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iFit® Introduces Fitness Breakthrough: Personalized and Automatic Heart Rate Training with iFit ActivePulse™

iFit, a global leader in interactive connected fitness technology, today announced the upcoming release of iFit ActivePulse automatic heart rate training. iFit’s cutting edge technology uses complex algorithms so an iFit subscriber’s heart rate controls the treadmill in real time, automatically adjusting the speed and incline to maintain the optimal heart rate zone.

From iFit 12 Jan 2021

New Glass Fiber-Based Sensor Network to Safeguard Drinking Water Supplies

Researchers supported by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant and part of a cross-campus collaboration at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) of the University of Alabama System are now working on an innovative sensor network that uses glass fibers to protect drinking water supplies.

8 Jan 2021

eLichens to Unveil Its New Indoor Air Quality Station at CES2021

eLichens will exhibit its latest Indoor Air Quality Station including their own high-end NDIR CO2 sensor at the CES 2021, digital event, from January 12 to 13.

From eLichens 8 Jan 2021

InfraTec Opens Second Branch Office in the USA

To meet the increasing demand from partners for pyroelectric detectors, the Dresden-based company is expanding its presence in the American market.

From InfraTec GmbH 6 Jan 2021

Marines Deploy Sensor-Laden Profiling Floats to Better Understand Ocean Battlespace

Flying several thousand feet above the Pacific Ocean, an air crew and a scientist from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution tossed cylindrical floats from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft. Packed with data-gathering sensors to measure underwater conditions, the floats fell fast before orange parachutes opened to ease splashdown.

23 Dec 2020

Study Opens the Door to New Wi-Fi Technology with Fiber Optic-Like Performance

Despite significant advances in wireless technology, the manufacturing industry continues to turn to wired forms of communication such as Ethernet or fibre optics for its most critical tasks.

23 Dec 2020

Hand-Held Particle Detector Measures Aerosol Concentrations in Public Spaces

Because of the role they play in coronavirus transmission, understanding aerosol concentrations and persistence in public spaces can help determine infection risks. However, measuring these concentrations is difficult, requiring specialized personnel and equipment.

23 Dec 2020

Using Data from Wearable Devices to Characterize COVID-19 and Flu

By analyzing Fitbit data and self-reported symptoms, researchers from Evidation Health and collaborators analyzed trends in heart rate, step count, and symptom duration between patients with flu and those with COVID-19. While both showed similar-looking spikes in resting heart rate and decreases in average step count, COVID-19 symptoms lasted longer and peaked later.

22 Dec 2020

Colour Changing ‘Smart Labels’ Will Help Ensure that Face Masks Keep People Safe in Hospitals and Medical Centres

Technology that will alert users to the need to replace their face mask has been unveiled by smart packaging company, Insignia Technologies.

From Insignia Technologies Ltd 22 Dec 2020

FreshAir Announces Unique and Highly Effective Smoking Detection System for Hotels

FreshAir, an industry leader in the development of sensors to detect and alert for hazardous chemicals, announces its unique and highly effective FreshAir1 Smoking Detection System. The FreshAir system is ideally suited for use in hotels, casinos, and other hospitality industry settings.

From FreshAir Sensor LLC 22 Dec 2020