Soft robots can be far more flexible than their rigid relatives, but their vast ranges of motion makes it hard to map the location of their body parts. A new algorithm could give them greater control ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and software algorithms are steadily enhancing sensing designs for a range of Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and that’s apparent from the sensor solutions unveiled ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm paired with the single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors on a smartwatch accurately diagnosed structural heart diseases, such as weakened pumping ability, ...

A sensor network is a collection of nodes with processing, communication and sensing capabilities deployed in an area of interest to perform a monitoring task. There has now been about a decade of ...

Fitbit announced this morning the launch of a new atrial fibrillation research study aiming to enroll hundreds of thousands of fitness-tracker and smartwatch owners. Called the Fitbit Heart Study, it ...

Despite the non-technical media reports regarding the demise of the autonomous automobile in light of a recent death in a Tesla Class S, I want to present the sensor electronics, in this article, that ...

During a session at AdvaMed’s annual MedTech Conference in Boston this fall, when asked which areas of medtech are currently looking most exciting from an R&D perspective, Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new calibration algorithm for technology that turns common materials into touch sensors. HumTouch detects the current ...

Controls engineers have developed practical strategies for building and coordinating scores of sensor-laden balloons within hurricanes. Using onboard GPS and cellphone-grade sensors, each drifting ...