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BTH Receives Knowledge Foundation Grant to Advance Remote Sensing for Monitoring Climate Change

Remote sensing is an important tool for monitoring climate change or situations where people's safety is threatened. Now the Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen) in Sweden invests 2.3 million on research at BTH, Blekinge Institute of Technology, to improve the technology further.

2 Feb 2015

Researchers Pursue IoT Inspired Networks for Environmental Sensing

Academics at the University of Southampton are collaborating on a multidisciplinary project that could see a major advance in environmental sensing.

30 Jan 2015

OSSE Demonstrates Reliability of Radio Occultation Data in Improving Predictions of Severe Weather Events

GeoOptics, the satellite-based environmental data services company, in cooperation with Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), the award-winning environmental research and development company, has announced the initial results of an Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) showing the reliability of radio occultation data in improving predictions of severe weather and flash flood events.

8 Jan 2015

CoorsTek Sensors to Offer Particulate Matter Sensor Solutions with Acquisition of Pegasor

CoorsTek Sensors, the CoorsTek company that develops and deploys smart sensors across diverse markets to improve our environment, today announced that it had acquired sensor company Pegasor, Oy of Tampere, Finland.

8 Jan 2015

Earth Networks Presents at 9th Annual CONNECTIONS Summit at 2015 International CES

Earth Networks, the company behind WeatherBug and WeatherBug Home, will speak at Parks Associates’ 9th annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES. CMO Amena Ali will participate in the session, “Internet of Things: Expanding Smart Devices,” at 9:15 am on January 6 at the Venetian Hotel.

6 Jan 2015

Global Industrial Wireless Sensor Network Market Forecast to Grow at 12.96% CAGR to $944.92 Million by 2020

The Industrial Wireless Sensor Network (IWSN) is the network of distributed autonomous sensors, which are used to monitor physical or environmental conditions. IWSNs are deployed in harsh environment areas, where wired networks cannot be deployed easily.

6 Jan 2015

NASA to Launch Soil Moisture Active Passive Instrument on Jan. 29, 2015

Scheduled for launch on Jan. 29, 2015, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) instrument will measure the moisture lodged in Earth's soils with an unprecedented accuracy and resolution. The instrument's three main parts are a radar, a radiometer and the largest rotating mesh antenna ever deployed in space.

31 Dec 2014

NASA's RapidScat Captures Data on High Winds from Storms During Christmas Week

Severe weather in the form of tornadoes is not something people expect on Christmas week but a storm system on Dec. 23 brought tornadoes to Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana. As the storm moved, NASA's RapidScat captured data on winds while NOAA's GOES satellite tracked the movement of the system.

26 Dec 2014

Start-Up c2 Sensor Licenses Precision Agriculture Sensor Technology Developed at NDSU

A technology developed at North Dakota State University, Fargo, creates precise in-the-ground measurement and monitoring of soil and crop conditions which could provide opportunities for greater yields. The technology also has led to a new start-up company. The c2sensor corp., based in the NDSU Technology Incubator, has concluded a license agreement with the NDSU Research Foundation (NDSU/RF) for the precision agriculture technology.

15 Dec 2014

OCEASOFT’s Cobalt S3 Smart Wireless Sensors Transmit Data Directly to Cloud Storage through SIGFOX

OCEASOFT, a global provider of sensor-based solutions for monitoring environmental parameters in the health, medical, life science and cold-chain/transport sectors, today announced a partnership with Internet of Things networking pioneer SIGFOX, along with a new line of Cobalt sensors that can transmit data directly to cloud storage without the need for traditional cellular or Wi-Fi service.

From Dickson 10 Dec 2014

Environmental Monitoring Sensor News

BTH Receives Knowledge Foundation Grant to Advance Remote Sensing for Monitoring Climate Change

Researchers Pursue IoT Inspired Networks for Environmental Sensing

OSSE Demonstrates Reliability of Radio Occultation Data in Improving Predictions of Severe Weather Events

CoorsTek Sensors to Offer Particulate Matter Sensor Solutions with Acquisition of Pegasor

Earth Networks Presents at 9th Annual CONNECTIONS Summit at 2015 International CES

Global Industrial Wireless Sensor Network Market Forecast to Grow at 12.96% CAGR to $944.92 Million by 2020

NASA to Launch Soil Moisture Active Passive Instrument on Jan. 29, 2015

NASA's RapidScat Captures Data on High Winds from Storms During Christmas Week

Start-Up c2 Sensor Licenses Precision Agriculture Sensor Technology Developed at NDSU

OCEASOFT’s Cobalt S3 Smart Wireless Sensors Transmit Data Directly to Cloud Storage through SIGFOX

Advancing Battery Safety and Electrification: Insights from Sensata Technologies

The Instrumental Role of MEMS Pressure Sensors in Water Conservation

Tag Talk: The Future of RFID and IoT Technologies at Beontag

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Feature-Rich Forge 5GigE Camera Platform

Unmatched Accuracy in Soil Moisture Monitoring with ML3 ThetaProbe

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