A research team has developed a new soft tactile sensor with skin-comparable characteristics. A robotic gripper with the sensor mounted at the fingertip could accomplish challenging tasks such as ...

Ceramics are materials which have existed for a long period of time and have since evolved from the materials used to make porcelain. Aside from conventional ceramics seen in art galleries, there are ...

The thermometer and the barometer were born in the 1600s and, since then, sensors used for environmental purposes have ...

Automotive applications impose particularly severe operating conditions on electronics components, and the lifetime and reliability requirements are particularly demanding. The requirement for ...

As automobiles become more complex and more electronically driven, it's no surprise that more innovative and unique technologies are getting implemented in this space. One application increasing in ...

APS-C sensors are smaller than full-frame sensors, typically around 22.2 x 14.8mm for Canon, and approximately 23.6 x 15.6mm for other brands like Nikon, Sony, and Fujifilm. This size difference ...

What are the challenges for real-time biosensing and “edge” analysis? How do gold and gold-silver nanowires address the issue? How these sensors can implement elementary logic functions. Wearable ...

Driver-assistance features such as adaptive cruise control, automated emergency braking, lane centering, and blind-spot monitoring—which are the building blocks of hands-free driving systems—require a ...