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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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Technique Uses X-Rays to Detect Defective Computer Chips
This method also reverse-engineers computer chips to detect the chip’s purpose.
Articles: Materials
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
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Briefs: Imaging
The simulator could help in the development of new back braces.
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Briefs: Power
This technology provides simultaneous ohmic contacts and the process to make them.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This packaging provides protection for SiC sensors and electronics in harsh, hightemperature environments.
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Facility Focus: Energy
Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have developed a calorimeter that is able to measure the total heat generated when specific types of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells are driven...
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Current laser interferometry pressure pulse detection techniques use the shock-induced change in index of refraction to track detonation and/or shock fronts in a single fiber optic by reflecting laser light...
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5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The biometric tool uses modified wireless earbuds to authenticate smartphone users
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The reader uses a frequency multiplexer to boost its ability to accurately locate a greater number of RFID tags.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Low-Bandwidth Radar Technology Provides Improved Detection of Objects
Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today, they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather formations, and geological terrain. Until now, scientists believed that radar accuracy and resolution are related to the...
Articles: Test & Measurement
With the rise in electrification and design complexity, aerospace original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to look for new methodologies to mitigate compliance risk.
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Products: Imaging
Adhesives, flame-retardant compounds, vision measurement, and more...
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system uses fiber optic strain sensing to detect and locate micrometeoroid/orbital debris.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Salty air the Dutch city of Harlingen causes exposed metal parts to corrode.
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Products: Motion Control
Actuators, Encoders, Gripping Tools, and More
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The skin could help rehabilitation and enhance virtual reality by instantaneously adapting to a wearer's movements.
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Briefs: Motion Control
The algorithm speeds up the planning process that robots use to adjust their grip on objects.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The ESA has commissioned its industry partners to design a new docking system called the International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM).
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A synthetic skin enables robots to sense their own bodies and surroundings
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Briefs: Motion Control
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Sensing technology will help to transform manufacturing floors into the connected factories of the future.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
“Cobots” allow companies of almost any size to automate processes that were previously out of reach.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New measurements could help experts guess the location and size of the next earthquake.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory took inspiration from flying insects to create a miniaturized gyroscope, a special sensor used in...
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Computed tomography is being used in the medical and industrial field. An expert explains how the two imaging techniques differ.
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Blog: Energy
A new charging cell wants to use low-grade heat from our industrial processes to power our devices.
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Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Will we be able to trust autonomous drones? We explore the question in our latest episode of Here's an Idea.
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