Licking a Tootsie Roll Sensor To Monitor Your Health
Single-use diagnostic tests often aren’t practical for health professionals or patients in resource-limited areas, where cost and waste disposal are big concerns. So, researchers reporting…
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New Sensor Can Detect Valuable Rare Earth Element in Waste Sources
Low concentrations of terbium could be identified from acid mine drainage and other waste sources. A new luminescent sensor can detect terbium, a valuable rare…
This New Ultrathin Sensor Could Save Your Lungs – And the Climate
Atomically thin device developed by scientists at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley could turn your smartphone into a supersmart gas sensor. Nitrogen dioxide, an air…
Engineers Create “Living Materials” – Inspired by Symbiotic Culture Used to Make Kombucha Tea
A symbiotic culture of specialized yeast and bacteria can generate tough materials able to perform a variety of functions. Engineers at MIT and Imperial College…
Black Silicon Photodetector Breaks the 100% Efficiency Limit, Shocking Scientists
The efficiency was so high that at first the researchers had a hard time believing the result. Now Aalto University spin-off company ElFys Inc. already…
U.S. Army Creates Sensor With 100,000 Times Higher Sensitivity – Improves Thermal Imaging, Electronic Warfare, Communications
Better detection of microwave radiation will improve thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communications. Army-funded research developed a new microwave radiation sensor with 100,000 times higher…
Super-Micro Haptic Touch Sensor Works by Static Electricity
Two-dimensional crumpled nanostructure with 40% higher efficiency. Super-micro, low-power sensors and devices that can send and receive signals and information anytime, anywhere will become an…
MIT Developed Sensors Woven Into Fabrics So a Shirt Can Monitor Vital Signs
Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health. MIT researchers have developed a way to incorporate electronic sensors into stretchy fabrics, allowing…
Inexpensive Sensor to Save Lives of Children, Pets Left in Vehicles
A small, inexpensive sensor could save lives by triggering an alarm when children or pets are left alone in vehicles. The new device, developed by…
A Battery-Free Sensor for Underwater Exploration [Video]
Submerged system uses the vibration of “piezoelectric” materials to generate power and send and receive data. To investigate the vastly unexplored oceans covering most of…
Hydrogen Peroxide-Sensing Molecule Helps Select Effective Cancer Therapy
MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer cells and determine whether the cells are responding to a particular…
New Computational Method Improves Resolution of Time-of-Flight Depth Sensors 1,000-Fold
For the past 10 years, the Camera Culture group at MIT’s Media Lab has been developing innovative imaging systems — from a camera that can…
More Than 80% Efficiency Attained in New Ultralow-power Circuit
Researchers at MIT developed a new ultralow-power circuit that improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent. This can lead the way to…
New Wireless Sensor Detects Hazardous Chemicals or Food Spoilage
Researchers from MIT have developed a new wireless sensor that can transmit information on hazardous chemicals or food spoilage to a smartphone. MIT chemists have…
DARPA Creates First Solid State Receiver to Demonstrate Gain at 0.85 THz
Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have created the world’s first solid state receiver to demonstrate gain at 0.85 terahertz (THz). In the…
Floating Robots Demonstrate Their Water Monitoring Technology
Engineers at UC Berkeley released their smartphone-equipped floating robots in the Sacramento River to field test their ability and to demonstrate their water monitoring technology….
Cost Effective Sensor Measures Fruits’ Ripeness
In an effort to reduce food loss due to spoilage, MIT researchers developed a new sensor that detects tiny amounts of ethylene, a gas that…
Smart Pills Will Track Patients from the Inside Out
Proteus Biomedical’s smart pills, which are pills that include embedded microchips, are set to launch this year in the United Kingdom, with the collaboration of…