"The detector and light source was the same as on light microscopes found at any hospital, but my colleague Tom Vosch has optimized the microscope to the point where everything is almost beyond the possible.
and avoids obstacles thanks to optic flow sensors inspired by insect vision. It can fly along a tunnel with uneven, moving walls without measuring either speed or altitude.
optic flow sensors could be used as an ultra-light backup system in the event of failure on a space mission4.
Sub-optimal Lunar Landing GNC using Non-gimbaled Bio-inspired Optic Flow Sensors, G. Sabiron, T. Raharijaona, L. Burlion, E. Kervendal, E
#Flexible sensors turn skin into a touch-sensitive interaction space for mobile devices (w/video) If a mobile phone rings during a meeting,
They have developed flexible silicone rubber stickers with pressure-sensitive sensors that fit snugly to the skin.
Because of the flexible material used, the sensors can be manufactured in a variety of shapes, sizes and personalized designs.
They have developed flexible silicone rubber stickers with pressure-sensitive sensors that fit snugly to the skin.
Because of the flexible material used, the sensors can be manufactured in a variety of shapes, sizes and personalized designs.
and electrically conducting sensors that can be worn on the skin. The stickers can act as an input space that receives
The silicone used to fabricate the sensor patches makes them flexible and stretchable. his makes them easier to use in an everyday environment.
Users can therefore decide where they want to position the sensor patch and how long they want to wear it.
Currently the sensor stickers are connected via cable to a computer system. According to Steimle, inbuilt microchips may in future allow the skin-worn sensor patches to communicate wirelessly with other mobile devices.
The publication about Skinwon the est Paper Awardat the SIGCHI conference, which ranks among the most important conferences within the research area of human computer interaction.
and Graphene has grown as the most promising material for brand-new electronic circuitry, sensors and optical communications devices.
They outfitted the robots feet with load sensors that measure the force exerted by each foot on the ground.
light detectors, and several kinds of electronic devices that are by nature transparent to visible light. Of particular importance are new materials that conduct electricity by using missing electrons, otherwise known as"holes."
"could lead to ultracompact optical systems such as advanced microscopes, displays, sensors, and cameras that can be mass-produced using the same photolithography techniques used to manufacture computer microchips."
such as high-power engines, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instruments, and thermal sensors.""Because of its shape flexibility, the active thermal cloak might also be applied in human garments for effective cooling and warming,
#Protein-based sensor could detect viral infection or kill cancer cells MIT biological engineers have developed a modular system of proteins that can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell
and find their way onto a detector, creating a diffraction pattern. By analyzing that pattern,
the detector must be placed close to the target material--similar to placing a specimen close to a microscope to boost the magnification.
hardly any photons will bounce off the target at large enough angles to reach the detector.
& Interfaces("Highly sensitive and Selective Sensor Chips with Graphene oxide Linking Layer")."Valentyn Volkov is the co-lead author, a visiting professor from the University of Southern Denmark.
These sensors can detect biomolecule adsorption even at a few trillionth of a gram per millimeter square.
Nevertheless, the most distinctive feature of such sensors is an ability to"visualize"molecular interactions in real time."
With SPR sensors we just need to estimate the interaction between the drug and targets on the sensing surface,
Most commercial SPR sensor chips comprise a thin glass plate covered by gold layer with thiol
and patented a novel type of SPR sensor chips with the linking layer, made of GO, a material with more attractive optical and chemical properties than pristine graphene.
An important advantage of the new GO based sensor chips is their simplicity and low-cost fabrication compared to sensor chips that are already commercially available."
"Our invention will help in drug development against viral and cancer diseases. We are expecting that pharmaceutical industry will express a strong demand for our technology,
"The sensor can also find applications in food quality control, toxin screening, the sensor can significantly shorten a time for a clinical diagnostic,"researcher added.
However, the developed chip should go through a clinical trial for medical applications s
#Pioneering research develops new way to capture light-for the computers of tomorrow The key breakthrough will allow large quantities of data to be stored directly on an integrated optical chip,
which will officially be published tomorrow in the Journal of the American Chemical Society("A highly selective electrochemical DNA-based sensor that employs steric hindrance effects to detect proteins directly in whole blood),
(or traffic) at the surface of a sensor, which drastically reduced the signal of our tests,
The new material could also lead to optical sensors that are highly sensitive to the electrical field in the environment on the nanometer scale e
#Flexible microfluidic tactile sensor for robotics, electronics and healthcare applications A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of engineering has developed a wearable liquid-based microfluidic tactile
sensor that is small, thin, highly flexible and durable. Simple and cost-effective to produce, this novel device is very suitable for applications such as soft robotics, wearable consumer electronics, smart medical prosthetic devices,
Tactile sensors are data acquisition devices that detect and measure a diversity of properties arising from physical interaction
Conventional tactile sensors that are available today are typically rigid and in solid-state form restricting various natural body movements
Addressing the limitations of existing tactile sensors, a team of researchers led by Professor Lim Chwee Teck from NUS Department of Biomedical engineering achieves a significant technological breakthrough by adopting a liquid-based pressure sensing method in the design of such sensors.
