Sense elements are used to convert physical quantities of interest into electrical signals. For example, a Wheatstone bridge can be used to convert pressure into electrical output. Many sense elements ...

While smartphones are awesome little computers, one of the things that really makes them useful is their built-in sensors - many apps are made possible via a phone's accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS, ...

Q: I am an owner of a 2010 Equinox with 70,000 miles. After replacing all four struts, we had a wheel alignment done. The vehicle had a left pull after the alignment. My mechanic switched two front ...

Before there was Nest Protect or Roost, the only warning that your smoke alarm battery was about to die was the impossible-to-ignore steady beep the device gave off. It was that sound that drove Ryan ...

More and more of the latest models of mobile phones are being equipped with such functions as GPS location indicators and navigation systems. Mobile phones with these functions make navigation easy ...

One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for the humble transistor. This building block of all modern ...

Precise metrology forms a fundamental basis for advanced science and technology, including bioimaging, semiconductor defects ...

A new study identifies NLRC5 as an innate immune sensor that plays a crucial role in PANoptotic cell death -- making it a key therapeutic target. The innate immune system is responsible for protecting ...

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Feb. 23 that it has begun integration and test of the new ultra-wideband Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated Sensor (EMRIS) to enable military ...

(Nanowerk News) To ensure that wounds remain tightly sealed in the abdomen after surgery, researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich have developed a patch with a sensor function. The polymer patch warns ...