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The future of Sensor Technology
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- 24 May 2026latest update
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- Ghost Murmur tool that allegedly found the downed US airman in Iran defies physicsAI and intelligence
- Millimeter wave radar systems help researchers track bees and waspsAI and intelligence
- Long range US X-Ray vision system sees threats from a mile awaySecurity and privacy
- New sensors listen with light to prevent European submarine cable sabotageEarth and energy
- This handheld device creates genetic profiles from airborne DNAEarth and energy
- Chinese scientists created a nuclear Neutron gun to detect bombsEarth and energy
- Automated cyborg Cockroach factory can churn out a bug a minuteIndustry and manufacturing
- Quantum Shells could help ultra fast detection of high energy particlesIndustry and manufacturing
- Northrup pitches AWACS without a plane to the US GovernmentSecurity and privacy
- Meta shows off Sapiens its foundation human vision model for AIAI and intelligence
- China’s LAIRD radar with 5900 mile range detects plasma bubbles over GizaSecurity and privacy
- Nanobots can now enter your brains cells to spy on themBiotech and enhanced humans
- Artificial atoms help achieve ultra secure quantum computersComputing
- Wild new WiFi routers turn your home network into a security radarSecurity and privacy
- New living electronics healthcare device developed to monitor inflamed skinBiotech and enhanced humans
- Hypersonic weapons key strength makes them vulnerableSecurity and privacy
- This new imaging tech lets researchers see inside Cancer cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists believe your conscious could span the entire universeBiotech and enhanced humans
- This new Chinese camera protects you from unauthorised facial recognitionSecurity and privacy
- New spray on sensor technology turns everything into a user interfaceAI and intelligence
- These new acoustic cameras can take hi definition pictures of soundEarth and energy
- This new quantum microscope sees things nothing else canEarth and energy
- These new earbuds can read your mind and analyse your sweatBiotech and enhanced humans
- This latest airport concept gets you through security in 30 secondsSecurity and privacy
- At 5 million fps this is one of the fastest cameras in the worldIndustry and manufacturing
- Electrogenetic breakthrough finds a way to control your genes via wearablesBiotech and enhanced humans
- This new gel based sensor detects wound infections before they spreadBiotech and enhanced humans
- New brain decoding tech lets researchers see through the eyes of Mice for first timeAI and intelligence
- Molecular barcodes help suppliers keep track of Cannabis shipmentsIndustry and manufacturing
- This ingestible Smart Pill helps doctors identify gastrointestinal issues fasterBiotech and enhanced humans
- This ingestible smart pill monitors your gut health from the inside outIndustry and manufacturing
- New algorithms save lives by taking seconds to calculate future Tsunami impactsAI and intelligence
- Prophesee and Qualcomm partner to bring neuromorphic computer vision to smartphonesAI and intelligence
- This new ultrasonic sensor detects gas leaks underground to make pipelines saferIndustry and manufacturing
- This brand new sensor can read your body’s vital signs from across the roomIndustry and manufacturing
- Self-aware robots that recognise themselves and have a sense of self are getting closerRobotics
- Swarms of millions of molecular sized robots get busy building nanoscale stuffRobotics
- Thanks to AI your WiFi can now sense when you’re struggling to breatheAI and intelligence
- Human mini brains in mice respond to visual stimulii in trial firstBiotech and enhanced humans
- Quantum sensors help BT boost the power of its 5G network a hundred foldConnected society
- The US military is significantly ramping up its interest in quantum communicationsConnected society
- NASA trials 3D printing electronics in low gravity in nod to future space coloniesIndustry and manufacturing
- Tiny autonomous brainy robots get ready to explore your body from withinRobotics
- China’s latest anti-stealth metric wave radar is the size of a clothes rackSecurity and privacy
- Quantum sensor breakthrough reads brain activity from a distanceBiotech and enhanced humans
- New quantum scanners detect underground tunnels with uncanny accuracyIndustry and manufacturing
- First molecular electronics chip opens the door to exabyte scale DNA storageComputing
- Sensors that detect Covid-19 in the air get major US military fundingBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers new penny sized computer monitor bone health in real timeBiotech and enhanced humans
- World’s first living robots made by AI surprise scientists by spontaneously reproducing themselvesRobotics
- Amazing new grain sized nanocamera snaps amazing hi def imagesIndustry and manufacturing
- Non invasive wearable tech monitors cholesterol levels through the skinBiotech and enhanced humans
- New penny size computer monitors bone health in vivoComputing
- GE teams up with NIH to put a COVID-19 sensor in your smartphoneIndustry and manufacturing
- A new biocompatible AI takes healthcare monitoring to the next levelAI and intelligence
- Researchers have flown the world’s smallest flying computersComputing
- Samsung just built the world’s highest resolution 200MP camera sensorIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists have created a swarm of injectable brain reading nanosensorsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists built a perfectly replicating synthetic cellBiotech and enhanced humans
- Pentagon scientists microchip detects COVID-19 in the blood before symptoms showBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists developed a device that enables two way communication with plantsConnected society
- New smartphone ultrasound fingerprint sensor really gets under your skinIndustry and manufacturing
- Researchers create first of a kind quantum sensor that scans the entire RF spectrumIndustry and manufacturing
- Memristor breakthrough puts a human brain at the edge of every networkComputing
- At just 11 atoms the world’s smallest sensor sheds light on the quantum realmIndustry and manufacturing
