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New IoT Sensor Detects Metallic Structures in Plastics with Micrometer Precision

The German tech startup OndoSense has developed an IoT sensor that enables an ultra-precise detection of metallic structures for the first time within plastics or other electrically non-conductive materials: The sensor, based on innovative radar technology, measures the distances to metallic objects that are embedded in plastics, cardboard, rubber etc. with micrometer accuracy.

From OndoSense GmbH 5 May 2020

Vaisala Unveils High-End Industrial Indigo Transmitter to Enable World-Class Data and Smart Decisions

Vaisala’s decades of success as the market’s most popular humidity transmitter manufacturer continues with the newly launched Indigo 520 Transmitter that combines the latest technology with outstanding new features.

From Vaisala Corporation 5 May 2020

Reliable Gas Monitoring in New Craft Beer Brewery in Croatia

MSR-Electronic supplies digital gas sensors and controllers complying with EN 50545-1.

From MSR-Electronic GmbH 30 Apr 2020

Wearable Smartband can Read Body Temperature and Enforce Social Distancing

A wearable smartband to support people in dealing with COVID19 pandemic at work or in everyday life: this is the prototype, called iFeel-You, that researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia developed using their expertise in designing sensorized suits capable of monitoring human body parameters.

30 Apr 2020

A Next-Generation, Rugged Seismometer Could be Deployed to Measure Moonquakes

NASA hasn't measured moonquakes since Apollo astronauts deployed a handful of measuring stations at various locations on the lunar surface and discovered unexpectedly that Earth's only natural satellite was far from seismically inactive.

30 Apr 2020

New Confocal Sensors from Micro-Epsilon Enable High Precision Distance and Thickness Measurements on Curved Surfaces and in Tight Installation Spaces

Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has improved and updated its range of confocal chromatic sensors with two new innovative sensors, the confocalDT IFS2407-3 and the confocalDT IFS2404 / 90-2.

From Micro-Epsilon 30 Apr 2020

New Nanobiosensor System for Rapid Identification of Body Fluids at Crime Scenes

Engineers at UC Riverside's Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering have received a $600,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice to develop a test kit that can rapidly identify body fluids at crime scenes.

29 Apr 2020

Electric Stockings to Help COVID-19 Patients at Intensive Care Units

Doctors and engineers have together developed an electric stocking to prevent loss of muscle mass in bed-ridden patients. During the coming months, the stocking will be tested on Danish COVID-19 patients at intensive care units in Denmark.

29 Apr 2020

Wearable Smart Patch to Help People Personalize Diets and Reduce Diabetes Risk

A wearable smart patch will deliver precision data to help people personalise their diets and reduce their risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.

27 Apr 2020

Novel Thermographic Camera Measures Body Temperature at a Distance

A spin-off from the LIR-Infrared Lab at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SENSIA Solutions, has adapted its thermographic camera technology, called HIGIA, in order to manufacture a new high precision system for measuring body temperature that can be used to detect fever in individuals accessing facilities, in the wake of the healthcare emergency brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak.

23 Apr 2020