Sensors are devices, modules or subsystems that are capable of detecting and responding to a certain type of input that has been acquired from the physical environment.
By Benedette Cuffari
5 Dec 2018
A single day of the solar energy received by the Earth exceeds the entire amount of energy the planet uses in one year.
By Brett Smith
5 Dec 2018
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a microscopy technique within the branch of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) that is used to obtain a topographic image of a specimen at nanometer (nm) resolution.
By Benedette Cuffari
5 Dec 2018
This article discusses the ways in which sensors are used to fight crime.
By Brett Smith
16 Nov 2018
For man-made objects to either fly or remain in geostationary orbit around the Earth (i.e. a spacecraft Vs a satellite, respectively), they need to monitor the local and remote environments.
By Liam Critchley
14 Nov 2018
This article discusses water quality and how sensors can measure it.
By Brett Smith
2 Nov 2018
This article discusses the sensors that are in our every day electronic items.
By Liam Critchley
2 Nov 2018
Fingerprint sensors perform a very basic function; taking and image of the fingertip and comparing it against information from a previously scanned fingerprint. Learn about their importance in this article.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
21 Sep 2018
Close to 10 billion people will inhabit the world by 2050 according to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
By Rose Ann Tegio
16 Sep 2018
Nano-sensors are chemical or mechanical sensors used to detect and convey information about the presence of chemical species and nanoparticles.
By Louise Saul
16 Sep 2018