The team and their flexible sensor. Novel liquid-based pressure sensing element The newly developed microfluidic tactile sensor is fabricated on a flexible substrate like silicone rubber
and uses non-corrosive, nontoxic 2d nanomaterial suspension in liquid form, such as graphene oxide, as the pressure sensing element to recognise force-induced changes.
The NUS team has put the device through rigorous tests and also subjected it to various strenuous deformations, such as pressing, bending or stretching,
From idea to market The teams invention will further advance the applications of tactile sensors
This liquid-based microfluidic tactile sensor, which is the first of its kind, addresses an existing gap in the market.
the sensor gives a better fit when monitoring natural body movements. Its small size, durability and ease of production further differentiate this novel device from conventional tactile sensors.
With the rapid advancement of healthcare and biomedical technologies as well as consumer electronics we are optimistic about new possibilities to commercialise our invention,
"We are trying to add more types of sensors including blood pressure and oxygen saturation monitors to the low-cost patch
Karnik says graphene nanopores could be useful as sensors for instance, detecting ions of mercury, potassium, or fluoride in solution.
similar to the ones used in current hard-disk drives and magnetic sensors. However, up to now an additional magnet was necessary for a read-out of skyrmions.
The sensor does need not to be activated chemically and is rapid-acting within five minutes-enabling the targeted antibodies to be detected easily, even in complex clinical samples such as blood serum."
These microscopic widgets could be customized into incredibly sensitive chemical detectors or long-lasting catalysts, to name a few possible applications.
"In order for these wearable sensor devices to become fully integrated into sophisticated monitoring systems, they require wireless interfaces to external communication devices such as smartphones.
like the sensor systems, perform even under extreme deformations and during extended periods of normal daily activities."
As a next step, the team will integrate their stretchable antenna into a fully integrated, flexible, stretchable and wearable sensor array for real-time communication of sensor information s
alerting the wearer by turning on an LED light("Ultrasensitive and Highly Selective Graphene-Based Single Yarn for Use in Wearable Gas Sensor").
The fabrics were three times as sensitive to nitrogen dioxide in air compared to another reduced graphene oxide sensor previously prepared on a flat material.
and filter harmful gas from air. his sensor can bring a significant change to our daily life
unlike the gas sensors invariably developed with the existing solid substrates, says Dr. Hyung-Kun Lee,
By setting up a detector and analyzing the wave interference pattern, scientists can determine information like the distance between atoms.
To ensure that the electron pulse arrives at the sample or detector with the desired properties in spite of inter-electron repulsion
night-vision goggles and smoke detectors to surveillance systems and satellites--that rely on electronic light sensors. Integrated into a digital camera lens, for example, it could reduce bulkiness and boost both the acquisition speed and quality of video or still photos.
Future applications of such a DNA walker might include a cancer detector that could roam the human body searching for cancerous cells
#Ultrasensitive sensors made from boron-doped graphene Ultrasensitive gas sensors based on the infusion of boron atoms into graphene--a tightly bound matrix of carbon atoms--may soon be possible, according to an international team of researchers
but it is also a highly sensitive gas sensor. With the addition of boron atoms, the boron graphene sensors were able to detect noxious gas molecules at extremely low concentrations, parts per billion in the case of nitrogen oxides and parts per million for ammonia
"will open a path to high-performance sensors that can detect trace amounts of many other molecules."
Once fabricated, the researchers sent boron graphene samples to researchers at the Honda Research Institute USA Inc.,Columbus, Ohio, who tested the samples against their own highly sensitive gas sensors.
UK, studied the transport mechanism of the sensors. Novoselov was the 2010 Nobel laureate in physics.
