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Casio's PRO TREK Timepieces Offer Flexible Features for Outdoor Enthusiasts

The cooler temperatures and brightly colored leaves will tempt people to venture into the great outdoors this fall. While packing their gears to find a close by hiking trail and setting out to explore new terrain, Casio America, Inc. now reminds outdoor adventurers to use a PRO TREK timepiece.

30 Oct 2017

Neonode Begins Shipping of zForce Air™ Touch Sensors

Today, optical sensor technology company, Neonode announced that is has begun shipping zForce AIR Touch Sensors to customers. The zForce AIR Touch Sensor enables direct touch interaction on any device with an I2C interface or a USB.

26 Oct 2017

Avnet Showcases Various LoRaWAN Applications at Cisco Next Intelligent IoT Generation Conference 2017

Avnet Asia Pacific showcased its end-to-end LoRaWAN IoT solutions at the recent Cisco Next Intelligent IoT Generation Conference 2017, held at the Hong Kong Science Park.

26 Oct 2017

Netvox to Expand Current IoT Solutions to Work with Semtech’s LoRa Technology

Semtech Corporation, a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that Netvox, an original equipment manufacturer and Cloud service provider, is expected to expand its current IoT solutions to work with Semtech’s LoRa® devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology) and the open LoRaWAN™ protocol.

26 Oct 2017

Vishay Intertechnology’s New Photodiodes Enable Slim Sensor Designs

To meet the need for reliable signal detection in wearable devices and medical and industrial applications, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today broadens its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of two new high speed silicon PIN photodiodes that deliver enhanced sensitivity for visible light.

26 Oct 2017

Dartmouth to Unveil Sensor-Based Smart Wearables at UIST 2017

A watch that works in multiple dimensions and a smart ring that provides calendar alerts are among the top technology Dartmouth College will bring to the 30th ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST 2017).

23 Oct 2017

NEXT Biometrics Ships 3 Million Fingerprint Sensors

NEXT Biometrics Group ASA today announced it shipped sensor number 3 million this week, demonstrating NEXT’s proven ability to consistently mass produce fingerprint sensors with industry normal yield figures.

From Next Biometrics 20 Oct 2017

Briggs & Stratton's InfoHub for Commercial Turf Solves Long-Standing Resource Management Problem

Across the commercial landscape sector, business owners are increasingly seeking ways to monitor both equipment and crews in order to reduce downtime and drive more revenue.

20 Oct 2017

RADA's MHR Used in Testing Lockheed Martin's High Energy Laser

Recently, RADA Electronic Industries reported that its Multi-mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR) took part in tests which confirmed that the system can deliver decisive lethality against unmanned aerial vehicle threats.

18 Oct 2017

Future Wearable Devices Could Use Ultrasound Imaging to Sense Hand Gestures

This summer, a research team headed by Professor Mike Fraser, Asier Marzo and Jess McIntosh from the Bristol Interaction Group (BIG) at the University of Bristol, along with University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol), presented their paper at one of the world’s most renowned conferences on human-computer interfaces, ACM CHI 2017 held in Denver, USA.

13 Oct 2017