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Next Generation Health Monitoring with Smart Wristband Linked to Smartphone

A smart wristband connected wirelessly to a smartphone could allow wearable devices to monitor personal health and the environment.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 29 Aug 2018

Edwards to expand Semiconductor offering with the planned addition of Brooks Automation’s cryogenic business

Atlas Copco Group has announced its agreement to acquire the cryogenic business of Brooks Automation, Inc through its wholly owned US entity Edwards Vacuum LLC. Once the deal is complete, which is expected to be in the f...

29 Aug 2018

New Combination Sensor from Micro-Epsilon Enables Non-Contact, One-Sided Thickness Measurements of Plastic Film and Coated Metals

Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has launched a new sensor system that combines an eddy current sensor with a capacitive displacement sensor in a single housing. This unique sensor concept enables high precision one-sided thickness measurements of plastic film or coatings applied on metal objects, plates or sheets.

From Micro-Epsilon UK Ltd. 29 Aug 2018

CyberOptics Showcases All-in-One Relative Humidity, Leveling and Vibration Measurement Sensor for Reticle Environments at SPIE

CyberOptics® Corporation, a leading global developer and manufacturer of high precision 3D sensing technology solutions, announces it will demonstrate its ReticleSense® Auto Multi Sensor™ (AMSR) – the world’s most efficient and effective wireless measurement devices for semiconductor fabs and equipment OEMs at the SPIE PhotoMask Technology and EUV Lithography conference, September 17-20 at the Monterey Conference Center in California in booth #104.

From CyberOptics Corporation 29 Aug 2018

Smartphones Could be Used to Forecast Flash Floods and other Natural Disasters

New research proposes that weather patterns resulting in flash floods may, in the future, be tracked and predicted by smartphones.

27 Aug 2018

MIT Team Creates Wireless Communication that Breaks Through Water-Air Barrier

Scientists are trying to crack a challenge related to wireless communication: direct data transmission between airborne and underwater devices.

24 Aug 2018

Tiny but Powerful Particulate Sensor

At just over 7 cm wide and 2 cm high, the new OPC-R1 sensor from Alphasense is extremely small in comparison with previous technologies.

From Alphasense Ltd. 23 Aug 2018

New Device Boosts Efficiency and Lowers Cost of Telecommunication Satellites

Researchers have created a new device that boosts the efficiency of satellites while simultaneously lowering their cost.

23 Aug 2018

New Biosensor Facilitates Real-Time Oxygen Monitoring for ‘Organs-On-a-Chip’

Using a new biosensor, oxygen levels can be tracked in real time in “organ-on-a-chip” systems, imitating the function of real organs

23 Aug 2018

The PICO-APL4: Everything You Need for Factory Automation and IoT Gateway Systems

AAEON, a leading developer of advanced embedded controllers, releases the PICO-APL4, a compact and cost-effective SBC. The PICO-APL4 features onboard memory and storage along with dual Gigabit Ethernet support, and it’s ideally suited for factory automation and IoT gateway systems.

From AAEON Technology Inc 22 Aug 2018