HEADLINES ARCHIVE
"Array of Things" to Monitor Chicago's Livability Factors
AoT will encompass a network of 500 computer nodes designed to gather data on livability factors all over Chicago, from climate, weather and air quality to noise and traffic, on a city block scale.
Watson-Powered Robot Aids the Elderly and Caregivers
The robot will perform several tasks, including helping to study innovative ways of measuring an individual’s vital signs and answering basic health-related questions.
Scanner Gloves Simplify Audi's Operations
Audi says use of the scanner glove is the first step toward widespread utilization of wearables in its operations.
Sensor Technology Tunes Out the White Noise
Enhanced sensors could be used to improve aviation, detect structural damage in buildings and bridges and boost the capabilities of health monitors.
Using Drones and Insect Biobots to Map Disaster Areas
The technology has utility for areas where GPS can’t be used.
Standard Evaluates Optical Trackers' Ability to Follow Objects
A new test method evaluates how well an optical tracking system defines an object’s position and orientation with six degrees of freedom: up/down, right/left, forward/backward, pitch, yaw and roll.
Smart Meter Breaks Down Energy Use by Appliance
Non-intrusive load monitoring is based on a simple principle: each device has a pattern of energy consumption that gives rise to a type of signature or “fingerprint” within the power grid.
"Gremlins" Used to Test Assembly Line Quality Control
Ford employees are being tasked with secretly planting wrong and faulty parts onto the assembly line.
New Mic Could Bolster SONAR Applications
Many existing underwater microphones are made from ceramics, which generally absorb and register only about 20% of the low-frequency acoustic waves traveling through water.
Satellites Measure Earth Movement Down to the Millimeter
The new automatic radar service monitoring Europe’s seismic regions covers an area of three million square kilometers in 200-meter blocks.
Weak Control Laser Beam Could Boost Computer Chips
Researchers have developed an asymmetric metawaveguide that enables a weak control laser beam to manipulate a much more intense laser signal.
First Citywide Test of Radioactivity
A key element of SIGMA, which began in 2014, has been to develop and test low-cost, high-efficiency radiation sensors that detect gamma and neutron radiation.
Chips Bridge Gap Between Computation and Storage
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are creating chips that can be configured to perform complex calculations and store massive amounts of information in the same integrated unit.
Turning the Living Room into a Wireless Charging Station
The proposed system would operate at microwave frequencies, at which the power transfer distance could extend well beyond the confines of a room.
Spinach Plants Engineered to Detect Explosives
This is one of the first demonstrations of the engineering of electronic systems into plants.
Smart bridge sensors
The project is designed to showcase the future of smart, sustainable, user-centered transportation infrastructure that helps to monitor structural and environmental health.
Sensor Technology Could Prevent Infant Deaths
The system involves a pressure sensor installed under the lining of a car seat. An Arduino circuit board connected to the sensor synchronizes with an app on a parent’s mobile phone.
Smartphone "Laboratory" Detects Cancer Biomarker
Although smartphone spectrometers exist, they monitor or measure only a single sample at a time, making them inefficient for many real-world applications.
Finger Vein Authentication Uses Smartphone Camera
The advantage of finger vein authentication is that the characteristics used for biometric identification are in vivo, making it more difficult to forge or spoof.
"Clever Buoy" Uses Sonar and Software to Warn of Sharks
The system uses multibeam sonar transducers that are mounted on the ocean floor, together with custom detection software, to scan for shark-like objects.