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Micromachined Harvesters Power Miniaturized Autonomous Sensor Nodes

imec, a company conducting research in nanoelectronics, and Holst Centre, an open-innovation independent research and development centre, have announced the creation of a micromachined vibration energy harvester that provides high output power.

9 Dec 2011

Mantracourt Celebrate Success of Their Strain Gauge Amplifier

Industrial measurement experts, Mantracourt are celebrating the success of their Strain Gauge Amplifier, a product that is now seeing service across the world and enjoys acclaim in such sectors as offshore engineering, construction, process control and automotive testing.

25 Oct 2011

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Richard Desich SMART Commercialization Center for Microsystems

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Richard Desich SMART Commercialization Center for Microsystems at Lorain County Community College took place last Friday. The new 46,000-square-foot building, will focus on the commercialization of sensors and microsystems.

12 Sep 2011

Research Team from Penn and Duke Design Stress Sensor that Changes Color

It is truly highly beneficial to get a warning when a structural system is on the brink of failure but when that system is of nano-scale size, it is highly challenging.

20 Aug 2011

Luna Innovations Launches Sensing Platform for Measuring Strain and Temperature

Luna Innovations has introduced the ODiSI (Optical Distributed Sensor Integrator) instrument, which is a sensing platform for enabling temperature or high resolution strain measurements.

From Luna Innovations Incorporated 5 Aug 2011

An Early Warning Sensor System for Bridge Failures

A researcher from the University of Maryland, Mehdi Kalantari, has come up with an early warning system that could help avert major bridge disasters. Many old or faulty bridges are too costly to monitor or to fix and bridge collapses are quite common in these cases.

1 Aug 2011

Pittsburgh Conference Calls for Conference Networking Session Topics

The Pittsburgh Conference announced its annual Call for Topics for Conferee Networking Sessions for Pittcon 2012, which will be held March 11-15, 2012, in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center. For full consideration, topics must be received by July 29, 2011.

7 Jul 2011

Resensys Selects RFaxis RFX2401 RFeIC for Wireless Structural Health Monitoring System

Resensys has selected RFaxis’ single-chip/single-die RF Front-End Integrated Circuits (RFeIC) for its wireless structural health monitoring system.

29 Jun 2011

Researchers Develop Reversibly Stretchable Strain Sensor

Zhigang Wu of Uppsala University, in collaboration with Laird Technologies’ researchers, has devised a wireless microfluidic stretchable radio frequency electronics (µFSRFE) strain sensor that features a traditional rigid circuit board coupled with a multipurpose antenna.

18 Jun 2011