Accelerating towards a driverless future
09 September, 2014 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerCars speeding along a motorway set in a futuristic landscape populated by beings dressed in silver metallic suits used to be the stuff of comics and those deep into science fiction. However, some of those imaginative images could well become reality within the next 10 years as autonomous or driverless vehicles steer out of the laboratory and onto the roads.
Wearable sensors to detect firearm use
08 September, 2014Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated how low-cost, wearable inertial sensors could detect firearm usage.
Goal-line technology at World Cup 2014
11 June, 2014The GoalControl-4D system is equipped with 14 high-speed cameras located around the pitch, with seven cameras focusing on each goalmouth. Using a special detection software, the ball is filtered out from the image sequences and its real-time position is automatically calculated as X, Y and Z coordinates as well as speed, making it 4D.
Intel strengthens investment in connected cars
02 June, 2014Intel has announced a range of solutions and initiatives for the connected car of the future.
Electronic companies team up for automotive vision systems
22 May, 2014Freescale Semiconductor has teamed up with Neusoft Corporation and Green Hills Software to create next-generation automotive vision applications.
New technique could cut sensors required for terahertz imaging
06 May, 2014A new technique developed by MIT researchers is said to reduce the number of sensors required for terahertz or millimetre-wave imaging by a factor of 10, or even 100. The technique could also have implications for the design of new, high-resolution radar and sonar systems.
Vanishing electronics
24 March, 2014Researchers are developing sensors that can detect the early onset of swelling and temperature changes in the brain after head injuries and then vanish when they're no longer needed.
Battery-free gesture recognition system
06 March, 2014 by Michelle MaUniversity of Washington computer scientists have built a low-cost gesture recognition system that runs without batteries and lets users control their electronic devices hidden from sight with simple hand movements.
CNT-based sensors can be implanted under the skin for a year
07 November, 2013Researchers at MIT have built a carbon nanotube sensor that can monitor nitric oxide (NO) in living animals for more than a year. NO is one of the most important signalling molecules in living cells, carrying messages within the brain and coordinating immune system functions. In many cancerous cells, levels are perturbed, but very little is known about how NO behaves in both healthy and cancerous cells.
Algorithm modelling for parking sensors
28 October, 2013A global vendor of automotive AMS ICs contracted ASTC consulting on algorithm design and feasibility for a next-generation automotive parking assistance sensor ASIC program, a derivative of the predecessor ultrasonic sensor transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) signal conditioner system chip.
Video game technology with minimum lag
10 October, 2013A new motion tracking technology could eliminate the lag that occurs in existing video game systems that use motion tracking.
Mind-powered system helps improve road safety
03 October, 2013Australian electronics company Emotiv has developed a new system designed to reduce fatalities and improve road safety. The system communicates with the car and when the driver's level of attention drops the car safely slows down, alerting the driver to their lapse in concentration.
Athlete tracking technology wins Engineers Australia Award
23 September, 2013CSIRO and Catapult Sports' program Tracking Elite Athletes, which uses revolutionary ClearSky Technology, has received the President's Award from Engineers Australia, Sydney Division.
SignalQuest MEMS microsensors
04 September, 2013SignalQuest's tilt, vibration, shock and acceleration MEMS sensors are easy to integrate in most embedded product designs. For those applications which require further data analysis, the company offers more sophisticated versions.
Sensor technology to help detect cancer
03 September, 2013Singapore-based microelectric engineers have developed a light-based sensor that can detect and measure the chemical signature of bladder cancer.
