The Drive

Let’s Find Out If Your Spark Plugs Need Replacing

Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Everyone dropped their first, or likely fortieth, F-bomb when their dad had them hold the spark plug while he hit the kickstarter on their dirt bike. While it might ...
IEEE

Monolithic Integrated CMOS-MEMS Fluorescence Quenching Gas Sensor and Resistive Temperature Detector (RTD) for Temperature Compensation

Abstract: This study demonstrates a vertically integrated environment sensor with a fluorescence quenching based gas sensor [1] and a resistive temperature detector (RTD) using the TSMC standard CMOS ...
IEEE

RTD-based smart temperature sensor: Process development and circuit design

Abstract: Planar resistance temperature detector, RTD, can be manufactured with microelectronics processing techniques. However, the manufactured planar resistor requires an extra step for adjustment ...
WION

Russia: Subzero temp test body and climate resilience

In Yakutsk, one of the world’s coldest cities, winter swimmers plunged into 0-degree water despite air temperatures near -30 Celsius. Locals say the icy dips boost immunity, but the extreme conditions ...