Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

New Downhole Pressure and Temperature Sensor from Photon Control

Photon Control has released the Downhole Pressure and Temperature Sensor (DHPTS), a new product, which is designed exclusively to meet the demands of the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) process that is necessary to take out the bitumen from oil sands projects.

31 May 2011

Onset Computer Launches HOBO U12 Deep Ocean Temperature Logger

Onset Computer has launched a new data logger to track ocean temperatures at considerable depths. The new HOBO U12 Deep Ocean Temp logger has the capacity to track temperatures at water depths up to 11,000 meters.

31 May 2011

Engineers Create New Silicon Biosensor for DNA Sequencing

Engineers from Vanderbilt University have developed a sponge-like silicon biosensor that can be used not only for medical diagnostics, but can also help detect tiny molecules and dangerous toxins in the environment.

31 May 2011

ICAP Sells Patented Sophisticated Hydrogen Sensor Technology

ICAP Patent Brokerage, a patent auction company and ICAP’s intellectual property brokerage division, has offered a patent portfolio covering a sophisticated hydrogen sensor technology for sale.

31 May 2011

Silicon Laboratories Unveils Solar-Powered Wireless Sensor Node to Measure Temperature

Silicon Laboratories has designed an energy harvesting system built using its Si10xx wireless microcontroller (MCU) family. This single-chip MCU from Silicon Labs is specifically designed to be energy-efficient.

31 May 2011

Quantum Sensors to Aid Drug Development and Nanomedicine

A team of researchers from the Physics, Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering departments of the University of Melbourne have found that a quantum atom enclosed in a nanodiamond could be used as a sensor to investigate the biological environment inside a live human cell.

31 May 2011

STMicroelectronics to Expand MEMS Sensors Production Capacity

STMicroelectronics has declared that its Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) manufacturing ability will be expanded to 3 million sensors every day by the end of this year to cope with the increasing client requirements for superior performance and cost-effective sensing devices.

31 May 2011

NavStar Technologies’ Vehicle Tracking Device Includes Motion Sensor

NavStar Technologies has declared that it has added new functionalities and features to its range of tracking, monitoring and reporting solutions, which are exclusively developed to track the condition and location of vehicles and other valuable assets.

31 May 2011

Heart Rate Monitoring Seat Uses Electrode Sensing Technology

Researchers at Ford have created a seat that monitors heart rate of drivers using the electrode sensing technology.

31 May 2011

Pioneering Technology’s Sensor Helps Reduce Fires and False Alarms

According to a study completed by the Athens Ohio Fire Department (AFD) and the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) department of Ohio University, the majority of nuisance alarms triggered on the campus were due to the burning of food substances in microwave ovens.

31 May 2011