POSTS TAGGED AS sensors

New Brain Signal Sensor

Human brain signals in record-breaking resolution
“A new array of brain sensors can record electrical signals directly from the surface of [MORE]

Digital Touch

Tactile sensors for Robots
“The DIGIT touch sensor is based on the GelSight style of sensor, which was first conceptualized at [MORE]

Best Sensors Awards

TracPatch knee sensor
Fierce Electronics announced its best sensor awards for 2021 in 13 categories, including artificial intelligence, COVID-19, medical and [MORE]

Smart Home Vibration Sensor

VibrosSense tracks home appliance using deep learning
For many years, researchers in eldercare have sought ways to detect how elders are [MORE]

Flexible Heart Catheters

Electronic- cardiac catheter
“[R]esearchers [at George Washington and Northwestern Universities] have developed a new type of catheter that conforms well with [MORE]

Sweat Sensors in Clothing

Sprinter with Lactate Curve – sweat sensing materials
From electrical engineers at Tufts University: “. . . we present a thread-based [MORE]

Tactile Enhancement

Tactile enhancement
Chinese engineers have shown how a silvery material used to make an ultra-thin sensor can enhance the sense of [MORE]

Healthcare’s Smart Buildings

Smart building technology
For example, “Humber River Hospital is an affiliate of the University of Toronto and Queen’s University. The facility [MORE]

Electronic Skin

Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin (ACES)
Engineers at the National University of Singapore have invented what they call “Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin” [MORE]

Hydrogels with Flexible Electronics

Hydrogels with flexible electronics
“Hydrogel” entered the biomedical lexicon 125 years ago, and its variations now include uses for wound healing, [MORE]

3D Body Mapping of Damaged Organs

3D body scanning
Using a tissue scaffold with arrays of sensors, tissue engineers at Purdue University have shown how to monitor [MORE]

Glucose Powered Artificial Muscle

Artificial muscle
“Scientists at Linköping University have blurred the line between robot and organism by developing an artificial muscle that runs [MORE]

“Health Waze”

Digital health infographic.
Waze GPS is a software product from Google that aids driving navigation.  In this piece the medical chair [MORE]

Force Sensing in Medical Devices

Force sensing technology
This piece from sensor maker, Tekscan, Inc. (South Boston, MA) describes the many applications of force sensing in [MORE]