"This multidisciplinary research paves a new avenue for further exploration of ultrasensitive gas sensors, "said Avetik Harutyunyan,
chief scientist and project leader at Honda Research Institute USA Inc."Our approach combines novel nanomaterials with continuous ultraviolet light radiation in the sensor design that have been developed in our laboratory by lead researcher Dr
which is up to six orders of magnitude better sensitivity than current state-of-the-art sensors.""These sensors can be used for labs and industries that use ammonia, a highly corrosive health hazard,
or to detect nitrogen oxides, a dangerous atmospheric pollutant emitted from automobile tailpipes. In addition to detecting toxic or flammable gases,
curved arrays of individual lenses allow small-scale sensors to perceive a broader picture. The cylindrical arrangement shown in the schematic allowed researchers to resolve a 170-degree field of view.
a graduate student and first author of the study published in Nano Letters("Mechanically Self-Assembled, Three-dimensional Grapheneold Hybrid Nanostructures for Advanced Nanoplasmonic Sensors").
The APL hand contains sophisticated torque sensors that can detect when pressure is being applied to any of its fingers,
as detectors for the protein fibers implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer.
They are now developing sensors for the amyloid fibrils that may allow experimenters to use droplets of liquid crystals in emulsion rather than the flat surfaces used in the proof-of-concept experiments.
or other body fluid using the new detectors, or for drug researchers to put the amyloid proteins in water,
How Embedded Optical Sensors Could Make Robotic Hands More Dexterous Carnegie mellon creates sensor rich robotic hand and new stretchable sensor.
Optical sensors may be suited uniquely for use in robotic hands, according to Carnegie mellon University researchers who have developed a three-fingered soft robotic hand with multiple embedded fiber optic sensors.
They also have created a new type of stretchable optical sensor. By using fiber optics, the researchers were embed able to 14 strain sensors into each of the fingers in the robotic hand,
giving it the ability to determine where its fingertips are in contact and to detect forces of less than a tenth of a newton.
The new stretchable optical sensing material not incorporated in this version of the hand, potentially could be used in a soft robotic skin to provide even more feedback. f you want robots to work autonomously
you need robotic hands that have more sensors than is said typical today Yong-Lae Park,
but even a state-of-the-art humanoid such as NASA Robonaut has only 42 sensors in its hand and wrist.
or force sensors is problematic because wiring can be complicated, prone to breaking and susceptible to interference from electric motors and other electromagnetic devices.
But a single optical fiber can contain several sensors; all of the sensors in each of the fingers of the CMU hand are connected with four fibers,
although, theoretically, a single fiber could do the job, Park said. And the optical sensors are impervious to electromagnetic interference.
The Carnegie mellon researchers will discuss the robotic hand, developed together with researchers at Intelligent Fiber optic Systems Corp.,with support from NASA, Sept. 29 at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2015, in Hamburg, Germany.
A report on the highly stretchable optical sensors will be presented Oct 1 at the same conference. Industrial robots
are capable of extremely precise manipulation with only limited sensors. But as roboticists at CMU and elsewhere work to develop soft robots that can interact routinely and safely with humans,
The skeletal onesare 3-D-printed hard plastic and incorporate eight sensors for detecting force.
The skeletal onesare 3-D-printed hard plastic and incorporate eight sensors for detecting force.
Each of the three sections is covered with a soft silicone rubber skin embedded with a total of six sensors that detect where contact has been made.
and Kevin Low, incorporates commercially available fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, which detect strain by measuring shifts in the wavelength of light reflected by the optical fiber.
Despite their advantages, conventional optical sensors don stretch much glass fibers stretch hardly at all and even polymer fibers stretch typically only 20-25 percent, Park noted.
Park has developed previously highly stretchable microfluidic soft sensors membranes that measure strain via liquid-conductor-filled channels
working with mechanical engineering students Celeste To from CMU and Tess Lee Hellebrekers from the University of Texas, invented a highly stretchable and flexible optical sensor, using a combination of commercially available silicone rubbers.
Park said this type of flexible optical sensor could be incorporated into soft skins. Such a skin would
and made it a light sensor, says Catherine Drennan, a professor of chemistry and biology at MIT.
New york-based firm Dogstar has created a device it describes as the orld first dog emotion sensor Known as Tailtalk,
#Bionic pancreas automatically controls diabeticsblood sugar SENSOR, pump action! An app linked to a glucose sensor
and insulin pump can make life a lot easier for people with type 1 diabetes. he sense of potential freedom is amazing,
A glucose sensor and insulin pump, both attached to the abdomen, are used by some people with type 1 diabetes to manage their condition,
Compared with a sensor and pump without an algorithm, children using the bionic device spent half as much time with seriously low sugar levels,
We can use them to make more efficient displays for mobile devices, sensors with greater resolution,
#Single molecule detector reveals biomolecule secrets Supersensitive detection systems are an important element of today's life sciences.
