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Are Agricultural Robots the Future of Farming?
Labor shortages have caused farmers and food manufacturers to increasingly utilize agricultural robots for farming. Take this quiz to learn more.
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Autonomous Robots to Help Modernize Grape, Wine Industry
This spring, a small army of Cornell University-developed PhytoPatholoBots (PPB) will be deployed to four grape breeding programs across the U.S. on a mission to guide the global...
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3D-Printed AUV Aims to Thwart Climate Change
The Yonder Deep team installed an entire suite of sensors in its AUV, versatile enough to withstand the frigid Arctic waters as well as the coastal waters of Southern California.
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Expediting Search and Rescue After Earthquakes
NASA-designed technology helps detect people trapped under several feet of rubble after earthquakes.
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Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - March 2023
The first 3D-printed nano-alloy...plasma treatment increases plastic part value 10x...light-powered catalysts aid drug manufacturing...how to build better "soft" robots. Those are just a few...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable Skin Patch Monitors Hemoglobin in Deep Tissues
A team of engineers has developed an electronic patch that can monitor biomolecules, including hemoglobin, in deep tissues.
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Using Small Drones to Monitor Volcanoes
A team at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has recently been assessing the potential for using a small, portable observation drone in remote regions.
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Wearable Electronics for Continuous Cardiac, Respiratory Monitoring
A highly sensitive wearable sensor for cardiorespiratory monitoring could potentially be worn continuously by cardiac patients or others who require constant monitoring.
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Bioprinted 3D Cardiac Patches Could Reverse Scar Formation After Heart Attacks
The system promotes myocardial regeneration after a cardiac event.
INSIDER Medical
Microelectronics Give Researchers a Remote Control for Biological Robots
First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. These hybrid “eBiobots” are the first to...
Blog Sensors/Data Acquisition
Low-Cost Sensor to Detect Metals in Non-Invasive Fluids
Researchers have developed a portable sensor made of simple materials to detect heavy metals in sweat, which is easily sampled.
NASA Spinoff Medical
Sensors Read Minds and Restore Movement
Resulting in applications once thought impossible, sensor technology for understanding mind-body interface builds on research for space travel.
Special Reports Defense
Aerospace Manufacturing - February 2023
Learn about advances in 3D printing of spacecraft, large-scale aerospace composites manufacturing, cutting tools for tomorrow's sustainable aircraft, and more in this compendium of recent articles from...
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Test & Measurement - February 2023
From the racetrack to the battlefield to deep space missions, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...
Special Reports Robotics, Automation & Control
Unmanned Systems - February 2023
Unmanned helicopters take off...AI-powered machines tackle dangerous missions...autonomous robots become curious...rogue drones meet their match. Read about these and other advances in air, ground, and...
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LoRaWAN - Designed for Wireless Sensor Networking
Learn about LoRaWAN networking as a solution for connecting wireless sensors at long distances, while extending battery life.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
SkinKit Offers Versatile, Wearable On-Skin Computing
The next generation of wearable computing technology will be even closer to the wearer than a watch or glasses: It will be affixed to the skin.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D-Printed Sensors May Lead to Better Weather Research
Scientists have created the first completely digitally manufactured plasma sensors — also known as retarding potential analyzers (RPAs) — for orbiting spacecraft.
Briefs Medical
Standalone Sweat Sensor Provides Immediate Results
Engineers have developed a thin, flexible, stretchy sweat sensor that can show the level of glucose, lactate, sodium, or pH of your sweat — at the press of a finger.
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Airbus Developing New Laser Communication Terminal for Military Aircraft
Airbus and VDL Group have signed a partnership agreement for the development and manufacturing of a laser communication terminal for aircraft, known as UltraAir....
Blog Unmanned Systems
A Flapping-Wing Robot Able to Perch
A flapping-wing robot that can land autonomously on a horizontal perch using a claw-like mechanism.
Blog Sensors/Data Acquisition
10 VR/AR Technologies from CES 2023
See 10 AR/VR technologies from CES 2023.
INSIDER Weapons Systems
F-35 Completes First Flight with Technology Refresh 3 Upgrades
A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron conducted the first flight of an F-35 in the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) configuration at Edwards Air Force...
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The Future of Wearable Technology
Wearable technology is becoming more ubiquitous by the day.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Can Your Phone Tell if a Bridge Is in Good Shape?
A new study suggests mobile data collected while traveling over bridges could help evaluate their integrity.
Technology & Society Robotics, Automation & Control
Sharp-Shooting Farm Robot
SprayBox can target individual weeds and crops at a 20-per-second rate and then spray them at a millimeter’s accuracy.
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Inflatable Space Habitats Use Sensors Embedded in Webbing for Structural Health Monitoring
A novel approach is moving away from conventional structural health monitoring testing methods for inflatable space habitats in favor of using sensors embedded in the flexible structural restraint webbing layers.
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