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CES 2025 Preview: All the Tech That’s Fit to Print
Software trends continue to dominate the automotive industry’s collective brainpower, but as OEMS take a moment to breathe and possibly regroup on self-driving technology, much of the...
Executive Viewpoints Design
Advancing HMI Development of ADAS and Active Safety Systems
The advancement of vehicles with enhanced safety and infotainment features has made evaluating human-machine interfaces (HMI) in modern commercial and industrial vehicles crucial....
News Green Design & Manufacturing
New Solutions for Sanitizing Autonomous Vehicles
If not for the word “mucosalivary,” the following analysis could have come from a combustion-engine technical paper: “Recent work has demonstrated that exhalations, sneezes, and coughs...
Briefs Wearables
Real Time Physiological Status Monitoring
New wearables will provide soldiers and small unit leaders with actionable information needed to ensure individual and squad performance readiness.
News Power
Autonomy Already Influencing Vehicle Interior Design
Just about everyone’s seen a recent rendering of future vehicle interiors, but high-function driver assistance, automated driving and mobility as a service (MaaS) are new dimensions...
News Software
UofM Research Hopes to Eliminate That Queasy Feeling
As concerns mount around how automated-vehicle (AV) passengers will react to increasing degrees of driving detachment, researchers are trying to better understand how and why humans are...
Articles Connectivity
Autonomy in Your Face
Research into potential automotive applications for biometrics ─ facial and retina scans or fingerprints ─ is increasing, despite rising concerns about privacy and data security, and outcries from civil liberties...
Briefs Aerospace
Modular Biosensor Patch
Researchers are identifying new biomarkers to help monitor cognition and stress in the human body and enhance human performance. Traditional biomarkers like heart rate, temperature, oxygen partial pressure, blood...
Briefs Test & Measurement
The Impact of Video Compression on Remote Cardiac Pulse Measurement Using Imaging Photoplethysmography
Remote measurement of physiological signals has a number of advantages over traditional contact methods. It allows the measurement of vital...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
New Battery Shuts Down at High Temps, Restarts When Cool
Stanford researchers have developed the first lithium-ion battery that shuts down before overheating, then restarts immediately when the temperature cools. The new technology could...
Briefs Aerospace
Wireless Vital Signs Monitor for Trauma Patients
A miniature, portable wireless vital signs monitor (MWVSM), called Mini-medic™, could aid in the triage and diagnosis of trauma patients with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI). The MWVSM consists of two components, both of which are the approximate size and weight of a cellphone: one is a...
Articles Aerospace
Thermal Management Techniques for Military Embedded Computers
As military programs continue to place an ever growing reliance on embedded computer systems, developments in rugged computer design must continue to advance to keep pace with this...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Forehead-Mounted Sensor Measures Oxygen Saturation for Hypoxia Early Detection and Warning
Symptoms of hypoxia – a deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues - have been documented among rotary-wing pilots and aircrew flying at...
Articles Aerospace
Active Thermal Management for Cooler Body Armor
The military places greater demands on its equipment — electronic and otherwise — than any other market segment. It is also true that it places its greatest thermal demands on the men and...
Briefs Medical
Remote Blood Pressure Waveform Sensing
This non-contact, non-invasive blood pressure apparatus continuously measures and monitors blood pressure using a laser Doppler vibrometer to create waveforms. The laser-based system may be utilized to continuously provide highly detailed information about the timing characteristics of the blood pressure...
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Vibroacoustic and Shock Analysis for Aerospace and Defense Applications