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New Pocket-Size Scanning Technology to Test Whether Food Items Have Gone Stale

Ten million metric tons of food is being dumped in the garbage annually in Germany in spite of it still being edible, according to a study by the environmental organization WWF Germany.

4 Jan 2019

A New Blood-Sugar Monitor for Diabetics Could Be Virtually Painless

Scientists in Sweden are designing a more comfortable and reliable blood-sugar monitoring system for people with diabetes. After fruitfully testing a prototype of a microneedle patch on a human subject, the completion of a system for clinical tests is currently in progress.

4 Jan 2019

BBI’s SEM Scanner Receives FDA De Novo Marketing Authorisation for First-of-its-Kind Device for Objectively Assessing Patients at Risk of Pressure Ulcers

Bruin Biometrics, LLC (“BBI”) has been granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing authorisation for the SEM Scanner, becoming the world’s first FDA-authorised device to objectively alert clinicians to specific anatomical areas of a patient’s body at increased risk for developing pressure damage.

From Bruin Biometrics, LLC 4 Jan 2019

OmniVision Brings Driver and Passenger Monitoring to Mainstream Vehicles With Cost-Effective 1-Megapixel, High-Speed Global Shutter Image Sensor

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the OV9284, a 1-megapixel global shutter image sensor. This latest addition to OmniVision’s automotive portfolio i...

From OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 2 Jan 2019

Wireless and Autonomous Neurostimulator Shows Promise for Treating Neurological Disorders

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have developed a novel neurostimulator that can simultaneously listen to and trigger electric current in the brain, possibly delivering optimized treatments to patients suffering from diseases like Parkinson’s and epilepsy.

2 Jan 2019

New Biocompatible Sensor Shows Promise for Use in Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Virtual Reality

Cognitive and neuromotor developmental disabilities are common in children who are born prematurely. Therefore, catching those disabilities early through a series of motor and cognitive tests is the best way to minimize their impact.

24 Dec 2018

Multilayer Structure with Improved Magnetoresistance Ratio Could Increase the Sensitivity of Magnetic Field Sensors

Applications requiring efficient electric energy management can be enhanced by magnetic field sensors.

21 Dec 2018

FLEX 2019 and MSTC to Highlight SMART MedTech, Transportation and IoT Innovations

Flexible and printed electronics innovations and autonomous mobility sensors will take center stage as more than 700 attendees gather for 120 market and technical presentations, 70 exhibits and four short courses at the co-located FLEX 2019 and MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress (MSTC) in Monterey, California, February 18-21, 2019.

20 Dec 2018

Critical Link Introduces MityCAM-C50000 for CMOS Sensor Evaluation and Embedded Applications

Critical Link, a leader in embedded electronics solutions, announces its latest embedded imaging solution, the MityCAM-C50000.

From Critical Link, LLC 20 Dec 2018

UC Researcher Receives Key Device Patent for Wearable Sweat Sensor

The advanced sweat sensor company, Eccrine Systems, Inc., has announced that Dr Jason Heikenfeld, Co-Founder and CSO, and also a renowned researcher at the University of Cincinnati (UC), has received a major patent, US10136831.

19 Dec 2018

Researchers Design Ingestible Capsule that Releases Drugs in Response to Smartphone Commands

A novel ingestible capsule that can be controlled through Bluetooth wireless technology has been designed by researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

14 Dec 2018

Equipment in Case of an Emergency

Gas detectors for detecting explosive and combustible gases are an indispensable part of the protective equipment of the fire brigade, disaster relief and other civil rescue teams. These devices enable helpers to establi...

From InfraTec GmbH 13 Dec 2018

Researchers Design First Sensor Package that Can be Fitted on Bees

Drones are already used by farmers to soar over large fields and monitor crop health, temperature, and humidity. But these machines consume so much power to fly that they cannot travel very far without needing a charge.

13 Dec 2018

New Electrochemical Sensor Could Enable Rapid Detection of Phenols in Wastewater

Scientists at the Harbin Institute of Technology have discovered a non-enzymatic and low-cost phenol sensor that has good selectivity, high sensitivity, stability, and reproducibility.

12 Dec 2018

Purdue Researchers Build New Models to Detect Human Trust in Smart Machines

New “classification models” detect how well humans trust intelligent machines they work together with, a step toward enhancing teamwork and the quality of interactions.

12 Dec 2018

Sensors News

New Pocket-Size Scanning Technology to Test Whether Food Items Have Gone Stale

A New Blood-Sugar Monitor for Diabetics Could Be Virtually Painless

BBI’s SEM Scanner Receives FDA De Novo Marketing Authorisation for First-of-its-Kind Device for Objectively Assessing Patients at Risk of Pressure Ulcers

OmniVision Brings Driver and Passenger Monitoring to Mainstream Vehicles With Cost-Effective 1-Megapixel, High-Speed Global Shutter Image Sensor

Wireless and Autonomous Neurostimulator Shows Promise for Treating Neurological Disorders

New Biocompatible Sensor Shows Promise for Use in Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Virtual Reality

Multilayer Structure with Improved Magnetoresistance Ratio Could Increase the Sensitivity of Magnetic Field Sensors

FLEX 2019 and MSTC to Highlight SMART MedTech, Transportation and IoT Innovations

Critical Link Introduces MityCAM-C50000 for CMOS Sensor Evaluation and Embedded Applications

UC Researcher Receives Key Device Patent for Wearable Sweat Sensor

Researchers Design Ingestible Capsule that Releases Drugs in Response to Smartphone Commands

Equipment in Case of an Emergency

Researchers Design First Sensor Package that Can be Fitted on Bees

New Electrochemical Sensor Could Enable Rapid Detection of Phenols in Wastewater

Purdue Researchers Build New Models to Detect Human Trust in Smart Machines

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