MIT researchers 3D-printed RPAs for orbiting satellites. These operate similarly to expensive semiconductor sensors. (Image Credit: MIT)
MIT researchers developed 3D-printed plasma sensors, also called retarding potential analyzers (RPAs) for ...
Methane-detection satellites can help slow down the effects of climate change. Companies can use the relevant data to fix leaks and prevent further methane emissions from escaping. (Image Credit: GHGSat)
Between 2016 and 2021, Southern California Ga...
A physical device contains a thousand artificial cilia hairs. Applying a voltage causes them to bend back and forth, which then pumps fluid at tens of microns per second. ( Image Credit: Ryan Young/Cornell University)
Cilia provide many benefits to ...
A thermal image of Jupiter from the James Webb Space Telescope. (Image Credit: NASA)
Before the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) images were released, Reddit user Phonecloth decided to have a little fun by conjuring a fictional horror s...
Artificial photosynthesis could help solve the globally rising demand for food by growing crops in the dark. (Image Credit: Marcus Harland-Dunaway/UCR)
Humans and animals can’t survive without photosynthesis because the process churns out one ...
James Webb captured its first image, which shows the SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster in the distance universe along with numerous galaxies behind it. (Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)
President Joe Biden revealed the first colorized...
Image showing SbSI and SbSI: Sb2S3 photovoltaic devices. (Image Credit: Ryosuke Nishikubo)
Osaka University scientists recently discovered a new feature of solar cells developed from antimony sulfiodide: sulfide composite they called the wavele...
GASPCAS is the first satellite to use Raspberry Pi hardware. (Image Credit: Raspberry Pi)
On May 23rd, the Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite (GASPCAS) Cubesat re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after staying in space for 117 day...
Hello everyone. Today I completed something small but great at once. I first time successfully soldered extremely small sensor - Maxim Integrated MAX31875 I2C temperature sensor. This is sensor is provided as part of MAXESSENTIAL01 Sample Kit which y...
Mark Sheinin (left) and Dorian Chan helped develop the dual-camera system that can capture isolated audio of two guitars playing and reproduce the sound. (Image Credit: Carnegie Mellon University)
Carnegie Mellon University researchers developed a c...
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Interactive visualizations aren’t accessible for people relying on screen readers, which are used by millions of Americans suffering from complete or partial blindness, motion sensitivity, or learning...
The robotic vessels dive thousands of meters to gather temperature and salinity data every ten days while drifting on the ocean currents. (Image credit: Argo)
Earth’s oceans play an enormous role in regulating global weather. As the planet war...
The terahertz microchip can detect an object that can’t be seen due to obstruction, such as fog, smoke, or dust. (Image Credit: University of Texas)
The University of Texas and Oklahoma State University researchers recently unveiled a terahert...
Boston College physicists recently discovered an undetectable particle called the axial Higgins mode. (Image Credit: Nature)
Physicists at Boston College discovered a new particle, otherwise called “quantum excitation,” that could ultima...
The Prism Courage LNG Tanker relied on the Avikus HiNAS 2.0 system to autonomously navigate from Freeport (Gulf of Mexico) to the Boryeong LNG Terminal in South Chungcheong Province in Korea in 33 days. (Image credit: PR News Wire)
A self-steering s...
Apple’s new gesture customization framework allows users to add their own gestures for wearable sensors. (Image Credit: Xu et. Al)
Apple researchers developed a new framework for users to add their own gestures to wearable sensors wi...
The system uses millimeter-wave radar to detect occupants throughout the vehicle cabin to help prevent heatstroke deaths. (Image credit: Toyota)
According to the NHTSA (US Department of Transpiration) and Insurance Zebra, there is an average of 38 h...
Flexible sensors can be installed on the surface of a robot in an industrial work environment, ensuring that these robots detect a human’s presence. (Image Credit: TW/e, Marco Fattori)
Robots are commonly deployed in industrial workplaces for ...
TypeAnywhere allows a user to type on any surface. (Image Credit: University of Washington)
HMIs are the most important feature, in my opinion. How else do we interface with the world and devices?
Researchers at the University of Washington develope...
Kudos to Randall and the E14 staff for publishing a roadmap of activities for the Summer of Sensors.
Its great to see the activities and webinars in one place for the summer, it helps me to plan ahead and calendar my favorites, and balance whic...
Nanobots were used to treat a mouse’s wound, which was infected with the Acinetobacter baumannii superbug. (Image Credit: ACS Nano 2022, 16, 5, 7547-7558)
Samuel Sanchez, an engineer from the Institute of Bioengineering in Barcelona, Spain, ad...
The 3D-printed sensor bracelet allows people who have cerebral palsy to play video games or use a computer. (Image Credit: University of Sydney)
Engineers at the University of Sydney developed a 3D printed bracelet that could allow people with cereb...
A new minimized MLA-based sensor (right) is seen next to a standard vision-based tactile sensor. (Credit: Chen et. al.)
Vision-based tactile sensors have been widely studied in the robotics field, as they are capable of tracking movement and changes...
PKE Meter. If only it was a real thing. (Image credit: Amazon)
Paranormal research and ghost hunting have been around since the 18th century and have even spawned official organizations, such as the Society of Physical Research, to investigate spiri...
element14 is going to host a panel discussion on Sensor Technology this summer.
The panel discussion is loosely focused on new trends and developments in senor tech. We have developed some questions, but we wanted to get some feedback from the ...
