National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Chip Lights Up Optical Neural Network Demo

Posted by Age of Robots | Aug 21, 2018 | Manufacturing |

Researchers have made a silicon chip that distributes optical signals precisely across a miniature brain-like grid, showcasing a potential new design for neural networks.

NIST Team Shows Tiny Frequency Combs Are Reliable Measurement Tools

Posted by Age of Robots | May 12, 2018 | Manufacturing |

In an advance that could shrink many measurement technologies, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated the first miniaturized devices that can generate desired frequencies, or colors, of light precisely enough to be traced to an international measurement standard.

Two Robots Are Better than One for NIST’s 5G Antenna Measurement Research

Posted by Age of Robots | May 5, 2018 | Robotics |

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) continue to pioneer new antenna measurement methods, this time for future 5G wireless communications systems.

Mini Toolkit for Measurements: New NIST Chip Hints at Quantum Sensors of the Future

Posted by Age of Robots | May 2, 2018 | Quantum |

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a chip on which laser light interacts with a tiny cloud of atoms to serve as a miniature toolkit for measuring important quantities such as length with quantum precision. The design could be mass-produced with existing technology.