Power Electronics INSIDER Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer Michael Ropp and his team have created a library of codes to improve the resilience, reliability, and self-healing nature of the electric grid. (Image: Craig Fritz) It’s not hard to imagine the potential value of a self-heali

Motion Design INSIDER Timelapse image of one of the paths flown by the robot. (Image: The researchers) Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way home? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for t

Electronics & Sensors INSIDER ORNLs Kyle Reed led a team testing an ORNL-made, hardy new type of transistor in the reactor pool as it glows with radiation at The Ohio State University Nuclear Reactor laboratory. (Image: Michael Huson/The Ohio State University) The safety and efficiency of a larg

Electronics & Sensors INSIDER Princeton researchers have totally reimagined the physics of computing to build a chip for modern AI workloads. And with new U.S. government backing they will see how fast, compact and power-efficient this chip can get. An early prototype is pictured above. (Image:

Electronics & Sensors INSIDER DOWN TO THE WIRE: Rochester researchers demonstrated their super-high resolution thermometry techniques on an electrical heater structure that the team designed to produce sharp temperature gradients. (Image: University of Rochester/J. Adam Fenster) When electronic

Fast DC charging of electric vehicles (EVs) could be key to alleviating the range anxiety that many believe is limiting EV adoption. With a robust charging infrastructure that enables battery charging in 20 minutes rather than 4 hours, EV charging moves much closer to the experience drivers are accu

Applied Physics Review, Melville, NY Successful garbage sorting by an intelligent robot tactile system. (Image: Qian Mao and Rong Zhu/AIP Publishing) Today’s intelligent robots can accurately recognize many objects through vision and touch. Tactile information, obtained through sensors, along with m

The surge in content generated by cameras, across consumer and industrial sectors, has placed a burden on machines’ capacity to effectively acquire, process, and utilize visual data in a practical and efficient manner. The current challenges include: an overwhelming amount of data being collected (m

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX A diagram of the Descent and Landing Computer’s (DLC) computing platform with datapath architecture. (Image: NASA) Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center have developed and successfully flight tested a high-performance computing platform, known as the Descent and L

After the cloths used to wipe down the space station arrived on Earth, they were rinsed in the water jar seen here with an orange lid to remove microbes. That liquid was then concentrated into this vial (inset) for testing by InnovaPrep’s CP Select system. (Image: NASA) Tracking the spread of COVID-

The Grid Signature Event Library energizes utility and researcher understanding of grid behavior by providing access to datasets of waveforms from grid operations. (Image: Adam Malin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy) Tech Briefs: Could you tell me how this project began? Aaron Wilson: I was not the origin

Home Software Article August 16, 2024 A fleet of delivery robots developed by Starship Technologies. (Image: www.starship.xyz)From food packaging to preparation and delivery to serving in restaurants, robots are helping the food industry meet labor shortages. By taking over repetitive tas

Overview The August 2024 Special Report on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles & Systems provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements and applications in drone technology, particularly in military and civil contexts. The report is structured into several key features and tech briefs that hi

Overview The August 2024 Special Report on Test & Measurement presents a comprehensive overview of recent advancements and research in various technological fields, focusing on innovations that enhance testing capabilities and performance in real-world applications. One of the key features of th

Motion Design INSIDER Traffic drives through one of the 34 intersections that were part of the connected vehicle data study in Birmingham, MI. (Image: Jeremy Little, Michigan Engineering) Communities could reduce costs and cut vehicle emissions — all in the name of shortening your trip. With GPS dat

Motion Design INSIDER When humans and robots work together, there is always a chance that inattentiveness can cause problems. (Image: Tampatra/iStock) A new algorithm may make robots safer by making them more aware of human inattentiveness. In computerized simulations of packaging and assembly lines

Figure 1. Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) explorer visualization with windowed SJI imagery. (Image: Alluxa) Advances in optical sensors and imaging technologies are ever more rapidly assimilated into how humans interact, understand themselves, and explore the world around them. The scop

Optica, Washington D.C. Researchers used inkjet printing to create a multispectral version of a light field camera, which fits in the palm of the hand. The 3D camera could be useful for applications such as autonomous driving, classification of recycled materials, and remote sensing. (Image: Maximil

University of Maryland, College Park, MD A diagram depicting the novel AMI-EV camera system. (Image: Courtesy of the UMIACS Computer Vision Laboratory) A team led by University of Maryland computer scientists invented a camera mechanism that improves how robots see and react to the world around them

With the increase in demand for higher resolution image sensors, pixel pitch has been reduced to fit a larger number of pixels within the same sensor size. In order to read at the same frame rate, multiple rows must be read concurrently. This requires multiple analog to data converters (ADCs) per pi