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Sophisticated INFICON Leak-Detection Technology for Checking Airbag-Inflator Systems

Automotive suppliers will quality check more than 300 million airbag-inflator systems using sophisticated helium- and hydrogen-based leak-detection technology in 2015.

18 Dec 2014

Simple, Inexpensive Sensor Wirelessly Detects Hazardous Gases and Environmental Pollutants

MIT chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that can be read by a smartphone.

9 Dec 2014

Invisible T-rays Can Detect Tiny Amounts of Toxic Gases from Afar

Scientists have developed a way to sniff out tiny amounts of toxic gases -- a whiff of nerve gas, for example, or a hint of a chemical spill -- from up to one kilometer away.

4 Dec 2014

ATEX Approval Granted to Wired CX and Wireless CXT Gas Detectors

Detcon, an IST company, is pleased to announce that its wired CX and wireless CXT Series gas detectors have received ATEX Approval for Zone 1, potentially explosive atmospheres. Model CX and CXT detectors are availabl...

18 Nov 2014

SPEC Sensors to Participate in IDTechEx Printed Sensors and Actuators Masterclass

Joe Stetter, President and CTO of SPEC Sensors presents in the Printed Sensors and Actuators Masterclass at IDTechEx on Friday November 21st. He will be explaining the various techniques for chemical gas sensing and describing his journey to Screen Printable ElectroChemical (SPEC) sensors as the best approach to the easily scalable low-cost production of high-performance, small, ultra-low power consuming gas sensors.

14 Nov 2014

SPEC Sensor’s President Presents Vision for Trillion Gas Sensor Fabrication

Joe Stetter, President and CTO of SPEC Sensors presents a vision for Trillion gas sensor fabrication. Society is moving from concern about food and water quality to concern about the breathable quality of the air. It is now understood that it is not just low levels of chemicals in food and water, but low level chemicals in every breath that matters.

5 Nov 2014