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Using Contactless Sensing to Detect Vital Healthcare Signs

The focus of the Wireless Medical Communications research team (WiMeC) from 6G Flagship is on achieving a vision of next-generation healthcare services, facilitates by the use of advanced wireless technology.

24 Apr 2020

Novel Sensors can Ensure Safety, Quality of Foods and Edible Oils

Antioxidants play a major role by protecting the living systems from the negative impacts of free radicals and, hence, they are regarded as one of the most fascinating and extensively researched compounds in the field of life sciences.

24 Apr 2020

Sensor-Embedded Garments can Monitor Breathing and Heart Rate

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a new technique to integrate electronic sensors into stretchable fabrics, enabling them to design shirts or other kinds of garments that can potentially be used for tracking many vital signs like heart rate, respiration, and temperature.

24 Apr 2020

Novel Sensor Distinguishes Between Demyelinating and Neurodegenerative Disorders

A new method has been developed by researchers to diagnose early-stage multiple sclerosis, a medical disorder of the central nervous system, and differentiate it from neuromyelitis optica—a rare but severe autoimmune inflammatory process—that also affects the central nervous system.

24 Apr 2020

New e-Skin Embedded with Sensors can Monitor Health

At the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Wei Gao, an assistant professor in the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, intends to study much more about humans from their skin. For this purpose, he has designed an electronic skin, or e-skin, that can be directly applied to the real skin of humans.

23 Apr 2020

Novel Thermographic Camera Measures Body Temperature at a Distance

A spin-off from the LIR-Infrared Lab at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SENSIA Solutions, has adapted its thermographic camera technology, called HIGIA, in order to manufacture a new high precision system for measuring body temperature that can be used to detect fever in individuals accessing facilities, in the wake of the healthcare emergency brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak.

23 Apr 2020

New Sensor System Analyzes Signal Patterns to Identify Exact Cause of Alarm

When sensors embedded within industrial plants trigger an alarm at night, maintenance teams have to respond immediately.

23 Apr 2020

Cornell Team Develops Microsensors to Measure Inputs in Hard-to-Reach Environments

Cornell University researchers who build nanoscale electronics have developed microsensors so tiny, they can fit 30,000 on one side of a penny.

23 Apr 2020

New Optical Biosensor for Detecting Coronavirus

A group of scientists from Empa, Zurich University Hospital, and ETH Zurich has successfully created a new sensor for identifying the novel coronavirus.

22 Apr 2020

New Carbon Dioxide Sensor can Help Control and Reduce Energy Consumption

Walk in a room, the light goes on. Most people are familiar with the motion sensors that detect activity and then turn on the lights.

22 Apr 2020

CARLO GAVAZZI's New Three-Phase Energy Analyzer

CARLO GAVAZZI is pleased to announce the launch of our new WM15 Three Phase Power Analyzer.

From Carlo Gavazzi Inc. 22 Apr 2020

New Plasmonic-Fluor-Based Biosensor for Rapid COVID-19 Detection

Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have received federal funding for a rapid COVID-19 test using a newly developed technology.

21 Apr 2020

UTSA Professor Receives NSF Grant to Secure Wearable Tech and IoT Systems

Assistant Professor Dr. Murtuza Jadliwala of the Computer Science Department has been awarded the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development or CAREER grant.

21 Apr 2020

Filter Effectiveness Testing Using Flowmeters

Titan Enterprises reports on how its flowmeters are being used by filter manufacturers to test the effectiveness of their products.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 21 Apr 2020

Miniature Lab Device Uses Magnetic Nano-Beads to Detect Bacteria, Viruses

Engineering researchers developed a next-generation miniature lab device that uses magnetic nano-beads to isolate minute bacterial particles that cause diseases.

20 Apr 2020