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New Sensor is So Tiny That an Insect Can Drop It Into Dangerous Research Areas

New Sensor is So Tiny That an Insect Can Drop It Into Dangerous Research Areas

Tiny insects or drones can carry the high-tech sensor, which weighs less than a gram, into places that are too dangerous or inaccessible to human researchers.


News Oct 23, 2020 by Luke James
Researchers Bring Sintering Heat to Room Temperature to Print Sensors on Human Skin

Researchers Bring Sintering Heat to Room Temperature to Print Sensors on Human Skin

A joint research effort between China and the United States has culminated in a method for printing sensors directly onto human skin at room temperature.


News Oct 22, 2020 by Luke James
Army Funds Research for Sensor with “100,000 Times Higher Sensitivity”

Army Funds Research for Sensor with “100,000 Times Higher Sensitivity”

Army researchers have developed a new microwave radiation sensor that’s said to have 100,000 times higher sensitivity than currently-available commercial sensors.


News Oct 16, 2020 by Luke James
Silicone Sensor Allows Device to Stretch While Measuring Strain and Pressure

Silicone Sensor Allows Device to Stretch While Measuring Strain and Pressure

Researchers in Japan have turned to heterogeneous silicone to "bounce back" stretchable sensors that have been stretched a touch too far.


News Oct 15, 2020 by Luke James
New Electronic Fiber Sensors Said to “Smell” and “Hear”

New Electronic Fiber Sensors Said to “Smell” and “Hear”

The "invisible" 3D printed fiber sensors could be used to power electronic devices and sensors that are capable of sensing breath and sound.


News Oct 13, 2020 by Luke James
A New Dual RGB-IR Sensor Put to Use in Endoscopes for Cancer Detection

A New Dual RGB-IR Sensor Put to Use in Endoscopes for Cancer Detection

OmniVision claims this small form factor RGB-IR sensor may significantly advance medical imaging.


News Oct 01, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
Electronic Face Masks are a Fashionable High-Tech Trend

Electronic Face Masks are a Fashionable High-Tech Trend

Engineers are finding ways to innovate face masks with electronics—whether for air filtration, an LED smile, or language translation.


News Sep 26, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
ams Says New Sensor Can Monitor Blood-Oxygen Levels in Wearable Designs

ams Says New Sensor Can Monitor Blood-Oxygen Levels in Wearable Designs

The ultra-thin sensor integrates a photodiode, filter, and signal processing to remotely monitor Sp02 levels.


News Sep 23, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Eye Mask Prototype With Bimodal Sensors and Hydrogel Electrodes Measures Biometrics

Eye Mask Prototype With Bimodal Sensors and Hydrogel Electrodes Measures Biometrics

The researchers met the challenges of fabric-based sensors, combining the signal quality benefits of wet electrodes and the comfort benefits of dry electrodes.


News Sep 21, 2020 by Luke James
Clinical Trials Suggest New X-Ray Photon-Counting Detector May Improve Diagnoses

Clinical Trials Suggest New X-Ray Photon-Counting Detector May Improve Diagnoses

Researchers at CEA-Leti have developed a novel X-ray photon-counting detector that has been integrated into an X-ray scanner with promising initial trial results.


News Sep 19, 2020 by Luke James
Seeing the Virus: Colorimetric Sensors Identify Airborne Threats by Color

Seeing the Virus: Colorimetric Sensors Identify Airborne Threats by Color

Scientists at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in Korea have developed a new technology that visualizes the invisible.


News Sep 17, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Z-Wave Announces New Long Range Specification

Z-Wave Announces New Long Range Specification

A new long-range specification is here, and it's got a few contending features compared to Amazon Sidewalk and Zigbee.


News Sep 14, 2020 by Luke James
Prototype of Artificial Electronic Skin Demonstrates Pain Response

Prototype of Artificial Electronic Skin Demonstrates Pain Response

Australian researchers claim their e-skin prototype can react to pain, similarly to human skin. If developed, this could lead to major leaps in robotics and medical prosthetics.


News Sep 11, 2020 by Luke James
Skin-Like Sensors and AI Offer (Surprisingly) Accurate Hand Gesture Recognition

Skin-Like Sensors and AI Offer (Surprisingly) Accurate Hand Gesture Recognition

Scientists in Singapore have developed an AI system that recognizes hand gestures by combining wearable skin-like sensors with computer vision.


News Sep 10, 2020 by Luke James
Engineers Create Low-Power Collision Detector Inspired by Locusts

Engineers Create Low-Power Collision Detector Inspired by Locusts

Engineers say they’re creating a low-power collision detector that mimics the way locusts avoid one another when flying in swarms.


News Sep 09, 2020 by Luke James
When Cold Chain Reliability Comes Down to a Single Degree, a Precise Temperature Sensor IC Counts

When Cold Chain Reliability Comes Down to a Single Degree, a Precise Temperature Sensor IC Counts

There are many different types of temperature sensors. But one type is specially equipped to handle the precision and scalability of cold chain management.


News Sep 09, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Army-Developed Sensor System Helps Drones Avoid Power Lines

Army-Developed Sensor System Helps Drones Avoid Power Lines

Power lines are a consistent obstacle for small autonomous drones. Now, U.S. Army researchers say they have a solution.


News Sep 07, 2020 by Luke James
Quantum Gravity Sensing Takes the Plunge Into Underground Boreholes

Quantum Gravity Sensing Takes the Plunge Into Underground Boreholes

The Gravity Delve Project aims to harness the potential of quantum gravity sensing by exploring the technology in harsh underground borehole environments.


News Aug 28, 2020 by Luke James
Metasurface Optical Chips Now Used to Shrink Quantum Sensors

Metasurface Optical Chips Now Used to Shrink Quantum Sensors

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a way of shrinking the devices used in quantum sensing systems.


News Aug 26, 2020 by Luke James
New Quantum Image Sensing Tech Trumps Traditional Image Sensors

New Quantum Image Sensing Tech Trumps Traditional Image Sensors

CMOS imaging loses 75% of incident light. Quantum imaging retains up to 95% of its light. And that's only the start.


News Aug 19, 2020 by Jake Hertz