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New IoT Sensor Platform for Smart Cities Aims to Improve Accuracy in Sound Level and Air Quality Sensors

Today, at Smart City Expo, Libelium presents the new generation of the IoT Sensor Plaform for Smart Cities with more accurate sound level and air quality sensors.

15 Nov 2016

Old Emission Analysers - Wanted Dead or Alive...

Ashtead Technology is offering a trade-in for old emissions analysers, no matter what their condition or manufacturer. As part of the deal, customers will receive money off a new Testo 350 or Testo 340.

From Ashtead Technology 10 Nov 2016

Researchers Develop Smart, Farm-Ready, Solar-Powered Environmental Sensor to Monitor Field Corps

Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science, are leveraging expertise in crop phenotyping with the development of the PheNode, a ‘smart’, farm-ready, solar-powered environmental sensor and phenotyping station for crops.

2 Nov 2016

Scientists Use Satellite Sensors to Monitor Response of Boreal Forests to Climate Change

Scientists have found a way to use satellites to track photosynthesis in evergreens—a discovery that could improve our ability to assess the health of northern forests amid climate change.

1 Nov 2016

Spanish Scientists Revolutionize Smart Meters’ Market with Wireless Sensor

Spanish scientists are concentrating on revolutionizing the smart meters’ market using wireless sensors that have software and hardware integrated within it.

27 Oct 2016

Sensirion and Clarity Collaborate on PM2.5 Sensor Technology

Sensirion, the expert in environmental sensing solutions, and Clarity, provider of air quality monitoring and management services, are collaborating on PM2.5 sensing technology. Under the agreement, Clarity has licensed the exclusive rights to the development, production and distribution of its optical PM2.5 sensor technology. Clarity’s technology fills the gap in the environmental sensor market for affordable, portable and reliable PM2.5 sensors, and is the perfect addition to Sensirion’s environmental sensing platform.

13 Oct 2016

New Technology Solution to Extend Life of Wind Turbine Towers and Reduce Failures

Aquaterra Energy and Proeon Systems have developed a cost-saving, integrated structural monitoring system to improve the integrity of offshore wind structures.

11 Oct 2016

NEW Banner Engineering K50U Ultrasonic Sensor Features Plug-and-Play Compatibility for Wireless Tank Level Monitoring

Banner Engineering has introduced their Sure Cross® U-GAGE® K50U Ultrasonic Sensor for use in wireless tank monitoring applications. Optimized for use with Banner’s Q45U Wireless Node, the pair provide a cost effective, plug-and-play solution to monitor levels in mobile or remotely located tanks and totes.

From Banner Engineering Corp. 15 Sep 2016

NSF Grant Enhances Design of Microcontrollers Working in Harsh Environments

Jia Di, computer engineering professor from the University of Arkansas, was awarded a $349,198 by the National Science Foundation in order to improve his design of microcontrollers that can work in harsh environmental conditions, such as space.

2 Sep 2016

Grant Given to Study Air Pollution Monitoring in Chicago

Seven Chicago organizations and three Kansas State University researchers have received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate whether affordable portable air pollution monitoring devices could enhance air quality in Chicago.

11 Aug 2016

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