Rapid adoption is fueled by large-scale infrastructure projects, such as the Trans Mountain Expansion Project in Canada, and diversified applications in energy, transportation, and civil monitoring.

Real-Time Asset Intelligence, AI-Enabled Analytics, and Critical Infrastructure Protection Redefine Long-Distance Sensing ...

The recent development in the utilization of flexible optical fiber sensors and the prospective application scenarios were then summarized, which encompass human activity monitoring and healthcare, ...

It’s always interesting to see how scientists and engineers have exploited—in the positive sense of the word—somewhat obscure, fundamental physics principles to create innovative sensors. For example, ...

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. Researchers have developed a new optical sensor ...

TGTMW fibers display a unique increase in resistance in response to pressure changes, which makes these innovative fibers a promising candidate for application as flexible pressure sensors in a wide ...

A slender glass fiber no thicker than a human hair placed across a particle beam could improve accelerator monitoring. A team is testing the use of hollow-core optical fibers to measure the profile ...

Fight Fire with Light: Fiber optic networks power the overwhelming majority of global internet traffic at any given moment. They can also be used to develop extremely precise light-based sensors, ...

Graphene at the fiber's multi walled core increases resistance on pressure, delivering flexible, sensitive touch sensing for robots, prosthetics and clothing. The research team, led by Associate ...