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National Instruments Uses Perpetuum’s Vibration Energy Harvester to Power Wireless Measurement System

National Instruments has adopted Perpetuum’s vibration energy harvester technology to power its NI WSN-3226 measurement system.

From National Instruments Corporation (U.K.) Ltd. 7 Jun 2011

Parking Officers Oppose the Use of Electronic Vehicle Sensors at Parking Bays

Parking officers of Melbourne City offered a stiff opposition to the implementation of a new parking space management system by the Melbourne City Council (MCC).

26 Apr 2011

Streetline Launches Sensor-Based Smart Parking Program

The parking space at the University of Maryland College Park has now been enhanced with the Smart Parking Space Program, which informs the visitors about the available parking spaces.

12 Apr 2011

Wristwatch Sensors to Monitor Health of Elderly

Japanese Telecom Company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has unveiled a wristwatch sensor to monitor the health of the senior citizens in the country.

28 Feb 2011

QinetiQ Inks MoU With Saudi Arabia on Sensors, Robotics

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between QinetiQ and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia to collaborate on a range of research and technology development programmes which could include autonomy, robotics, sensors, communications and remote sensing.

21 Feb 2011

Accelerometer to Detect Bee Swarming

Bee keepers are often troubled by swarming, when the queen bee leaves her old hive and leaves only the weak bees behind, taking the stronger ones with her to a new hive.

21 Feb 2011

General Dynamics Team to Demonstrate Sensor Data Subsystem

In 2009, General Dynamics was selected by the Marine Corps to provide nine Combat Operations Center (COC) Capability Set III systems as part of the government's CAC2S initial integration of the Processing and Display Subsystem.

8 Feb 2011

Vibration Sensors Reduces Triggering of False Readings

Ophir Photonics, a supplier of accurate laser measurement tools, has unveiled a Shock Absorber at Photonics West 2011. The device is a mounting post that allows operation of sensitive pyroelectric laser powered-sensors in a surrounding that vibrates.

31 Jan 2011

Health Sensors to Reduce Aircraft Operational Costs

MicroStrain has introduced the wireless health usage and monitoring systems (Hums) that are at present being deployed in US military rotorcraft as an experiment. If they complete successful runs, they could become part of an all military and commercial aircraft.

31 Jan 2011

Single Chip Solution for Big Multi-Touch Screens

Cypress Semiconductor has declared the launch of a high-performance single-chip called the TrueTouch device that can be deployed for big multi touch screens up to 11.6 inches.

31 Jan 2011