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University of Sheffield Wins Bid to Optimize IoT Collaboration

The University of Sheffield has won a bid which will finance a new project, in partnership with the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Newcastle, to drive forward collaboration in favor of the Internet of Things (IoT).

9 Apr 2018

Shrimp-Inspired Camera Paves Way for Better Insight into Underwater Navigation

Polarization patterns underwater come into view when observing through a camera, engineered to see the world through the eyes of numerous animals that live in the water.

9 Apr 2018

Humidity Sensor for Battery-Driven Applications

Sensirion, the expert in environmental sensing, presents the new ultra-low power humidity sensor SHTC3 for mobile and battery-driven applications.

From Sensirion AG 6 Apr 2018

Using 5G Standard for Live Transfer of Data in Industrial Production Environment

Sensors record measurements in machinery to analyze if operations are carried out routinely & to identify errors in the industrial production environment.

By Matt Pullen 4 Apr 2018

Sensirion Offers Ultra-Low Power Gas Sensor, SGPC3

Sensirion, the expert in environmental sensing, now offers the ultra-lower power gas sensor SGPC3. The SGPC3 makes indoor air quality sensing available for mobile and battery-driven applications.

From Sensirion AG 4 Apr 2018

Using Infrasound Sensors to Detect and Monitor Remote Volcanic Eruptions

An International Monitoring System was created to discover nuclear explosions and includes a network for the detection of atmospheric infrasound.

2 Apr 2018

EPFL & Nissan Create Innovative Brain-To-Vehicle Technology

New technology can read a driver’s brain signals & transmit them to a smart vehicle to predict the driver’s moves & enable the driving process.

29 Mar 2018

Innovative Microsensor for Customizing Kidney Dialysis

A microsensor that enables direct monitoring and adjustment of the composition of kidney dialysis fluid has been developed by scientists at TU Eindhoven.

29 Mar 2018

Miniaturized, Tooth-Mounted Sensors to Monitor Dietary Intake

Real-time monitoring of the processes taking place within and around our bodies could prove invaluable with regard to clinical or healthcare studies.

29 Mar 2018

Bio-Sensors Tested for Instant Detection of Ruptured Fuel Pipeline

Technology is being designed that alerts pipeline managers to leaks as the failure occurs, avoiding environmental disasters & fuel distribution disruptions.

29 Mar 2018

Sierra-Olympic to Premier Vinden 75, a Superior LWIR/Thermal Camera with 5x Continuous Zoom at ISC West 2018

Sierra-Olympic Technologies, supplier of infrared (IR) and thermal imaging components, cameras, and systems solutions for innovative imaging applications, will showcase the new Vinden 75, an uncooled thermal imaging engine. The OEM module utilizes a longwave infrared (LWIR), vanadium oxide (VOx) microbolometer sensor and novel zoom optics to offer the highest LWIR imaging performance per unit, per gram and volume.

From Sierra-Olympia Technologies Inc. 28 Mar 2018

Automated Lens Assembly & Testing

Resolve Optics announces that they have purchased a fully automated Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) and distortion test centre, plus a Precision Lens System Centring Station for its UK optical assembly facility. &nbsp...

By Matt Pullen 26 Mar 2018

MIT’s Depth-Sensing Imaging System Can See Through Dense Fog

A novel system capable of creating images of objects hidden by fog so thick that human vision cannot penetrate it has been built by researchers at MIT. The system can also gauge the objects’ distance.

22 Mar 2018

Wearable Heart Rate Monitor Could Alert Type 1 Diabetes Patients of Low Blood Sugar

According to the scientists who tested the new monitor, a wearable medical patch measuring the beat-to-beat deviation in heart rate could be a potential device for the early detection of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, in type 1 diabetes.

By Matt Byron 21 Mar 2018

Disposable, 3D-Printed Sensor to Revolutionize Large-Area Environmental Monitoring

During crisis situations, such as industrial chemical and gas leaks and forest fires, large area environmental monitoring might have a vital role in the mitigation efforts. Each year, thousands of lives are lost globally due to forest fires. Loss of lives and long-term health issues could also be caused due to exposure to the unmonitored emission of toxic gases in remote and industrialized regions.

21 Mar 2018