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Calibrated Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) Thermal and Polarimetric Imagery of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Birds
Well-calibrated imagery helps to distinguish between small UAVs and birds of similar size and dimensions.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Investigation of Flight Dynamics and Controls for a Solar-Tracker-Mounted UAV
A new study explores the dynamics behavior of the parallel mechanism mounted UAV.
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Nanostructured Alloy for Battery Anodes
The alloy could influence the way energy storage devices are designed and manufactured.
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WCX 2021: Digitizing That New-Car Smell
The problem with “new-car” smells is the subjectivity of the sense. Nothing chafes at engineers more than subjectivity, which can wreak havoc in validation testing for both OEMs and suppliers. To...
Technology Report Unmanned Systems
WCX 2021: Systems Thinking as Powerful as Propulsion Systems
There’s a revolution brewing as engineers develop electric and autonomous vehicles that require layers and layers of complicated systems to come together. “This is the time...
News Electronics & Computers
Toward an Electric Two-Wheeled Triumph
There is something of a TV series about Triumph Motorcycles’ radical TE-1 electric project. It’s an intriguing story unfolding through four episodes, or phases, following its conception. Phase 2...
Technology Report Electronics & Computers
How 3D Printing Could Add Efficiency to EV Power Electronics
“Think production!” Perhaps that advice should be posted on the wall of every design office, R&D lab and advanced technology center in the auto industry. Although obeying...
News Power
Bosch’s EV Efficiency Upgrade: Continuously Variable Transmissions
As electric vehicles (EVs) move from niche offerings to mainstream roles in the product portfolios of the world’s traditional automakers, research and development to...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
A Comparative Evaluation of the Detection and Tracking Capability Between Novel Event-Based and Conventional Frame-Based Sensors
This research establishes a fundamental understanding of the characteristics of event-based sensors.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Characterization of Turbulent Unsteady Separation Using Photonic Micro-Skin Friction and Wall Pressure Sensors
Learn about a photonic skin friction and wall pressure sensor.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Low-Impact Space Weather Sensors and the U.S. National Security Spacecraft
Low-impact sensors close a gap in the U.S. space weather observation network.
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensory Integration Balance Deficits in Complex mTBI: Can Early Initiation of Rehabilitation with Wearable Sensor Technology Improve Outcomes?
A novel feedback system provides physical therapists with real-time information about quality of head and trunk movement during exercise.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Frequency Agile Plasmonic Antennas and Sensors
A new way of assembling individual nanostructures will facilitate better design principles for plasmonic photonic devices.
News Energy
Mahle Powertrain Leveraging New Facilities in Electrified Shift
Mahle’s Powertrain group (MPT) has announced an ongoing €12M investment in new testing and development facilities. Part of a forward-looking strategy begun over a decade...
News Electronics & Computers
Jeep Engineers a Wrangler EV with Manual Gearbox
For 4x4 enthusiasts who see the electric-vehicle (EV) future as the conclusive death-blow to manual transmissions, there is hope. Jeep engineers have unveiled the first battery-electric...
News Materials
Inkjet Innovation for the Automotive Paint Shop
Robotics specialist ABB has developed painting robots that use an inkjet-type printer head with over 1,000 individually controllable nozzles, enabling higher accuracy and transfer efficiency...
Technology Report Energy
Electrified Corvettes in Development
With more than 20,000 of the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette sold since it arrived in showrooms last year, expanding this sports car family is next on the C8 program’s agenda. In keeping with...
News Semiconductors & ICs
Constellium Develops New Alloys for EV Battery Enclosures
Aluminum is the dominant material for electric vehicle (EV) battery enclosures for one simple but significant factor: lightweighting capability. All currently available long-range...
Technology Report Propulsion
Dana’s Twin-Clutch Axle Boosts Bronco Sport’s Off-Road Cred
Bandwidth is the Holy Grail of global vehicle development. Its measure of success includes the ability to derive genuinely diverse products and even entire brands from a...
Briefs Energy
Stretchable Micro-Supercapacitors Self-Power Wearable Devices
A stretchable system can harvest energy from human breathing and motion.
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Flexible, Thin-Film Battery
Computers or smartphones with folding screens, smart clothing, and wearable sensors all require an energy source, which is usually a lithium-ion battery. These are typically heavy and rigid, making them fundamentally...
Briefs Energy
Using Electric Vehicle Batteries for Solar Energy Farms
Battery reuse systems could be profitable for both electric vehicle companies and grid-scale solar operations.
Briefs Electronics & Computers
An Ultrafast Testbed for Comprehensive Characterization of Photonics, Electronic, and Optoelectronic Properties of Integrated Nanophotonic Structures
High-speed testing technology will enable advances such as new digital signal processing and computing platforms in the optical domain.
Briefs Semiconductors & ICs
Radiation Effects on Electronics in Aligned Carbon Nanotube Technology (RadCNT)
The "RadCNT" program use carbon-based transistors to study the interactions between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nanofabrication Technology for Production of Quantum Nano-Electronic Devices Integrating Niobium Electrodes and Optically Transparent Gates
Devices created using this technology could be used for control and sending of qubit/quantum memory states to remote locations.
Briefs Nanotechnology
Reconfigurable Electronics Based on Multiferroics and Nanomagnetism
Multifunctional magnetoelectric materials with high exchange represent a missing “holy grail” of materials physics.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Atomistic- and Meso-Scale Computational Simulations for Developing Multi-Timescale Theory for Radiation Degradation in Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices
One particular semiconductor, gallium arsenide (GaAs), has received considerable attention due to its potential electronic applications.
Briefs Transportation
New Approach Makes Lighter, Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries
Adding polymers and fireproofing to a battery’s current collectors makes it lighter, safer, and about 20% more efficient.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Method Tracks What Happens Inside Batteries
The method could be key to designing more efficient batteries for specific uses such as electric cars and airplanes.
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Advantages of Smart Power Distribution Unit Design for Automotive &...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance