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Award for Wireless HyGreen Hand Hygiene System with Alcohol Sniffing Sensor

The HyGreen Hand Hygiene System from Xhale Innovation was declared the winner of the 2010 Medical Design Excellence Awards competition.

15 Apr 2010

Homeland Security Equips Cell Phones with Chemical Detection Sensors

A cell phone is embedded with a chip that is priced less than a dollar. This chip can be programmed to alert the mobile phone carriers regarding the presence of toxic chemicals in the atmosphere.

15 Apr 2010

In Vivo Glucose Sensing RFID Microchip Under Development by PositiveID

PositiveID Corporation is presently developing an in vivo glucose-sensing RFID microchip. This microchip is now in the Phase II development stage.

15 Apr 2010

Ionfinity’s New Chemical Sensor for Security Industry

The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program of the U.S. Navy had awarded the Miniature Electronic Sniffer for Navy Vertical Take off Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (VTUAVs) project to Ionfinity.

13 Apr 2010

NEA to Functionalize Carbon Nanotubes with Sensing Materials

Nano Engineered Applications (NEA), a Riverside, CA-based start-up firm and Avisio’s majority owned subsidiary, was awarded an exclusive license for a chemical detection technology by the University of California, Riverside (UCR).

7 Apr 2010

Symphony tCGM System of Echo Therapeutics for Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Symphony tCGM System of Echo Therapeutics, Inc. has been listed in one of Scientific American’s online article.

5 Apr 2010

$1.1 Million Award for Carbon Nanotube-Based Nutrient Sensor Project

A $1.1 million award was approved to the University of Cincinnati (UC), Riehl Engineering and YSI Inc. by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission for an ‘Advanced Modified Carbon Nonotube-Based Nutrient Sensor’ project.

5 Apr 2010

Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems from Applewood

Two sampling tubes with carbon monoxide detectors are positioned by Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric inside the ductwork that is connected to a building furnace. The furnace is shut down whenever carbon monoxide present in the heated air flowing through the duct is detected by this detector.

5 Apr 2010

UWE Workshop on Sensors and Instrumentation for Monitoring Cell Toxicity

A special event of the University of the West of England (UWE) will focus on instrumentation and sensors for cell toxicity monitoring.

2 Apr 2010

ICx Explosive Detector Sales Crosses $3.9 Million for Q1 2010

ICx Technologies’ sales of the Fido XT explosives detectors in the first quarter of 2010, has crossed $3.9 million. These detectors will enable the U.S. military to counter improvised explosives devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan and Iraq.

2 Apr 2010