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New Switchmate Light Switch Can Revolutionize Smart Home Technology

Switchmate today launches its Switchmate light switch that turns any home into the "One-Second Smart Home."

28 Apr 2016

Newly Launched SAMSUNG ARTIK Cloud to Empower IoT Developers

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today announced the SAMSUNG ARTIK Cloud™, an open data exchange platform designed to connect devices and applications. The SAMSUNG ARTIK Cloud provides easy-to-use, open APIs and tools to securely collect, store, and act on any data from any connected device or cloud service.

28 Apr 2016

ISC Researchers Create Silicone-based Flexible Pressure Sensors

Silicone is so soft and flexible that it is easily deformed by the pressure of a finger. Researchers at Fraunhofer have recently created sensors made from this flexible material, making it easier to steplessly control devices.

28 Apr 2016

Scientists Build Tiny Electronic Sensors that Can be Implanted in Human Body

Tiny electronic sensors and devices that can be implanted in the body and then dissolve almost without a trace are getting closer to reality. Scientists have tested several biodegradable materials, including DNA, proteins and metals, for making transient electronics.

28 Apr 2016

Impress Sensors & Systems Introduces New MultiCon CMC-N16 Wall-Mountable Controller

Instrumentation specialist Impress Sensors & Systems Ltd has extended its MultiCon range of multi-channel controllers/data recorders with a new wall-mounted version that is ideal for the simultaneous measurement and control of a wide variety of process engineering applications.

From Impress Sensors & Systems Ltd. 27 Apr 2016

Gasmet FTIR Analysers Support Multi-Agency Response During Swindon Fire

The capability to convene a multi-agency Air Quality Cell (AQC) was established in England in 2009 following the Buncefield Oil Storage Depot incident. A review of this event identified the need to rapidly co-ordinate the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of air quality data in major incidents.

From Axient 27 Apr 2016

MEMSIC Announces Availability of New MEMS Whitepaper for Equipment Designers

MEMSIC Inc., a leading sensing solutions provider, today announced the availability of a new whitepaper for heavy equipment design engineers and developers who need to pick the right kind of acceleration sensors.

From MEMSIC INC. 27 Apr 2016

ams Releases First Magnetic Position Sensors for Automotive Applications

ams AG, a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, today extended its portfolio in automotive safety compliant sensors with the release of its first magnetic position sensors fully developed using the automotive industry’s programme for ISO26262 safety compliance.

27 Apr 2016

SENSOR+TEST 2016: IDT to Showcase Advanced Sensing Products Developed by ZMDI

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®), announced today that it will exhibit its advanced sensing technology next month at SENSOR+TEST 2016 in Nurnberg, Germany. The company will showcase leading sensing products developed by ZMDI, a German company it acquired in December.

27 Apr 2016

Electrolab Debuts New Flexible Liquid Level Sensor, RU Flex 2100 DLS

Electrolab announces the release of the RU Flex Model 2100 Digital Level Sensor (DLS). The RU Flex 2100 DLS is a flexible, extremely rugged, chemically and abrasion resistant digital level sensor offering continuous, accurate and reliable monitoring of tank level and temperature.

27 Apr 2016

Synopsys’ New Controller IP Enables Integration of Multiple Sensors into Automotive, IoT Applications

Synopsys, Inc. today announced immediate availability of the industry's first MIPI® I3CSM controller IP to ease the integration of multiple sensors into applications such as mobile, automotive and the Internet of Things (IoT). The Synopsys DesignWare® MIPI I3C Controller IP incorporates in-band interrupts within the 2-wire interface to deliver low pin count.

27 Apr 2016

Lutron Electronics Launches Vive Wireless Lighting Control for Commercial Buildings

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, sixty percent of U.S. commercial buildings were constructed before 1980, representing a tremendous need for retrofit products. This staggering number, combined with the ongoing contractor labor shortage, means that demand is high for time and labor-saving products and solutions.

27 Apr 2016

SICK Launches 3vistor-T 3D Vision Sensor for Versatile Indoor Use

3D vision sensor provides real-time depth information for each pixel and captures more than 25,000 distance and intensity values in a single shot.

From SICK AG 26 Apr 2016

MagnaChip Begins Shipping of Hall Effect Magnetic Direction Sensor MXG2320 in China

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip"), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, today announced that it is now shipping its e-Compass sensor (MXG2320) in China to a major smartphone manufacturer that is targeting mobile markets in China and India.

26 Apr 2016

Freudenberg’s Sensor-Integrated Smart Seals to Incorporate Functions Beyond Pure Self-Monitoring

Equipped with magnetic properties or electric conductivity, seals in the future will be expected to monitor their own wear, measure forces and perform other functions. Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is investigating smart materials that can take seals beyond their actual task of preventing material transfer.

26 Apr 2016