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Pressure Sensors in Tires for Harsh Mining Industries

UK-based company Translogik is collaborating with the Latin American OTR and Mining Tire manufacturers Duratread to unveil the OTR iTrack Asset Management System across Latin America.

24 Feb 2011

Temperature Sensor to Track Decay in Biomass Heaps

Scientists in Denmark have developed wireless sensors to detect heat and decay in silage. Tiny cost-effective red balls that have built in temperature sensors can tell if a silage heap is airtight or not.

24 Feb 2011

Implanted Pressure Sensor to Monitor Glaucoma

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed two sensing devices.

24 Feb 2011

Optical Sensing Platform for Electronics Industry

Blakell Europlacer, a company that develops and produces SMT placement systems targeted at the global electronics market will showcase its XPii-II at the SIEL 2011 to be held in the La Chargia, Tunis, Tunisia, between March 2 and 5.

24 Feb 2011

Electro Optical Sensor Market for UAVs Expanding Globally

According to Bill Sundermeier, president of the FLIR Government Systems division, the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles in defense aircraft is increasing the demand for related sensing devices.

24 Feb 2011

Biosensors for Health Monitoring Within Homes

Nitto Denko Asia Technical Centre (NAT) will broaden its holdings in Singapore with a prototyping centre.

24 Feb 2011

Power Efficient Image Sensor for X-ray Applications

Verrières le Buisson, France-based, New Imaging Technologies (NIT) has recently launched the NSC0905FO.

24 Feb 2011

Acceleration Sensors for Automobile Applications

Bosch has unveiled its SMB431 and SMB433, two low-g acceleration sensing devices. While the SMB431 determines and controls vertical movements of the body in ±1.6 g, the SMB433 measures the vertical accelerations in the wheels in the ±16 g range.

24 Feb 2011

Image Sensor for Automobile Applications

Melexis has unveiled its MLX75411, an Avocet image sensor having a range of 154dB. Besides the automobile segment, it can also be used in cameras used for surveillance, to monitor fleet security and night vision.

24 Feb 2011

Temperature Tags for Healthcare Applications

CenTrak has unveiled its IT-735 Probe-based Temperature Sensor Tag to be used either as an individual system or with the company’s Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS).

24 Feb 2011

Magnetic Sensor to Enhance Computer Efficiency

Researchers at the Chiba University have built a miniscule magnetic sensor from organic molecules found in ink. The team was led by Toyokazu Yamada, a special associate professor at the university’s Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science.

24 Feb 2011

Ambient Light Sensor ICs for Digital Light Control Systems

Maxim Integrated Products has unveiled the MAX44007 and MAX44009, digital ambient-light sensor ICs.

24 Feb 2011

Pressure Sensor to Record Blood Pressure

Researchers at the University of Leicester and scientists in Singapore have jointly created a sensor that can be attached to the wrist of a patient to determine and monitor the blood pressure of the central aortic systolic pressure or CASP that is near the heart and brain.

24 Feb 2011

Artificial Hair Cell Sensors to be Deployed for Various Applications

Northwestern University professor of mechanical and electrical engineering and computer science, Chang Liu is deploying nature to build flow and touch sensors.

24 Feb 2011

Smart Sensor System for Harsh Environments

Identec Solutions is unveiling its SensorSMART system. The company has incorporated positive features from three technologies into one single platform to address specific customer requirements.

From IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, Inc. 24 Feb 2011