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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These smart lenses can be used to diagnose and treat diabetes.
Briefs: Imaging
A new imaging technique measures temperature in 2D.
Briefs: Wearables
The mobile, wearable device could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Applications include detection of chemical and biological agents as well as dangerous gases from vehicle emissions.
Briefs: Wearables
The device ultimately should be able to provide accurate signals from a person who is walking, running, or climbing stairs.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Slinky-like sensor survives washing machines, cars, and hammers.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The ALFaLDS detection tool supports oil plants.
Briefs: Wearables
Artificial skin reacts to pain just like real skin, paving the way to better prosthetics, robotics, and noninvasive alternatives to skin grafts.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A reversible polymer changes color when it senses a material is about to fail.
Briefs: Energy
The material improves connectivity while maintaining recyclability and low cost.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Epoxy and silicone compounds serve a critical role as adhesives in electronics.
Products: Test & Measurement
Modular robot platforms, automated crane systems, motion smoothing, and more.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A carbon-based biosensor could drive new innovations in brain-controlled robotics.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These materials can detect when they are damaged, take the necessary steps to temporarily heal themselves, and then resume work.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Many presses continue using inefficient and unreliable hydraulic pumps.
Blog: Data Acquisition
The future of computing is in fabrics, says Prof, Yoel Fink from MIT.
INSIDER: Automotive
High-resolution solid-state lidar using an array of MEMS switches will reduce its cost to match that of inexpensive, chip-based cameras and radar systems — removing a major barrier to...
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The wire harness is changing as vehicles become “computers on wheels.” A reader asks how electrification impacts the wiring harness.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A haptic thumb-shaped sensor uses machine learning to accurately estimate where objects come into contact with the sensor and how large the applied forces are.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
How CSEM and its partners are using magnetic levitation to counter unwanted vibrations from components aboard satellites.
Podcasts: Electronics & Computers
Marcus Gerhardt and his company at Blackrock Neurotech are creating a brain-computer interface that restores senses for paralyzed patients.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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...
INSIDER: Lighting
A new, internet-connected lighting system for greenhouses could sharply reduce a farmer’s electrical bill, according to a study by University of Georgia researchers.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Makers of a brain-computer interface recall a memorable achievement in prosthetics: A presidential handshake.
5 Ws: Imaging
A newly designed wearable magnetic metamaterial could help make MRI scans crisper, faster, and cheaper.
INSIDER: Imaging
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...
INSIDER: Imaging
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...
Special Reports: Motion Control
Unmanned Systems - March 2022
Powering better battlefield drones...autonomous quadcopters that fly aerobatic maneuvers...a breakthrough in compact UAV satellite communications technology. Read about these and other advances in air, ground, and...Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A Smart Gadget, a simulator module, and a holographic display.
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
Upcoming Webinars: Motion Control
Next-Generation Linear and Rotary Stages: When Ultra Precision...
Upcoming Webinars: Energy
Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
SAE Automotive Podcast: Solid-State Batteries
Podcasts: Power