- The US military found a way to use AI to turn humans into living sensor networksBiotech and enhanced humans
- Apple iPhone 12 packs in Lidar to bring physical and virtual worlds closer togetherVirtual worlds
- Researchers develop microstructures that can self-assemble into new materialsIndustry and manufacturing
- Researchers latest super-powered camera lets you see through wallsEarth and energy
- Cyborg locusts get called up to sniff out bombs after scientists make breakthroughSecurity and privacy
- The Future of Privacy | Boussias, Greece | Matthew Griffin | Privacy and Data Keynote SpeakerArticles
- Scientists have created a brain-like Neurotransistor that learns by itselfComputing
- Cameras that see round corners just got a major megapixel upgradeEarth and energy
- Brain reading gadgets get closer after researchers pack a BMI interface into a pair of glassesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Japanese researchers reveal a new gadget that lets people taste virtual foodVirtual worlds
- Scientists have visualised stress in plants for the first timeIndustry and manufacturing
- Researchers’ brainwave reading temporary tattoo reads your mind and your moodsConnected society
- A new smartphone based DNA test identifies and tracks disease in real timeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists are developing a face mask that lights up if it detects Covid-19Industry and manufacturing
- Microsoft just patented a way to let you mine cryptocurrency with your mindConnected society
- First of a kind biosensor detects Covid-19 in the air around youIndustry and manufacturing
- Our Algorithmic Society, the deadly consequences of unpredictable codeAI and intelligence
- Thermal imaging enabled drones help Chinese identify people with Covid-19Robotics
- Sweat sensor for wearables opens up a treasure trove of healthcare dataBiotech and enhanced humans
- This new powerful terahertz camera uses lasers and radiation to see inside objectsEarth and energy
- Next gen wearable monitors your blood and the environment to improve your healthBiotech and enhanced humans
- New 3D printing technique helps researchers create better shape shifting materialsIndustry and manufacturing
- Alphabet’s Everyday Robot project creates robots that learn without programmingRobotics
- A new artificial human skin gives people spiderman like superpowersBiotech and enhanced humans
- Pinsized sensor brings chemical identification to your smartphoneSecurity and privacy
- IBM unveil their artificial tongue to improve food safetyAI and intelligence
- World’s first batteryless bluetooth sensor harvests energy from the airEarth and energy
- World’s first autonomous robot completes its journey inside the human bodyRobotics
- Future musicians could be trained by AIAI and intelligence
- First of a kind material lets solar panels generate electricity from snowEarth and energy
- Paper based bio-battery uses bacteria to power the internet of thingsEarth and energy
- Simple paper blood test diagnoses disease faster and cheaperBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers have created a digital nose that can sniff out diseaseIndustry and manufacturing
- Russian researchers used a common inkjet printer to print advanced Nano-SensorsIndustry and manufacturing
- US military genetics program to turn marine life into giant living sensor networksSecurity and privacy
- Scientists have created an ultrasound patch to monitor your vital healthIndustry and manufacturing
- Mine hunting bees tracked with Lidar help farmers boost crop yieldsEarth and energy
- MIT created a nanobot spray that gives dumb objects superpowersIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists have 3D printed the world’s first physical neural networkAI and intelligence
- Revolutionary Nano-antenna is hundreds times smaller than today’s state of the artIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists create edible electronics using Graphene to improve food safetyIndustry and manufacturing
- The robots of the future might not have a brainRobotics
- Semi-synthetic cells could revolutionise everything from sensors to healthcareBiotech and enhanced humans
- MIT’s breakthrough battery makes electricity from thin air, literallyEarth and energy
- China’s new “Ghost Imaging” satellites will make US stealth obsoleteAI and intelligence
- Quantum sensor breakthrough could one day replace global GPS systemsConnected society
- Passive Wi-Fi breakthrough could revolutionise the Internet of ThingsConnected society
- Lockheed’s new camera puts a space telescope in your pocketIndustry and manufacturing
- Euclideon unveils the world’s first multi-user hologram tableVirtual worlds
- Chicago Police Department goes hi tech to catch murderers in the actSecurity and privacy
- The size of a grain of rice, researchers unveil the world’s smallest computersComputing
- New ‘Cyborg’ brain implants could help paralysed people walk againBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists 3D print an Eagle eye camera that’s smaller than a human hairIndustry and manufacturing
- China’s new climate control program is a monsterEarth and energy
- Researchers prove your smart watch can flag when you’re getting illConnected society
- New Chinese camera can see round cornersIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists have created the coldest object in the UniverseEarth and energy
- New H2 smartphone puts a lab grade molecular sensor in your handsIndustry and manufacturing
- Soldiers digital twins let US Army 3D print replacement body parts in battleBiotech and enhanced humans
- Velodyne’s new miniature LiDAR means many more autonomous thingsAI and intelligence
- Huge new wireless sensor network to help scientists monitor biodiversity in the AmazonEarth and energy
- New breakthrough will give prosthetic limbs a human sense of touchRobotics
- Fords latest self-driving car looks surprisingly normalTransport and mobility
- Walk in. Shop. Walk out. Amazon unveils its new cashless cashierless storeConnected society
- New electronics breakthrough lets devices run for years without batteriesEarth and energy
- Nascar quadraplegic Sam Schmidt reaches 100mph in this tricked out StingrayTransport and mobility
- Apple, emerging technology and the iPhone that could beOpinion
- Bomb sniffing UAV’s can thwart terrorist bombsSecurity and privacy
- Monetising the Internet of EverythingOpinion
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