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Gold Plated Nano Pillars to Support Plasmons Across Wide Areas

Wakana Kubo and Shigenori Fujikawa from the RIKEN Innovation Center, Wako, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency, have developed a nanostructure that will support plasmons across wide areas.

16 Feb 2011

Temperature Tags Enhance Quality of Patient Care

CenTrak, a company that develops real time location systems (RTLS) for monitors patients, attendants and equipment in healthcare centers, has unveiled its IT-735 probe-based temperature sensor tag.

16 Feb 2011

Air Blast Spray Cleaner to Reduce Overall Operation Costs

Electro-Chemical Devices has launched the AC10 Air Blast Spray Cleaner minimizing the need for manual cleaning of sensors, thus reducing a technician’s work hours and costs of treatment of water and wastewater.

16 Feb 2011

Sensor Tape Improves Care of Adult Patients

A technology venture firm, Akita Techno Design, has developed sensors for adult diapers and absorptive pads, which informs care workers when a change is needed.

16 Feb 2011

Government of India to Receive Sensor Fuzed Weapon

The United States Air Force has given a contract worth $257 million to Textron Defense Systems, adhering to which, Textron will provide 512 units of CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) to the Government of India. This comes in accordance with the Foreign Military Sale agreement between the two countries.

16 Feb 2011

U.S Air Force to Benefit from Tac-Eye LT Wearable Display Solutions

Vuzix is set to deliver to the Battlefield Air Operations Kit Program of the U.S. Air Force, a shipment of its next generation Tac-Eye LT wearable display solution worth over $1 million within three months.

16 Feb 2011

Capacitive Proximity Sensors for Object and Level Detection Applications

Offering a wider array of products to reliably solve object as well as level detection applications is Balluff’s new line of economical Global.CProx capacitive sensors.

16 Feb 2011

Vernier Develops Affordable Sensors for LabQuest Interfaces

Vernier Software & Technology has developed four sensors and probes for Vernier LabQuest, which is a handheld interface. The sensors include the anemometer, 30-V voltage probe, high current sensor and a melt station, applying which one can collect and measure scientific data such as wind speed and melting temperatures.

16 Feb 2011

Raytheon’s Surveillance Radar Accomplishes Free-Space Radiation from Elevated Aerostat

The JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System) program from Raytheon Company has demonstrated its ability to transmit from an elevated aerostat, successfully.

16 Feb 2011

GENTAG Introduces Fully Integrated NFC Cell Phone

GENTAG and its partners have announced the availability of an affordable and near field communication (NFC) mobile phone developed for consumer diagnostics and RFID sensor applications.

16 Feb 2011

Better Battery Management and Accident Detection with Continental’s evSAT Sensor

The evSAT (Satellite for Electric Vehicles) sensor developed by Continental enables plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles to instantly switch off the high-voltage battery if the vehicle is in charge mode during a collision.

16 Feb 2011

High Definition Imaging Sensors to Operate in Poor Lighting

Samsung has recently unveiled two imaging sensors to be used in applications for smart phones and other products that are expected to provide high quality performance in poor lighting conditions.

16 Feb 2011

Digital Temperature Sensor Series for Harsh Environments

The 220-10-020 Series of temperature sensing devices from Paine Electronics is available in pressure ranges from 0-100 to 0-10,000PSIS and works in temperatures from -40° to +260°F. It can also measure temperatures from -40° to +300°F.

16 Feb 2011

Surface Mounted Current Sensor Ideal for Bridge Networks

Vishay Precision Group recently declared that its Foil Resistors division has launched a high-precision Bulk Metal Foil Power Metal Strip current-detecting resistor that can be surface mounted.

From Vishay Precision Group, Inc. 15 Feb 2011

GIA Predicts Growth of Global Smart Sensors Market

According to a GIA report on the global smart sensors market, it is expected to touch US$6.0 billion by 2015. Improvements in technology, efficiency and performance will spur growth thus expanding the world market for smart sensors.

15 Feb 2011