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Grant Awarded to Continue Research on Wireless Sensor Nodes

Potomac Photonics, a company that produces micromachines recently received a grant worth approximately US$500,000 from the National Science Foundation.

From POTOMAC PHOTONICS 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

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

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

Pedestrian Detection Sensors will Become More Prominent by 2016

A survey conducted by ABI Research on ‘Collision Warning and Mitigation Systems’, analyses world market trends, cost and technological estimates of various components, and also discusses current product announcements.

From ABI Research 15 Feb 2011

Trials Confirm Success of Wireless Sensor for Heart Patients

Results of the CHAMPION (cardioMEMS heart sensor allows monitoring of pressure to improve outcomes in NYHA Class III Patients) clinical trial were recently published online in The Lancet.

From Abbott Cardiovascular 15 Feb 2011

Remote Sensing Resourcesat 2 Ready for Launch

According to a statement issued by officials at the Indian Space Research Organisation, the agency is preparing itself to launch Resourcesat 2, which is a satellite that will remotely observe the earth,

15 Feb 2011

Perimeter Security System for Airports and Sensitive Spaces

The FP1100-X perimeter intrusion detection system from Optellios has been tested independently by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

14 Feb 2011

Irisys to Develop Sensors to Monitor Compliance with Hand-washing Norms

The National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation under its small business research initiative recently contracted Irisys to build sensors that will ensure that health centers will adhere to hand washing rules.

14 Feb 2011