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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Measuring milk components has become very crucial for the dairy industry.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn about the Draper Multi-Environment Navigator.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
Engineers at the University of Illinois have found a way to redirect misfit light waves to reduce energy loss during optical data transmission. In a study,...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
LIDAR Systems, Smart Cameras, Optical Communications, and more.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Machine vision systems shed light on processes too small or too fast to see with the human eye.
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Articles: Transportation
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell without a lens or any optical, electrical, or...
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Briefs: Imaging
UCLA engineers have made major improvements on their design of an optical neural network — a device inspired by how the human brain works — that can identify objects or process...
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Briefs: Software
Most of us know optical lenses as curved, transparent pieces of plastic or glass, designed to focus light for microscopes, spectacles, cameras, and more. For the most part, a lens’...
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Features: Wearables
Learn more about the how "CSD" offers a cost-effective, non-invasive way of saving the lives of infants.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
OnLogic has introduced the Karbon 700 high-performance rugged computer.
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Blog: Software
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Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics
A minimal, map-less approach to drone navigation takes after the bee.
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Question of the Week: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Will ‘Print-in-Place’ Electronics Become a Mainstream Medical Tool?
The Duke University team says its “print-in-place” advancement could lead to embedded electronic tattoos and custom bandages with patient-specific biosensors.
Blog: Aerospace
It just wouldn’t be a military technology show without a few drones on display.
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Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics
SOSA, the Sensor Open Systems Architecture Consortium, held a press conference on Monday afternoon at AUSA 2019.
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Tech Briefs reader asks: What's next with military motion control?
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Blog: Imaging
A new drone “folds” itself into configurations that suit a given environment.
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Blog: Data Acquisition
Copper cables send data around today's vehicles. "Why not fiber optics?" asks a reader.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
To investigate the vastly unexplored oceans covering most of our planet, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that send data to the surface — an underwater...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Combining new classes of nanomembrane electrodes with flexible electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly control an...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Medical implants of the future may feature reconfigurable electronic platforms that can morph in shape and size dynamically as bodies change or even transform to...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
UCLA researchers at the Center for Heterogeneous Integration and Performance Scaling (CHIPS) say that computers powered by traditional integrated circuit chips are reaching their limits and a...
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Very thin nylon films were created that can be used in electronic memory components. The films are several hundreds of times thinner than a human hair and could be used in bendable electronic...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Between walking and running, human gaits can cover a wide range of speeds; for example, at low speeds, the metabolic rate of walking is lower than that of running in a slow jog. The...
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
System for Incorporating a Physiological Self-Regulation Challenge into Parcourse/Orienteering Type Games and Simulations
Although biofeedback is an effective treatment for various physiological problems and can be used to optimize physiological functioning in many ways, the benefits can only be attained through a number of training sessions, and...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Software Applications for the Control and Management of the Amine Swingbed Experiment
The Swingbed software applications provide for the control, command, fault detection, fault recovery, and telemetry monitoring aspects of the Amine Swingbed experiment. These software components are the Swingbed Loader Computer Software Configuration Item (CSCI),...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new wireless transceiver was developed that boosts radio frequencies into 100-gigahertz territory, which is quadruple the speed of the upcoming 5G, or fifth-generation, wireless communications...
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Technology Leaders: Transportation
How can the automotive industry protect itself and its customers against digital attacks?
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