The system consists of a cascade of 15 Mach-Zehnder interferometers with 30 thermo-optic phase shifters and 12 single-photon detectors.
#Fiber Sensors Improve Robot Touch Sensitivity Fiber optic sensors could give robots the sensitivity needed to handle delicate objects and work safely alongside humans.
A three-fingered, soft robotic hand features 14 embedded fiber optic strain sensors that enable the hand to determine where its fingertips are in contact
you need robotic hands that have more sensors than is said typical today Yong-Lae Park,
but even a state-of-the-art humanoid such as NASA's Robonaut has only 42 sensors in its hand and wrist,
It incorporates commercially available fiber Bragg grating sensors, which detect strain by measuring shifts in the wavelength of light propagating through optical fiber.
Conventional pressure or force sensors are problematic because their wiring can be complicated, prone to breaking and susceptible to electromagnetic interference.
and one strand can contain several sensors. All of the sensors in each of the fingers of the robotic hand are connected with four fibers,
although, theoretically, a single fiber could do the job, Park said. Despite their advantages, conventional fiber optic sensors don't stretch much.
Glass fibers stretch hardly at all, and even polymer fibers stretch typically only 20 to 25 percent,
Future versions of the hand could be made even more sensitive with artificial skin that incorporates stretchable fiber sensors based on commercially available silicone rubber.
are capable of extremely precise manipulation with only limited sensors. But as roboticists work to develop soft robots that can interact routinely and safely with humans,
Pete Jameson, chief operating officer at ODG, points out that the company R-6 glasses, commercially available for just under $5, 000, have an ambient light sensor and swappable photochromic shields for handling glare."
and sensors like accelerometers have all found their way from our pockets to the skies.
The concept uses a sensor to detect an explosion in water or air--say, an IED on the side of the road--then estimates the time and location of the explosion.
Next, the signal from the sensor triggers a laser (or a blast of electricity or microwave energy) that heats up a section of air or water
Nanotechnology could be used to build the embedded control system, sensors and computers for any liquid metal robot.
#This Sleeve Will Help Save PITCHERS'Arms Motus mthrow Brian Klutch Sensors: Gyroscopes, accelerometers Weight:
#Putting Sensors In Bridges And Tunnels Could Make Their Walls Talk Trying to get a building to tell you how it feeling is,
by creating various sensors to fit inside buildings, tunnels, and bridges. With the feedback collected from these sensors,
inspectors will have a better understanding of how a city's infrastructure is holding up GENESI is an awkward acronym for reen sensonr NETWORKS for Structural monitoring.
GENESI puts sensors into a city's various structures to let them"communicate"their status. These sensors include ibrating strain gauges, displacement meters, pressure sensors, temperature sensors,
and soil moisture sensors.""To conserve power, they have energy harvesting capabilities, and engineers can periodically wake them up to get fresh readings from the sensors and check for any changes.
One of GENESI two pilot projects is a testbed in the tunnels of Rome underground rail system,
where wire sensors that pick up strain from vibration were placed inside certain concrete segments. Data loggers record the data,
but powering sensors--even really efficient sensors--requires some form of electric charging or battery replacement.
But each GENESI node and sensor includes a miniature wind turbine that harvests energy from passing trains.
For all other sensors, whether tucked away in tunnel walls or nestled in dark unlit crevices under bridges,
This isn the first attempt to put streamlined insect-inspired sensors into drones but it the first time it been done for such tiny drones (others have tried to hook them up with bulky digital cameras.
A team of South korean researchers has developed a simple sensor based on the human nose to sniff out the smelly molecules.
The sensor is coated with special proteins called olfactory receptors that bind to the molecules when they are present.
In this particular sensor the researchers found human olfactory receptors that react to GSM and MIB,
The prosthetic hand contains torque sensors that can detect minute changes in pressure. Once the brain and arm were hooked up
The hand contains sensors that can detect when pressure is being applied to its fingers, and converts this pressure into electrical signals that the brain implant reads.
Now a team led by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a flexible electronic sensor that can measure blood flow on top of the skin or
The devices are made from a thin array of metallic wires that are oriented around a central sensor
The researchers have not yet tested the sensors abilities when implanted below the skin as the devices would need to be totally wireless in order for that to make probable sense.
#Open-source Soil Sensors: Vinduino As California fourth straight year of drought forces farmers to cut back on water use,
one California vineyard-owner has taken a DIY approach to creating a sensor-driven water conservation system.
