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Researchers Develop Low-Cost Tactile Imaging Sensors to Measure Pressure Distribution

Touch, or tactile sensing, is basically vital for a range of real-life applications, from surgical medicine to robotics to sports science.

16 Nov 2018

Simple, Scalable Wireless System Uses Common RFID Tags to Detect Contamination in Food

Scientists at the MIT Media Lab have designed a wireless system that leverages the inexpensive RFID tags already on hundreds of billions of products to detect potential food contamination—with no hardware alterations needed.

15 Nov 2018

Transparent Transistors and Biosensors May Improve the Lives of Diabetic Patients

Two researchers from the Oregon State University College of Engineering have made a new breakthrough in nanotechnology that could make the lives of diabetic patients less complicated in the near future.

13 Nov 2018

Novel Quantum Cold-Atom Gravity Sensors Could Help Detect and Monitor Objects Beneath the Ground

A UK consortium of prominent scientific and engineering companies has collaborated to create a new industry of with the ability to detect and monitor objects under the ground in a better way compared to any existing technology, thus minimizing the need for investigative digging or drilling.

12 Nov 2018

Major Breakthrough in Creating Smart Devices Without Batteries

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have achieved a major breakthrough towards creating smart devices that do not use batteries or require charging.

8 Nov 2018

Researchers Develop Artificial Tactile Sensor that Imitates Humans’ Sense of Touch

A new, artificial tactile sensor has been developed by a research team that imitates the human skin’s ability to perceive surface information, for example, structures, shapes, and patterns.

8 Nov 2018

High-Pressure Flowmeter Measures Liquid Refrigerants

Titan Enterprises, a leading manufacturer of specialist flowmeter, reports on the development of a high-pressure turbine meter for measuring the flow of liquid refrigerants.

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 8 Nov 2018

New Flexible, Wearable Sensor Can Map Blood-Oxygen Levels Anywhere in the Body

Injuries cannot heal without a constant influx of oxygen, blood’s main ingredient.

8 Nov 2018

New Project Aims to Offer System that Detects Threats to Electromagnetic Infrastructure Security

Developing a system for the detection of threats to the electromagnetic space is the goal of a new research project, the SOCRATES project, headed by IMDEA Networks Institute (a networking research organization based in Madrid, Spain).

7 Nov 2018

New Interactive Shutter Eyeglasses with Integrated Sensors Replace Standard Eyepatch Therapy

Lazy eye happens to be a typical complaint among children. This visual impairment—amblyopia, as termed by ophthalmologists—is normally treated by covering up the good eye with an eyepatch.

5 Nov 2018

Researchers Perform Clinical Study to Determine Utility of Wearable Technology in Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis

A research team from Stanford University’s School of Medicine has recently concluded the enrollment of a large-scale clinical trial in which the Apple Watch was used to establish if a wearable technology can detect atrial fibrillation.

2 Nov 2018

Hyperspectral Imaging Device Accurately Detects Changes in Plant Health

Jian Jin, a professor at Purdue University, has developed a novel, potable sensor that gives farmers and plant scientists a more accurate way of determining the crops’ health while collecting up-to-date data that will prove valuable to federal/state officials and others.

2 Nov 2018

Sensors News

Researchers Develop Low-Cost Tactile Imaging Sensors to Measure Pressure Distribution

Simple, Scalable Wireless System Uses Common RFID Tags to Detect Contamination in Food

Transparent Transistors and Biosensors May Improve the Lives of Diabetic Patients

Novel Quantum Cold-Atom Gravity Sensors Could Help Detect and Monitor Objects Beneath the Ground

Major Breakthrough in Creating Smart Devices Without Batteries

Researchers Develop Artificial Tactile Sensor that Imitates Humans’ Sense of Touch

High-Pressure Flowmeter Measures Liquid Refrigerants

New Flexible, Wearable Sensor Can Map Blood-Oxygen Levels Anywhere in the Body

New Project Aims to Offer System that Detects Threats to Electromagnetic Infrastructure Security

New Interactive Shutter Eyeglasses with Integrated Sensors Replace Standard Eyepatch Therapy

Researchers Perform Clinical Study to Determine Utility of Wearable Technology in Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis

Hyperspectral Imaging Device Accurately Detects Changes in Plant Health

IMT Receives Majority Investment from Cerium Technology

50 Megapixel CCD Image Sensor from ON Semiconductor Targets Inspection of Smartphone Displays

Vertically Aligned WO3-CuO Core-Shell Nanorod Arrays Detect Toxic NH3 Gas

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