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Northrop Grumman Developing Next Generation F-35 Radar Upgrade
Northrop Grumman is developing AN/APG-85, an advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for the F-35 Lightning II. The radar will serve as an upgrade to the...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
European Defense Fund Project to Produce Strategic Electronics for Next Generation Infrared Sensors
Lynred, a global provider of infrared detectors for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, recently announced the launch of...
Videos Design
The Future of Wearable Technology
Wearable technology is becoming more ubiquitous by the day.
News Regulations/Standards
Ensuring Aircraft Safety by Optimizing Ice Protection Systems
By Boris Marovic and Thierry Olbrechts, Siemens Digital Industries Software
Briefs Medical
Oculometric Testing for Detecting Mild Neural Impairment
This set of oculomotor metrics provide valid and reliable measures of dynamic visual performance.
Briefs Medical
Smart Wearable Sensors for Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson's Disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative condition in the world and affects 600,000 Americans yearly at a cost of $20 billion to the U.S. healthcare system.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Wearable Device Monitors Jaundice-Causing Bilirubin and Vitals in Newborns
Device detects pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation in real time.
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
A Low-Cost Robot Ready for Any Obstacle
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and the University of California, Berkeley, have designed a robotic system that enables a low-cost and relatively small legged...
Quiz Wearables
How Well Do You Know E-Skin?
How much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
New Capabilities for Grasp-Assisting Gloves
NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions.
Articles Test & Measurement
Products of Tomorrow
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow.
INSIDER Materials
Novel Nanowire Fabrication Technique Paves Way for Next Generation Spintronics
The challenge of fabricating nanowires directly on silicon substrates for the creation of the next generation of electronics has finally been solved by...
Videos Defense
Sensors in Inflatable Space Habitats
What can sensors do for inflatable space habitats? A lot.
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Miniaturized Infrared Detectors
Extreme miniaturization of infrared (IR) detectors is critical for their integration into next-generation consumer electronics, wearables and ultra-small satellites. Thus far, however, IR detectors have...
Quiz Medical
The Evolution of COVID-19 Testing
One silver lining that the pandemic brought is an expansion of infectious-disease-testing technology.
R&D Medical
Stable Electrodes for Long-Term BCI
The electrode can be worn comfortably and stable for up to four weeks, without the potential need for any medical personnel to intervene to maintain it.
Briefs Imaging
New Imaging Method Reveals Concealed Objects
Using state-of-the-art indium phosphide transistors and a basic computer and mirrors, researchers were able to produce images of concealed bodies.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Highly Sensitive, Mass Producible Organic Photodetectors
Incorporating new green-light absorbing transparent organic photodetectors into organic-silicon hybrid image sensors could be useful for applications such as light-based heart-rate monitoring, fingerprint recognition and devices that detect the presence of nearby objects
INSIDER Materials
Strain-Sensing Smart Skin Ready to Deploy
A strain-sensing smart skin developed at Rice University uses very small carbon nanotube structures to monitor and detect damage in large structures. The “strain paint” uses the fluorescent...
Special Reports Electronics & Computers
Machine Vision & Camera Technology - October 2022
In this report just released by the editors of Tech Briefs and Photonics & Imaging Technology, you'll read about the world's fastest camera (.5 trillion frames per second!); an innovative...
Articles Test & Measurement
Optical Strain for Precision Measurements and Certification
Optical strain is material independent and measures the response of the integrated system, so designers can get a measure of the true response and strength of their designs.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
AI-Enabled Optical Fiber Sensor Device Monitors Brain Injury
The results from tests on animal brain tissues suggest it could help clinicians to better monitor both disease progression and patients’ response to treatment than is currently possible.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Building Better Gas-Phase Biosensors for Fight Against Diseases
By embedding enzymes inside the polymer string, the enzymes were operational even in a dry state.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Electronic Skin Anticipates and Perceives Touch from Different Directions for the First Time
Scientists develop a new approach for miniaturization of soft ultra-compact and highly integrated sensor units for directional tactile sensitivity in e-skin systems.
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Air Force Conducts Aircrew Chemical Weapon Protection Test
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently executed an in-flight vapor purge test in a F-15E Strike...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Light-Sensing 3D-Printed Device Could Help People with Lupus
A team of engineers and doctors at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have designed a unique 3D-printed light-sensing medical device that is placed directly on the skin...
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