and more.
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Application Briefs: Motion Control
Many presses continue using inefficient and unreliable hydraulic pumps.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
The future of computing is in fabrics, says Prof, Yoel Fink from MIT.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
How CSEM and its partners are using magnetic levitation to counter unwanted vibrations from components aboard satellites.
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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
The largest ever simulation of its kind, modeled on the Texas power grid, concluded that consumers stand to save about 15 percent on their annual electric bills by partnering with...
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INSIDER: Data Acquisition
When thirsty residents of a permanent community on the Moon take a swig of fresh water brought in from the lunar south pole, they’ll be enjoying the benefits of a 30-pound spacecraft known...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Inside every cellphone is a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an essential role in cellphone communication. Buffeted by the...
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