The project so far includes instructions for making your own soil moisture sensors (based on the gypsum mineral found in plaster of paris;
building a handheld Arduino-based device for taking sensor readings; and creating Arduino-based irrigation valves,
water pressure sensors and data loggers for controlling and monitoring the vineyard irrigation system. In prototype stage is networked a,
solar-powered sensor reading station that can report Vinduino sensor data via the Thingspeak platform.
Van der Lee future plans include designing a network hub for collecting readings from multiple sensor stations,
Van der Lee says that one of his primary motivations for building Vinduino was to innovate on commercial soil monitoring systems that typically rely on readings from a single sensor.
Vinduino uses three sensors at different depths to get a better handle on the way water moves through the soil at each measurement point.
together with low cost gypsum soil moisture sensors, provides all that
#Plug Your Toaster Into the Sun Sunport lets you use solar power at homeithout the panels.
and image sensor, cost less than $3, 000 to construct. At production levels upwards of 10,000 units,
reflectors, and USB detectors, combined with the all-plastic housing and lenses will allow for future versions of the prototype to be mass-produced.
#A otdevelopment for ultra-cold magnetic sensors Magnetoencephalography, or MEG, is a noninvasive technique for investigating human brain activity for surgical planning or research,
The most sensitive commercial magnetic sensors require a single SQUID kept at 4. 2 Kn incredibly chilly temperature that is usually maintained with expensive and difficult to handle liquid helium.
"We believe there should be an immediate interest in the entire SQUID community for the potential replacement of their existing superconducting magnetic sensors based on single SQUIDS operating at 4. 2 K with our SQUID arrays operating at 77 K,
they provide a magnetic sensor that is very cost effective, considering that operation of SQUIDS at 4. 2k requires the use of liquid helium-4,
F Capture would enable motion capture without body sensors and could track actorsmovements even if they are behind furniture or walls.
F Capture would enable motion capture without body sensors and could track actorsmovements even if they are behind furniture or walls.
#Electronic skin sensors to control mobile gadgets A skin-worn sensor that turns the human body into a touch sensitive surface for controlling mobile devices has been developed by scientists in Germany. iskin is made from biocompatible silicone rubber
with pressure-sensitive sensors that are stuck to the skin of the users, allowing them to use their own body to control mobile devices.
The sensor is capable of detecting touch input pressure even when being stretched or bent. With the current prototypes;
But our sensor is a flexible and stretchable sensor, so it can cover many locations.
which makes up the sensor. This is then sandwiched between two clear sheets of silicone.""The sensor is made out of bio-compatible silicone and carbon-doped silicone.
So there are carbon particles inside the silicone which make it conductive so we can use it for electronics,
while also serving as the sensor net that sends touch, temperature and pain signals to the brain.
Ultimately she wants to create a flexible electronic fabric embedded with sensors that could cover a prosthetic limb
The top layer in the new work featured a sensor that can detect pressure over the same range as human skin,
and rubbers as pressure sensors by measuring the natural springiness of their molecular structures. They then increased this natural pressure sensitivity by indenting a waffle pattern into the thin plastic
This allowed the plastic sensor to mimic human skin, which transmits pressure information as short pulses of electricity, similar to Morse code, to the brain.
allowing more electricity to flow through the sensor, and those varied impulses are sent as short pulses to the sensing mechanism.
Bao's team envisions developing different sensors to replicate, for instance, the ability to distinguish corduroy versus silk,
And the inkjet printing fabrication process suggests how a network of sensors could be deposited over a flexible layer and folded over a prosthetic hand."
#Artificial'skin'Provides Prosthetics With Sensation Using flexible organic circuits and specialized pressure sensors, researchers have created an artificial skin"that can sense the force of static objects.
A particular challenge was creating sensors that can"feel"the same range of pressure that humans can.
Thus, on the sensors, the team used carbon nanotubes molded into pyramidal microstructures, which are particularly effective at tunneling the signals from the electric field of nearby objects to the receiving electrode in a way that maximizes sensitivity.
#Flexible skin sensors turn your body into a digital touch panel The rise of wearable technology is inevitably leading towards our clothes becoming the next touch-enabled smart accessories,
co-developer Martin Weigel of Saarland University in Germany told Matthew Stock at Reuters. ut our sensor is a flexible and stretchable sensor,
features a sensor created by sandwiching a conductive carbon black powder between two sheets of silicone.
the sensor is able to distinguish between two different pressures, with resistive (firm) and capacative (light touches potentially enabling different sorts of user control.
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