Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Deployable Emergency Shutoff Device Blocks High-Velocity Fluid Flows
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has developed a device and method for blocking the flow of fluid from an open pipe. The device plugs, controls, and meters the flow of gases and liquids. Anchored with friction fittings, spikes, or explosively activated fasteners, the device...
NASA Spinoff: Medical
Image-Analysis Software Sees Cancer in 3D
Spinoff is NASA's annual publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. This commercialization has contributed to the development of products and services in the fields of health...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Scientists Have Visualized the Electronic Structure in a Microelectronic Device
Scientists have visualized the electronic structure in a microelectronic device for the first time, opening up opportunities for finely tuned,...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Convert Power Faster and More Efficiently
University of Illinois electrical engineers have used beta-gallium oxide to clear another hurdle in high-power semiconductor fabrication. Beta-gallium oxide is readily available and promises to...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
New Sensor Network Reveals Telltale Patterns in Neighborhood Air Quality
Black carbon, commonly known as soot, is a significant contributor to global warming and is strongly linked to adverse health outcomes. Produced by the incomplete...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Tiny Laser is an Important Step Toward New Sensors
In a major step toward developing portable scanners that can rapidly measure molecules in pharmaceuticals or classify tissue in patients’ skin, researchers have created an imaging...
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Smart Textiles Boost Connectivity Between Wearable Sensors by 1,000 Times
Over the past decade, a major trend in electronics has been the development of sensors, displays, and smart devices that are seamlessly integrated onto the human body....
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
People with Mobility Issues Set to Benefit from Wearable Devices
The lives of thousands of people with mobility issues could be transformed thanks to ground-breaking research by scientists at the University of Bristol.
White Papers: Robotics, Automation & Control
Training Future Medical Professionals with Smart, Force-Sensing Devices
Medical actions like palpation during routine physical exams and emergency procedures like CPR both rely on human contact. Applying the appropriate amount of force is...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
The Sensors Behind the GEN II Wearable Device
The population is aging and more people need healthcare support, which is having a big impact on the overall cost of medical care. As a result, authorities and health insurance companies are...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
More Sensitive Measurement of Semiconductor Material Quality
Accurately measuring semiconductor properties of materials in small volumes helps engineers determine the range of applications for which these materials may be suitable in the...
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Smartphone Test Spots Poisoned Water Risk
Researchers have developed a biosensor that attaches to a smartphone and uses bacteria to detect unsafe arsenic levels. The device generates easy-to-interpret patterns similar to volume-bars that display the level of contamination.
Briefs: Wearables
Noninvasive Device Tests Sweat Continuously for Hours
A continuous-testing device was developed that samples sweat as effectively as blood but in a noninvasive way and over many hours. After examining the use of saliva, tears, and...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Aircraft Engine Icing Event Avoidance and Mitigation
Innovators at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have developed a new means of avoiding and mitigating icing events for aircraft flying above 14,000 feet, dramatically improving aviation...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
High-Throughput Friction and Wear Tester
There is a need for high-volume material testing/qualification but industry and researchers are currently limited by commercially available testing devices. Most wear testers can only handle one...
Briefs: Aerospace
Sensor Network for Air Vehicles
Aircraft currently fly based on coarse estimations of environment and aircraft state. Real-time measurements are traditionally restricted to laboratory environments (e.g. wind tunnel) due to the size and...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Humidity Measurement Devices for Mars Are Ready for Final Testing
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The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) is delivering pressure and humidity measuring devices based on Vaisala technology for use on NASA’s next robotic mission to Mars — the Mars 2020 rover. The pressure measurement...
Briefs: Materials
Automated Guided Wave System for In-Process Cure Monitoring of CFRP Composite Laminates
In the polymer composites industry, cure cycles are typically developed from trial-and-error or a more effective processing science approach to reduce...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Graphene Lid Extends Photoemission Electron Microscopy to Liquids
By capping liquids with graphene (an ultrathin sheet of pure carbon), researchers can easily image and analyze liquid interfaces and the surface of nanometer-scale objects...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Technique Tests for Viral Infections
Currently, most U.S. medical offices and hospitals use the ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) test to determine whether or not a person has a viral infection. It’s a common test but ELISA’s sensitivity is relatively low, so clinicians need a fairly high number of antibodies in a person’s...
Products: Photonics/Optics
New on the Market: July 2019
The induSENSOR MSC7401 sensor controller from Micro-Epsilon, Ortenburg, Germany, is used for displacement and distance measurements and is operated with LVDT and LDR measuring gauges...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Face-Tracking Robot
A robot is being developed that tracks facial movements to perform human tasks. The robot resembles large, squiggly arms holding tiny cameras. Sitting in a rolling office chair across from one of the arms, the robot's...
Products: Photonics/Optics
New Products: July 2019 Photonics & Imaging Technology
Ophir-Spiricon (North Logan, UT) has announced Ophir® BeamWatch® Integrated, a fully automated, non-contact laser...
Articles: Data Acquisition
Inspection of Bulk Material with Trilinear Line-Scan and Prism Cameras
Traditionally, prism-based cameras are often selected over trilinear cameras when it comes to bulk material scanning, as the inherent line-shift of a trilinear camera can...
There's an entire world our eyes miss, hidden in the ranges of light wavelengths that human eyes can't see. But infrared cameras can pick up this light emitted as...
Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
Automotive Lidar Trends
Real-time 3D lidar is poised to be the third leg of the trifecta of sensor technologies enabling both advanced driver-assistance (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles. The other two pieces are cameras and radar. David Hall,...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Integrated Silicon Photonic Switch Demonstrates Lowest Signal Loss Ever in High-Speed Data Transmission
Experimental photonic switches developed at UC Berkeley have shown promise toward the goal of fully optical, high-capacity switching for...
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Optimizing Image Sensors for Security Cameras
Performance of image sensors for security cameras must be geared to low-light sensitivity, high signal to noise ratio, and high temperature performance. Security image sensors are typically...
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