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Wireless Sensing Systems for Multi-Purpose Premise Security

Monnit recently declared signing a contract with the Florida-based ICare Wireless, a company that develops Indoor Climate Alerting and Reporting Emails, to retail and set up its wireless sensing devices for use in the commercial premise management organizations throughout the US.

28 Feb 2011

Study Reveals Pressure Sensor Implant Could Save Lives

The medical journal, The Lancet, recently carried out a study that revealed a wireless monitoring device, implanted in an artery between the heart and lungs that helps to minimize hospitalizations.

28 Feb 2011

Energy Sensor for Energy Monitoring and Savings

The OptoEMU Sensor introduced by Opto 22 is an application that monitors and controls energy and collects building and machine energy consumption information and publishes it online.

28 Feb 2011

Power Efficient Signal Processor for Healthcare Applications

IMEC, Holst Centre and NXP displayed the CoolBio, a multiple-use low power biomedical signal processor, at the International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC2011) recently.

28 Feb 2011

Power-Efficient Touch Sensors Reduce Component Count and Cost

Atmel has released a family of QTouch touch sensing devices for button, slider and wheel (BSW) capability on customized devices.

28 Feb 2011

Smart Pressure Sensors to Monitor Wellbeing of Senior Citizens

Flexpoint Sensor Systems has received a further order for Bend Sensors from Card Access to be deployed in their smart pressure sensors.

28 Feb 2011

Radar System for Coastal and Border Surveillance

Cassidian, a defense and security subsidiary of EADS, has launched a security radar for surveillance of boundaries or sensitive industrial facilities.

28 Feb 2011

Brain Driver to Use Thought to Navigate Cars

Computer engineers at the Freie Universität Berlin have designed a sensor that will allow a driver to control his car with his thoughts. The team working on the AutoNOMOS Project says that this will provide more security while driving.

28 Feb 2011

Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensor for Fish Farming

UK-based Aquaread has launched the Aquaplus, which is a portable optical dissolved oxygen solution.

28 Feb 2011

Stretchable Touch Sensors to Create Artificial Skin

Zhenan Bao, a research scholar at Stanford University, in an endeavor to create artificial super skin, has designed a tactile sensor that is sensitive to even the feather touch of a fly.

28 Feb 2011

Wireless Sensing Device to Monitor Energy Consumption in Electronics

NEC has designed a small sensor to detect the energy used by electronic systems and transmits the data to a central management system eliminating the need for an outside battery or power supply.

28 Feb 2011

Acoustic Sensors for Music and Video Applications

EoWave has unveiled an USB Eobody3 Sensorbox that is ideal for the music industry.

28 Feb 2011

Wristwatch Sensors to Monitor Health of Elderly

Japanese Telecom Company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has unveiled a wristwatch sensor to monitor the health of the senior citizens in the country.

28 Feb 2011

Temperature Sensors to Enhance Injection Mould Quality

Kunststoff Cluster of Austria recently hosted a seminar at which Dr Friedrich Kastner, managing director of pipe and fitting producer of Ifw Mould Tec, and Prof Werner Posch from the Upper Austrian University in Wels presented papers

From Kistler Instruments AG 28 Feb 2011

Sensor Fusion Technology to be Showcased at Mobile Robots Conference

GeckoSystems International will introduce the GeckoImager, its vision system based on sensor fusion at the upcoming Mobile Robots in Motion conference to be held on April 13 and 14.

28 Feb 2011