Numerous industries such as those involved in manufacturing, processing, storing or transportation of flammable materials.
Most of the sensor systems rely on light as the signal source. LEDs are often ideal as a light source due to their high efficiency.
The thermometer was developed over several years by a number of people - Cornelis Drebbel, Robert Fludd, Galileo Galilei and Santorio Santorio. The word thermometer was derived from two Greek word fragments – ‘thermo’ meaning ‘heat’ and ‘meter’ meaning ‘to measure’.
Researchers at Cornell University have used a small silicon chip to develop a microfluidic water sensor with a higher degree of sensitivity compared to other water sensors on the market.
By Kalwinder Kaur
14 Oct 2013
Brett Sargent, Chief Technology Officer and VP/GM of Products and Solutions at LumaSense Technologies, Inc., talks to AZoSensors about the management of Big Data in the sensor industry.
LUMO BodyTech, founded in 2011, has developed a wearable sensor and smartphone application to monitor an individual's posture.
By Kalwinder Kaur
10 Oct 2013
Broadly speaking, pyrometers belong to a class of thermometers that are used for measuring only high temperatures. However, today they have been modified to measure low temperatures as well.
A bolometer is a highly sensitive instrument used for detecting heat or electromagnetic radiation. It was invented by Samuel Pierpont Langley, an American astronomer, in 1878. This instrument was initially used in combination with a telescope to quantify infrared radiation.
Noncontact sensors using capacitive and eddy-current technologies each represent a unique blend of advantages and disadvantages for a variety of applications.
Eddy current and capacitive noncontact displacement sensors are becoming a standard technology for z-height measurement due to their compactness, flexibility, ease of use, high resolution, noncontact nature and robust design.