MIT Media Lab | Low-latency tracking of multiple permanent magnets @MITMediaLab | Uploaded November 2019 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Sometimes you want to be able to see things that aren't visible. There are various methods for tracking otherwise invisible objects, such as x-ray, ultrasound, and radar. Most of these techniques can only track objects with a long time delay (from a large fraction of a second to more than a minute) or using a bulky device (making it difficult to carry around). In the 1950's, however, a new tracking technology was invented—one using magnets. Conveniently, magnetic fields are not affected by materials such as wood, plastic, rubber, or the human body, so objects with magnets attached can be tracked through any of these materials. In the Biomechatronics group at the Media Lab, we recently developed an improved method of tracking magnets, which extends magnet tracking technology to new high-speed applications.
Learn more: https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/fast-portable-magnet-tracking/
Used with permission from IEEE.
C. R. Taylor, H. G. Abramson and H. M. Herr, "Low-Latency Tracking of Multiple Permanent Magnets," in IEEE Sensors Journal ©2019 IEEE
doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2936766
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8809206
Note: Video has no spoken audio. Music plays throughout.
Sometimes you want to be able to see things that aren't visible. There are various methods for tracking otherwise invisible objects, such as x-ray, ultrasound, and radar. Most of these techniques can only track objects with a long time delay (from a large fraction of a second to more than a minute) or using a bulky device (making it difficult to carry around). In the 1950's, however, a new tracking technology was invented—one using magnets. Conveniently, magnetic fields are not affected by materials such as wood, plastic, rubber, or the human body, so objects with magnets attached can be tracked through any of these materials. In the Biomechatronics group at the Media Lab, we recently developed an improved method of tracking magnets, which extends magnet tracking technology to new high-speed applications.
Learn more: https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/fast-portable-magnet-tracking/
Used with permission from IEEE.
C. R. Taylor, H. G. Abramson and H. M. Herr, "Low-Latency Tracking of Multiple Permanent Magnets," in IEEE Sensors Journal ©2019 IEEE
doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2936766
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8809206
Note: Video has no spoken audio. Music plays throughout.
