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New Glove-Like Device Translates American Sign Language into Speech in Real Time

Bioengineers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a glove-like device that uses a smartphone app to translate American Sign language into English speech in real time.

30 Jun 2020

New Affordable, Efficient Sensor System Offers Real-Time Patient Data

Apart from cameras, only a few tools exist for health care providers or loved ones to remotely monitor the safety of patients within hospitals and assisted living care facilities.

23 Jun 2020

A Step Up in Portable Scanning Precision and Connectivity with Nikon's New MCAx S ARM

Nikon Metrology’s new and advanced MCAx S articulated arm augments the ModelMaker H120 with improved precision, confidence and connectivity. This perfect partnership is the go-to portable handheld laser scanning solution for supreme accuracy, detail and productivity, reinforcing its position as the ideal measurement tool in the metrology lab, on the shop floor or in the field.

From Nikon Metrology NV 22 Jun 2020

New Electronic Skin Sensor Captures Human Motion from a Distance

A deep-learning powered single-strained electronic skin sensor can capture human motion from a distance.

19 Jun 2020

New Sensor Detects Fabric Deformation to Monitor Vital Movements

Scientists at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have designed electronic fibers that, while embedded in textiles, can gather a great deal of information about the body of humans by quantifying complex and subtle deformations of fabrics.

2 Jun 2020

Servo Research Points the Way to Improved Dynamics

Research at the University of Manchester has demonstrated servo systems with vastly improved dynamics with the most challenging of loads. The key to the increased performance is a torque transducer from Sensor Technology employing Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) techniques to deliver high-bandwidth, non-contact solution.

From Sensor Technology Ltd 2 Jun 2020

New Biodegradable Motion Sensor to Recognize Bodily Movements

At the University of Surrey, a team of researchers has now developed a new biodegradable motion sensor.

22 May 2020

Wearable Smartband can Read Body Temperature and Enforce Social Distancing

A wearable smartband to support people in dealing with COVID19 pandemic at work or in everyday life: this is the prototype, called iFeel-You, that researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia developed using their expertise in designing sensorized suits capable of monitoring human body parameters.

30 Apr 2020

Tiny “Backpack” Computers Help Track Social Behavior of Animals

Scientists have successfully monitored tiny animals that split their time between huddling together in hollow trees and caves and flying around in the sky - by fixing tiny backpacks to these animals.

3 Apr 2020