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Envisat Imaging Spectrometer and Space Sensors to Monitor Oil Spill

The Gulf of Mexico’s oil spill is moving to the Lousiana coast as per the most recent image provided by the Envisat of ESA.

5 May 2010

New, Advanced Self-Contained Monitoring System from Eyasco

Eyasco has introduced a new, advanced monitoring system called the QuB monitoring system.

3 May 2010

Evolution’s Automatic Floor Cleaner with Sensors and Navigation Features

Evolution Robotics has commenced taking pre-order reservations for its robotic floor cleaning gadget, known as ‘Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner’ that was introduced during January 2010.

22 Apr 2010

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Powered by Pratt & Whitney Engines

The Space Shuttle Discovery launch for the Mission STS-131 was successfully powered by the three Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) developed by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. The mission aims to provide science equipment and supplies for enabling astronauts to study the Earth better.

6 Apr 2010

Guidance Kit with Environmental Sensors Guides Air-Dropped Guided Mortar to Target

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has directed an 81mm Air-Dropped Guided Mortar (ADM) onto a stationary ground target successfully.

5 Apr 2010

AKCP locateWater Sensor to Detect Water

AKCP has recently launched locateWater sensor that incorporates a rope of customized length for detecting water contact on a particular location along its length. The sensor is able to identify the presence of water when a particular portion of the rope is wet. The rope length can be customized so that it can have many specific sensing lengths spaced at intervals of one meter or one foot

31 Mar 2010

BPSI’s Sentry One Detection System Runs for Over 100,000 Hours with No False Alarm

Building Protection Systems, Inc., a pioneer in developing of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) detection system, has achieved a milestone of more than 100,000 operating hours for its Sentry One detection technology without even one false alarm.

24 Mar 2010

Binghamton Chemist to Develop Sensors to Detect and Identify Engineered Nanoparticles

Omowunmi Sadik, Professor of Chemistry and Director of Center for Advanced Sensors and Environmental Systems at the Binghamton University, State University of New York, is developing sensors that will be used for the detection and identification of engineered nanoparticles.

23 Mar 2010

NASA Airborne Survey to Track Polar Glaciers

Operation IceBridge mission, NASA’s largest airborne survey of the Earth’s polar ice, commences its second year of investigation with the arrival of NASA aircraft on March 22, 2010 in Greenland.

23 Mar 2010