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Gas Monitoring during the Packaging of Food in a Modified Atmosphere

Packaging is essential. Nevertheless, it is important to choose a type of packaging that minimises environmental impact.

From MSR-Electronic GmbH 11 Mar 2022

Researchers Develop Paper-Based Sensor for Hydrogen Peroxide Detection

A paper-based sensor for identifying even small volumes of hydrogen peroxide is developed by a research team from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). From healthcare and household products like hand sanitizer as a disinfectant to rocket fuel as a propellant, this chemical is used in a wide range of applications, and it is also found in biological cells.

10 Mar 2022

Researchers Use a Motion-Sensor Video Game for Stroke Rehabilitation

After a stroke, patients may lose feeling in an arm or experience weakness and reduced movement that limits their ability to complete basic daily activities. Traditional rehabilitation therapy is very intensive, time-consuming and can be both expensive and inconvenient, especially for rural patients travelling long distances to in-person therapy appointments.

10 Mar 2022

New Interface Software Gives Improved Functionality for Atrato Flowmeter

Titan Enterprises launches their advanced interface software for the Atrato® ultrasonic flowmeters.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 9 Mar 2022

Wyss Institute Licenses eRapid Sensor Technology to Antisoma Therapeutics

Today, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Australian biotech company The iQ Group Global Ltd. announced that the Institute's electrochemical eRapid technology has been licensed to Antisoma Therapeutics Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of The iQ Group Global.

8 Mar 2022

Autonomously driving robotic assistance system for the automated placement of coil creels

Due to the industry standard 4.0, digitalization, automation and networking of systems and facilities are becoming the predominant topics in production and thus also in logistics. Industry 4.0 pursues the increasing opti...

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 8 Mar 2022

New Semiconductor Sensor can Detect Ultra-Low Concentrations of Tumor Markers

Associate Professor Kazuhiro Takahashi and Tomoya Maeda (a second-year Master's student) and other members of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology have developed a semiconductor sensor capable of detecting ultra-low concentrations of tumor markers, on chips made using semiconductor micromachine technology.

7 Mar 2022

Hair-Thin Wearable Sensor Patch can Measure Pulse Wave Signals with High Precision

A pulse wave is a wave in which the blood flow – that originates from the heartbeat – is transmitted to the body. It is an important biosignal that indicates cardiovascular health. Analyzing the pulse wave signal can diagnose cardiac conditions including high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and more.

7 Mar 2022

InnovationLab and Heidelberger Showcase Printed Sensors at LOPEC

InnovationLab, the expert in printed electronics "from lab to fab", announces that it will be attending LOPEC, which runs from March 22 to 24 in Munich, Germany. LOPEC is the leading international trade fair and conference for printed electronics.

From InnovationLab GmbH 7 Mar 2022

New Geotechnical Sensors Set to Improve Road Safety

In a bid to improve road safety, a new manufacturing research collaboration is developing innovative geotechnical sensors that will monitor the health of Australia’s coastal roadways.

3 Mar 2022

Scientists Design a Prototype Sensor that Aids in Quick Measurement of ATP and Lactate Levels

Researchers have designed a prototype sensor that can aid doctors in quickly measuring adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and lactate levels present in blood samples of patients, helping in the fast assessment of the severity of certain diseases.

28 Feb 2022

New Penny-Sized Bio-Sensor Easily Detects Opioid Byproducts in Wastewater

The unique properties of the atom-thick sheet of carbon, known as graphene, enabled a new penny-sized, multiplexed bio-sensor that's the first to detect opioid byproducts in wastewater, a team of researchers from Boston College, Boston University, and Giner Labs report in the latest online edition of the journal ACS Nano.

28 Feb 2022

Upgraded Economical Road Sensor for Monitoring Personal Mobility Vehicles

The traffic and the range of personal mobility vehicles (PMVs) have increased rapidly in recent years.

25 Feb 2022

Novel Thumb-Shaped Sensor Significantly Improves a Robot Finger’s Haptic Perception

In a paper published on February 23, 2022 in Nature Machine Intelligence, a team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) introduce a robust soft haptic sensor named "Insight" that uses computer vision and a deep neural network to accurately estimate where objects come into contact with the sensor and how large the applied forces are.

25 Feb 2022

River Level Monitoring Lowers Bridge Scour Risk

Engineers at Transport Scotland have investigated the potential for water level monitoring systems to help mitigate risks where transport infrastructure interacts with moving water. The trial was conducted at a bridge over Vales Burn near Hawick in Scotland, and the monitoring equipment was provided by OTT HydroMet.

25 Feb 2022