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IBM Mote Runner Software Kit for Programming Wireless Sensor Networks

During the recent 2010 Sensors Expo & Conference, IBM had announced a freely downloadable software development kit, named called Mote Runner that could expand the ability of governments and companies to harness digital devices and sensors to design and make intelligent systems and products and systems.

21 Jun 2010

Metallux Selects Victrex APTIV Film Flexible Foil Sensor

Metallux AG, among the leading producers of electronics devices used in thick film technologies in the world, has selected Victrex APTIV film for its novel flexible foil sensor.

10 Jun 2010

MEMSIC Crossbow Technology Acquisition Includes Wireless Sensor Networks Line

Leading MEMS solution vendor MEMSIC will acquire selected product lines of Crossbow Technology based on a recently signed Asset Purchase Agreement. The eKo business, Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) ‘Mote’ and the non-military part of the Inertial Systems business portfolio are included in this acquisition

From MEMSIC INC. 5 Jun 2010

ST Extends Motion Sensor Portfolio with 3-Axis Accelerometer

The leading MEMS vendor for portable and consumer applications STMicroelectronics has recently extended its motion-sensor range with a three-axis digital-output accelerometer.

From STMicroelectronics 4 Jun 2010

Wind Turbine Obstacle Collision Avoidance System Senses and Warns Approaching Aircrafts

The Chatham, Ontario-based Talbot Wind Energy Project of Renewable Energy Systems Canada (RES Canada) Construction LP will be provided with OCAS’s Obstacle Collision Avoidance System (OCAS) for wind turbines.

31 May 2010

Textron Ground Sensors for Brigade Combat Team Modernization Program

Textron Defense Systems, an operating division of Textron Systems that is a Textron company, has announced recently that the unattended ground sensors initiative is now in low-rate initial production (LRIP) phase as an element of the Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) agenda’s Increment 1.

31 May 2010

GPS Vehicle Tracking Devices from Rocky Mountain Tracking

Rocky Mountain Tracking’s Informer GPS vehicle tracking gadgets were installed in all vehicles of Katy, Texas based Airtronics Air Conditioning and Heating.

29 May 2010

Northrup Grants Radar Electronic Assemblies Contract to LaBarge

Northrop Grumman Corporation has awarded a contract worth $1.5 million to LaBarge for continuing with the manufacture of the AN/APG-68 fire control radar system’s electronic assemblies. This radar system is for the F-16 fighter aircraft. This program is being by supported by LaBarge since 2003.

26 May 2010

Kai Sensors to Develop Innovative Sleep Monitoring System

Kai Sensors has secured a $100,000 SBIR Phase I contract from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design a new, wireless monitoring device for sleep disorders.

24 May 2010

Searidge Video Solution Improves Tower Visibility at Edmonton Airport

The Edmonton International Airport (EIA) has selected Seagate Technologies’ Air Traffic Control qualified video solution for improving tower visibility at the airport.

24 May 2010