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Toshiba Launches TB9067FNG Motor Driver System with Hall-Effect Position Sensor

Toshiba Electronics Europe has advanced a motor pre-driver IC with the TB9067FNG system incorporating Hall-effect position sensors for modifying the brushless DC motors.

15 Oct 2010

Newport Launches Confocal Sensors for Measuring MRSI Dispense Systems’ Height

Newport Corporation has released a new confocal height sensing device for monitoring height of the company’s MRSI dispense products. The light reflective confocal sensing unit is capable of making calibrations in one axis, furnishing its availability of operation into the penetrating cavities, compact areas and spaces in proximity to the walls and other hindrances.

15 Oct 2010

CCOM to Expand Ocean-Mapping Operations

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has granted $35.7 million contract to the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) of the University of New Hampshire for the execution of ocean-mapping operation.

14 Oct 2010

Piher’s MTS 360 Sensors Perform Intensive Position Inspection and Recurrent Operations

Piher International Corp. has declared the accessibility of the contact-free MTS 360 SMD rotary position sensing device.

12 Oct 2010

Sensor-Integrated Intelli Chair Prevents Back-ache

Northwestern Germany-based Bielefeld University scientist Risto Koiva along with his co-researchers developed the Intelli Chair by exploiting the sonification process ( utilization of noise relay data), for preventing back pain by sitting in chair in the same position for longer duration

11 Oct 2010

RF Chip-Enabled Surgical Sponges Aid Sponge Detection

The U.S. scientists could identify that the radio-frequency chips integrated in surgical sponges can lower the number of surgical sponges that remain in the operated patients.

8 Oct 2010

Valeo Introduces Advanced Semi-Automatic Parking Technology for Precise Car Parking

Valeo, a global provider of manoeuvring and parking solutions, introduces its innovative new generation partial-automatic parking system called the Park4U(R) for the latest Volkswagen Sharan and Touran.

8 Oct 2010

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS’s Expansion Plans to Encompass North America

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS confirmed their expansion programs with regard to personnel safety and Oil & Gas Industry related optimization solutions to reach North America.

8 Oct 2010

Macro Sensors' LVDT Position Sensors Furnish Enhanced Applications in Extreme Environments

The traditional lengthy LVDT position sensing devices' functionality is mainly restricted to industrial pollutants.

8 Oct 2010

Robat a New Bat-Like Sensor Developed by Scientists

Roman Kuc Electrical Engineering Professor, Becton Center and Associate Dean of Educational Affairs at the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, has crafted a sensor named Robat, that apes bat-like sounds to be used in wheelchairs to move between objects and obstacles locating empty places, just like how bats navigate their way through dark caves to find food for themselves using sonar waves.

6 Oct 2010