NASA to map Greenland ice sheet summer melt

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 11:22

For the first time, the Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor, or LVIS, is set to fly aboard NASA`s new C-130 aircraft to map Greenland`s ice sheet and surrounding Arctic sea ice following a summer`s melt.

Your smartphone can detect earthquakes

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 14:24

Small sensors installed in most smartphones and laptops are sensitive enough to detect moderate and large earthquakes - greater than magnitude 5 - a new study suggests.

Now, implantable phone sensors to command prosthetic limb movement

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 16:19

Scientists have developed bio-compatible motion sensors for smartphones, which could be used to control prosthetic limbs and other artificial body parts.

Carbon nanotubes coated spider silk set to transform electric wire industry

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 21:31

A researcher has made a material by combining spider`s silk and carbon nanotubes that can be used as carbon nanotubes.

Now, tooth sensor that rats you out if you lie to doc

Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 18:30

Scientists have developed a sensor that when embedded in a tooth could tell doctors if patients have ignored medical advice to give up smoking or eat less.

`Touchy-feely` robos come closer to reality

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 23:04

Researchers have developed a flexible sensor, which can detect temperature, pressure and humidity simultaneously, and more accurately than currently existing devices.

Paper-thin e-skin responds to touch by lighting up

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 16:56

Researchers have developed new paper-thin electronic skin, or e-skin, that responds to touch by instantly lighting up.

New device to detect disease with drop of blood

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 19:28

Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a gen-next device that may enable detection of disease or virus from just one drop of liquid, including blood.

World`s first superspectral camera to aid security screening

Last Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013, 18:08

Researchers from Scotland are working on the world`s first `superspectral` camera sensors, which will provide images with a wide range of practical applications including medical imaging and security screening.

Now, camera sensor that doesn't need flash

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 15:20

Researchers have developed a new and cheap imaging camera sensor - 1,000 times more sensitive to light - which could make it possible to click clear and sharp pictures even in dim lighting.

Now, robot hands could be sensitive enough to detect gentle touch

Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 15:41

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a very inexpensive tactile sensor for robotic hands that is sensitive enough to turn a brute machine into a dextrous manipulator.

Asteroid tracking infrared sensor passes key test

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 12:26

A NASA funded infrared sensor that could improve the agency`s future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test.