Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

AuthenTec Introduces Multifunction Fingerprint Sensor for Tablets and Notebook PCs

AuthenTec has introduced a highly durable multifunction fingerprint sensor for Tablets and Notebook PCs. The new AES2665 smart sensor is integrated in the AuthenTec’s durable TouchStone™ package module. The sensor enhances security, aesthetics and touch powered conveniences of the PC and Tablet users.

26 Jun 2011

Apple Looks to Patent New Sensor Technology

Apple has applied for yet more patents. This time it is for the technology that can help a mobile’s orientation sensors correct common photographic problems. The patent has been called “Image Capture Device Having Tilt and/or Perspective Correction”

26 Jun 2011

NASA to Undertake Mission to Measure Air Pollution Over Maryland

A NASA initiative will see two aircraft perform between twelve and fourteen flights this July to see just how bad the air pollution is in Maryland. The project is called Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality (DISCOVER -- AQ).

26 Jun 2011

SSULI Sensor Offers Vital Space Weather Data

The data from the NRL Spacecraft Engineering Department and Space Science Division’s Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) has been given official approval for use in the operational system at the AFWA (Air Force Weather Agency).

24 Jun 2011

Melexis Develops MEMs Temperature Sensors with Silicon Lens

Melexis has unveiled its third generation of temperature sensors that are ideal for consumer, industrial, medical, and automotive markets. The MLX90614ESF-DCI and MLX90614ESF-DCH MEMs infrared temperature sensors include a refractive silicon lens that attain small fields of view.

24 Jun 2011

Mauritius International Airport Selects Morpho’s CTX 5800 Explosives Detection System

Morpho Detection, a division of Morpho, the security unit of the Safran Group, announced that it has achieved the first sale of its next generation CTX explosives detection system, the CTX 5800, to the Mauritius international airport on the Indian Ocean.

24 Jun 2011

Multiple Global Regulatory Approvals for Morpho Itemiser DX

Morpho Detection, which is the detection wing of the Safran Group’s Security Unit, Morpho, declared that five global regulatory agencies have approved its advanced desktop explosives and narcotics detection product, the Itemiser DX. More than 3000 units have been sold so far.

24 Jun 2011

Media Devices Will Drive Demand for Image Sensors by 2015

After several false starts and years of interest, 3D is finally gaining a prominent place as a mainstream technology via video and gaming content.

24 Jun 2011

Flexpoint to Develop Wireless Capability for Sensors

Flexpoint Sensor Systems revealed that it has collaborated with a major manufacturer of wireless technology to develop wireless capability for sensors.

24 Jun 2011

New Proposal Interferes With GPS Usage in Construction and Agriculture Equipment

Deere & Company, a leading provider of advanced products and services, has declared that a proposal, which is being considered by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is interfering with the usage of Global Positioning System (GPS) in construction and agriculture equipment.

24 Jun 2011