Every illusion has a backstage crew. New research shows the brain’s own “puppet strings”—special neurons that quietly tug our perception—help us see edges and shapes that don’t actually exist. When ...

Rotary encoders are electromechanical transducers that convert angular displacement into corresponding electrical signals interpretable by digital systems. This article specifically focuses on panel ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. As robotics matures from simple process automation to more advanced AI-driven systems, engineers are faced with making critical design choices for a ...

Precision of rotational and linear measurement underpins motion control systems, and optical encoders are a mainstay in delivering this. Converting mechanical motion into digital signals enables ...

It's a good thing the New York Jets still have Mike Williams on their roster as wide receiver Allen Lazard (chest) will miss at least the next four games after being placed on injured reserve Thursday ...

Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity for the first time which could free up more space in the robotic ‘brain’ for them to ‘think’. Mimicking how some ...

Electrical contacts in mechanical pushbutton switches often make and break contact several times when the button is first pushed. A debouncing circuit can remove the resulting ripple signal to provide ...

Printed circuit boards provide an infrastructure to support and connect electronic components, and are used in almost every electronic device I recently visited Amphenol APH Printed Circuits in Nashua ...

Abstract: This work proposes a memristor-based quantized convolutional auto-encoder (MQCAE) and applies it in an image denoising application. The pulse width or amplitude is gradually tuned by ...