An international team, including the University of Tokyo, has created a sensor inspired by the lateral line in fish - their ...

Doing it yourself may not get you the most precise lab equipment in the world, but it gets you a hands-on appreciation of the techniques that just can’t be beat. Today’s example of this adage: [Stoppi ...

I’m a personal trainer who's tested products for five years. The best fitness trackers are supposed to enhance your fitness journey, not make it harder. But tracking and interpreting your health data ...

Abstract: With increasing requirements for online monitoring of overhead transmission lines (OTLs) in smart grids, contact-free measurement technologies have been updated these decades. However, the ...

Does it matter if you put a video camera near your magnetic compass that is used for navigation? The theoretical answer is "yes." But the practical answer? "Probably not." Now for a detailed ...

The ability to inexpensively but accurately measure distance between an autonomous vehicle or robot and nearby objects is a challenging problem for hackers. Knowing the distance is key to obstacle ...

Capacitive sensors are found in a wide range of equipment, from consumer electronics to industrial/process control. Touch buttons are increasingly found in lamps and dimmers. Motion detectors can ...

Direct measurement of the adhesion energy of monolayer graphene as-grown on metal substrates is important to better understand its bonding mechanism and control the mechanical release of the graphene ...