News tagged with sensor array

Self-assembling vehicles take flight (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Switzerland are developing miniature vehicles that can self-assemble and then take off vertically and fly as a stable array.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Carbon nanotube sensor array detects single molecules for the first time

MIT chemical engineers have built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect single molecules of hydrogen peroxide emanating from a single living cell.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 07, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A better test to detect DNA for diagnosing diease, investigating crimes

Researchers in Singapore are reporting development of a new electronic sensor that shows promise as a faster, less expensive, and more practical alternative than tests now used to detect DNA. Such tests are ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

iRobot planning an Android-based robot

(PhysOrg.com) -- iRobot is working on robots that have the brains of an Android tablet. The goal is an Android-based tablet that is able to see the world around it, hear input from humans, respond and think ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

New glass stamp may make cheaper, more precise biosensors

Advances in microchip technology may someday enable clinicians to perform tests for hundreds of diseases -- sifting out specific molecules, such as early stage cancer cells -- from just one drop of blood. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

1000 days of infrared wonders

(Phys.org) -- For the last 1000 days the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), aboard NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, has been operating continuously to probe the universe from its most distant regions to our local ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Advance toward a breath test to diagnose multiple sclerosis

Scientists are reporting the development and successful tests in humans of a sensor array that can diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) from exhaled breath, an advance that they describe as a landmark in the long ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sniffing out shoe bombs: A new and simple sensor for explosive chemicals

University of Illinois chemists have developed a simple sensor to detect an explosive used in shoe bombs. It could lead to inexpensive, easy-to-use devices for luggage and passenger screening at airports and elsewhere.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Specialized polymer used to detect nerve agents, toxic chemicals for air monitoring in emergencies

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique polymer that allows sensors to detect nerve agents and other toxic industrial chemicals in the air is now available to companies developing chemical detectors for emergency personnel, ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

MEADS radar completes rotation tests, prepares to move to test range

The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has successfully completed milestone tests as the first Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) advances toward system tests this year at Pratica di Mare ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0