Professor Andreas Schütze and his team of experts in measurement and sensor technology at Saarland University have released a free data processing tool called simply “Dave”—a MATLAB toolbox that allows rapid evaluation of signals, pattern recognition and data visualization when processing huge datasets. The free software enables very large volumes of data, such as those…
Open Source Software Helps Researchers Extract Key Insights From Huge Sensor Datasets
Professor Andreas Schütze and his team of experts in measurement and sensor technology at Saarland University have released a free data processing tool called simply Dave—a MATLAB toolbox that allows rapid evaluation of signals, pattern recognition and data visualization when processing huge datasets. The free software enables very large volumes of data, such as those…
Sensor System Improves High-temperature Humidity Measurements
A new sensor system developed in Saarbrücken, Germany can not only carefully control drying processes in industrial ovens, but can deliver reliable air humidity measurements even at high temperatures and in the presence of other background vapors. Professor Andreas Schütze, project manager Tilman Sauerwald and their research team at Saarland University have developed with partner…
Nanocoating Makes Lightweight Metal Foams Bone-hard, Explosion-proof
Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to absorb the shock waves produced by a detonation. Those are just some of the properties shown by the metallic foams developed by materials scientists Stefan Diebels and Anne Jung at Saarland University. Their super lightweight and extremely strong metal foams…
Self-Propelled Droplets Function as Programmable Micro-Carriers
In the life sciences, researchers are working to inject drugs or other molecules into a human body using tiny “transport vehicles.” Researchers at Saarland University and the University of Barcelona have shown in a model system that small emulsion droplets can be used as smart carriers. They have developed a method for producing self-propelled liquid…
Sensor Stickers Turn Body into Multi-Touch Surface
Sensors now make it possible to capture touches on the body very precisely, even from multiple fingers. Researchers have successfully tested a new prototype sensor in four different applications. “The human body offers a large surface that is easy to access, even without eye contact,” says Jürgen Steimle, a professor of computer science at Saarland…
Computer Scientists and Materials Researchers Collaborate to Optimize Steel Classification
Using machine learning techniques, computer scientists and materials scientists in Saarbrücken have now developed a method that is much more accurate and objective than conventional quality control procedures. Their results have just been published in Scientific Reports, the open-access mega-journal associated with the highly respected scientific journal Nature. When scientists from two different disciplines collaborate on a…
Tiny Sensor Can Be Precisely, Discreetly Controlled Mobile On-Body Devices
“With mobile devices such as the smartwatch, the interactive screens are so small that only a few control commands can be triggered by individual touches,” explains Jürgen Steimle, professor of human-computer interaction at Saarland University. With his research group in the Cluster of Excellence “Multimodal Computing and Interaction,” he is searching for new ways to…