Sensors & Test

Browse extensive resources on the advances in Sensor and Test technologies. Find applications for smart sensor systems, data acquisition, transducers, detector systems plus the latest in advanced measuring instruments and monitoring systems, devices and instrumentation.

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Blog: Photonics/Optics
A reader asks our NASA expert: "What kind of redundancy is built into the Mars 2020 rover?"
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Exploring Mars - July 2020
As NASA prepares this week to launch its latest robotic rover to the Red Planet, we are excited to present this commemorative publication chronicling – through historic images and video – six decades of Mars...

Products: Test & Measurement
Tektronix announced new digital storage oscilloscopes.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Photoelectric sensors, cable connectors, power monitors, and USB3 cameras.
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Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
Aircraft may have a huge amount of data available, but this doesn’t mean it’s the right data to troubleshoot a problem.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
NASA's Dry Goods Delivery System, a lung-heart sensor on a chip, and more.
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Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
NIBIB is committed to integrating the physical and engineering sciences with the life sciences to advance basic research and medical care.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
NASA needed help accurately measuring Earth-reflected sunlight.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This method provides a fast way to assess rocket engine performance in a variety of operating conditions.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Sensors in the hand can actually detect forces being transmitted through the thickness of the robot.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This work potentially opens the door to advances like more energy-efficient electronic devices.
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Briefs: Materials
Researchers at Linköping University, together with colleagues in China, have developed a tiny unit that is both an optical transmitter and a receiver.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
A new iteration of sCMOS camera technology promises even higher sensitivity than prior designs.
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Products: RF & Microwave Electronics
High-speed cameras, ultra-stable mounts, automated inspection systems, and more...
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Technology Leaders: Imaging
Highly technical glass-ceramic delivers optical precision at nanometer scale.
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Articles: Lighting
In-line testing of certain LEDs, using nanosecond pulses, will become more and more relevant with time-of-flight applications.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
New surveillance sensors are able to perform better than ever under unpredictable and dynamic lighting conditions.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new low-cost imaging system could make it easier to track mosquito species that carry disease, enabling a more timely and targeted response.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Human Embodied Autonomous Thermostat, or “HEAT," uses cameras to identify facial temperature, and adjust the room's air accordingly.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
A reader asks NASA experts: How much hardware from the Curiosity rover is being used on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover?
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Podcasts: Test & Measurement
In this episode of Here's an Idea, we learn how researcher Roger Wiens went from sketching Mars and making homemade telescopes to bringing science instruments to Mars itself.
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Special Reports: Automotive
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ADAS/Connected Car - June 2020
Today's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and connected cars are paving the way for tomorrow's automated vehicles. To help you keep pace with the latest technology developments, we present this compendium...

Products: Electronics & Computers
The K6PM provides continuous, remote thermal monitoring of critical components such as high-voltage control panels, transformers, and hydraulic equipment.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inspired by the octopus, the structure senses, computes, and responds without any centralized processing.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This technology supports CO2 emissions reduction in cement manufacturing.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
Read our special series on the Mars 2020 mission, featuring interviews with NASA experts and designers of the Perseverance rover.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Learn about the four goals of the Mars 2020 mission.
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Products: Motion Control
Industrial PCs, power modules, processor blades, and more.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A robotic finger has a sense of touch that can be localized with high precision over a large, multi-curved surface.
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