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New 300-Mm Wafer Fab Is Key to Bosch’s Chip Future
A new semiconductor plant is the single largest investment made by Robert Bosch AG in the 122-year-old company’s history. The facility, in Dresden, Germany, is welcome news to...

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SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...

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BMW 7-Series Drives Itself Through Own Assembly
The 1997 James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies” obliquely presaged current-day automated-driving technology when the hero remotely piloted his modified BMW 7-Series sedan through a...

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Designing A/D Converters for the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has four infrared cameras to view the stars.

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Q&A: Artificial Skin Could Lead to a New Generation of Touch-Sensitive Robots
A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow led by Professor Ravinder Dahiya developed an artificial skin with a new type of processing system based on...

Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Boosting Operational Intelligence with AI
Although industrial factories and processing plants have long been automated, it remains vital for human decision-making to be involved in operations, sometimes to a great extent. Automation in...

Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Electrokinetics Models for Micro- and Nano-Fluidic Impedance Sensors
Microfluidics- and nanofluidics-based impedance sensors play an important role in the identification of toxic industrial chemicals and pathogens in the biodetection and biodefense arena, but their efficient modeling and design continues to be a challenge.

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Positioning to Centimeter Level Improves Ag Productivity
Precision navigation, which is essential to autonomous machines, is knowing a moving vehicle’s absolute and relative position in 3D space accurately, reliably and repeatably....

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Real-Time Processors Key to the Zonal E/E Revolution
OEMs face major challenges with their vehicle architectures as they become more complex and unwieldy. They also want to speed up their innovation cycles while supporting intelligent...

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Volvo Gets 'Gamey' with Info, Driver-Assist Warnings for Future EVs
As vehicles gain more and more technology such as infotainment, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and electrification, there’s a corresponding need for ways...

Technology Leaders Sensors/Data Acquisition
Advanced Motor Technology Enables Medical Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
The primary aim for Harmonic Bionics is to empower patients and care providers by designing intelligent technology that facilitated a data-driven treatment protocol...

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Sensing Enters a New Era
More than 1.3 million people die on the world’s roadways each year and another 50 million are injured. While roadway safety has improved over time, all countries face formidable challenges in reducing the...

R&D Sensors/Data Acquisition
Hybrid Material Enables Next-Gen E-Skin
Researchers have developed three-in-one hybrid material smart skin for the next generation of artificial, electronic skin using a novel process. With 2,000 individual sensors per square millimeter,...

R&D Medical
Understanding Titanium’s Biocompatibility
Scientists used photoelectrochemical measurement and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to clarify the source of titanium’s biocompatibility when implanted into the body, as with hip...

R&D Medical
Rapid Sensor Chip for Real-Time THO Monitoring
Scientists have developed a disposable, paper-based THO sensor consisting of an electrode made of molecularly imprinted graphite. Since MIPs are designed using the target molecule as a...

R&D Medical
Pulse Signal Sensor Patch Uses Inkjet Printing Technology
Researchers have developed a wearable sensor patch thinner than a hair strand that can measure pulse wave signals with high precision. The patch was printed using inkjet printing....

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Peeling Back the Layers: Adhesives Testing for Wearables
Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables in...

News Energy
Using AI and Machine Learning for Vehicle Inspection
At its inception in 2016, UVeye’s deep-learning technology was developed for the security industry to detect weapons and contraband. Applications in the mobility industry followed,...

Features Medical
How Miniaturized Liquid Flow Sensors Are Revolutionizing Subcutaneous Drug Delivery
The COVID-19 pandemic has strengthened the push toward digitalization as well as patient-centric solutions in healthcare. The increasing demand for...

Application Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Edge Processing with Embedded Artificial Intelligence
We are currently moving into the next automation age. It is a world where your personal devices will help you track your health in real time, while conveniently connecting with your...

Energy
Protecting Electric Vehicle Charging Systems with Advanced Current Sensing
While battery range and charging times are getting the most attention when it comes to electric vehicle (EV) charging systems, safety and reliability are a critical...

Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
Forecast 2022 for Sensors/MEMS
This article is a marked departure from my annual reporting on the past year’s performance of the health of the MEMS industry vis-à-vis my MEMS Industry Commercialization Report Card. [1] ...

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Chemical Hazard Sensor
Teledyne FLIR Defense
Wilsonville, OR
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www.teledyneflir.com
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, teamed up with MFE Inspection Solutions to integrate the...

R&D Sensors/Data Acquisition
Folding Design Leads to Heart Sensor with Smaller Profile
As advances in wearable devices push the amount of information they can provide consumers, sensors increasingly must conform to the contours of the body. One approach applies the...

Briefs Communications
Platform for Quantum Technologies Using Gold
Scientists discovered a new platform for quantum technologies by suspending two-dimensional (2D) crystals over pores in a slab of gold. When heated, the metal reflows to form a porous structure...

Briefs Photonics/Optics
Compact Laser Source Detects Pollution
A middle infrared light source can detect greenhouse and other gases as well as molecules in a person’s breath. The compact system, which resembles a tiny suitcase, contains just two parts: a standard...

Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
Sensors Converge 2022
Sensors Expo is returning to the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA from June 27 – 29, with its new name — Sensors Converge. There are nine conference tracks that highlight the different applications for...

Articles Materials
Products of Tomorrow
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow. To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.

Briefs Motion Control
Powerful Micro-PLCs Enhance Equipment and Testing Systems
For many types of machinery and test equipment, there is a great need to perform basic automatic control functions, or even just sensor monitoring. Developing hardwired automation is...

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