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Real-Time 3-D Radar Collision-Avoidance System Wins $5,000 Top Prize

A real-time 3-D radar system designed by Rice University engineering students as a concept for a next-generation collision-avoidance system for the auto industry captured the $5,000 top prize at Rice’s annual Engineering Design Showcase and could have wider applications in security screening and biomedical imaging.

5 May 2015

Full Body Dermatological Scanner with 3D Sensors Helps Diagnose Future Skin Conditions

Melanoma is aggressive and life-threatening. If it is not detected early, the prospects of recovery drop. Screening is complicated, though. Together with several project partners, Fraunhofer researchers have developed an assistance system that helps dermatologists with diagnosis.

5 May 2015

LIGHTFAIR International 2015: Echelon to Highlight Global Lighting Control Products

What: Echelon Corporation, the world’s leading control networking platform provider, will demonstrate products that are part of its global lighting control solution at LIGHTFAIR International (LFI), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference. Echelon is also participating in two panels during LFI that provide perspective on the convergence of the lighting and building automation markets.

4 May 2015

New Report on Global Fiber Optic Sensor Market for 2015-2019

ReportsnReports.com offers Global Fiber Optic Sensor Market 2015-2019 (74 Pages) and Global and China Fiber Optic Sensor Industry Report to 2018 (64 Pages) in the semiconductors and electronics collection of its market intelligence library

4 May 2015

Researchers Demonstrate Multi-Modality Cellular Sensor Arranged in Low-Cost CMOS Process

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a novel cellular sensing platform that promises to expand the use of semiconductor technology in the development of next-generation bioscience and biotech applications.

4 May 2015

ams Introduces Ambient Light Sensor in TSV Package with Small Footprint

ams AG, a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, today introduced the TSL2584TSV, an ambient light sensor (ALS) in a through-silicon via (TSV) package which has a footprint of just 1.145 x 1.66 mm and a height of 0.32 mm.

30 Apr 2015

GPM Satellite Ku/Ka-Band Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar Data Helps Make 3D Image of Texas Thunderstorm

Stormy spring weather over the U.S. Southwest generated at least 20 tornado sightings over Texas on Sunday, April 26, 2015. During the storm event, the Global Precipitation Measurement mission's Core Observatory measured rainfall rates and cloud heights in severe thunderstorms that moved through the state.

30 Apr 2015

Geolocators Do Not Seem to Impede Migration of Small Birds

A pair of newly published papers in The Condor: Ornithological Applications lay out a method for outfitting birds with geolocators or radio transmitters that cuts precious weight from the package, allowing the devices to be used on very small birds, and demonstrate that the trackers do not harm the birds or impede their migration.

30 Apr 2015

Northrop Grumman to Provide Space Inertial Reference System for SBIRS Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by prime contractor Lockheed Martin to provide the space inertial reference system for the U.S. Air Force's sixth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite.

30 Apr 2015

LRAD Receives US Navy Order for LRAD-RX Long Range Acoustic Hailing Devices

LRAD Corporation, the world's leading provider of long range acoustic hailing devices (AHDs) and advanced mass notification systems, today announced orders from the United States Navy totaling $560,000. Both orders are scheduled to ship this fiscal year.

30 Apr 2015

X-FAB Silicon Foundries Introduces Highly Sensitive Ultra-Violet Photo Diodes

X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading More than Moore foundry, today announced the expansion of its 0.18 and 0.35 micrometer device portfolio with new highly sensitive ultra-violet photo diodes that are the first of their kind developed by a silicon foundry.

30 Apr 2015

Pico-Precise Optical Displacement Sensor for Machine Integration

Some of the most important tasks in industrial metrology applications are contactless measurements of distances and displacements, the detection of vibration amplitudes of machine components and tools and the ultra-precise survey of rotationally symmetric parts.

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TI and SIGFOX Partner to Increase IoT Deployments using Sub-1 GHz Spectrum

SIGFOX, the world's premier provider of a cellular network dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), and Texas Instruments (TI), a leader in low-power, easy-to-use and the largest portfolio of wireless connectivity solutions, announced the two companies are working together to increase IoT deployments using the Sub-1 GHz spectrum.

29 Apr 2015

Banner Introduces WLB92 Industrial LED Light Bar with Optional Dimming Function

Banner Engineering introduces the WLB92 industrial LED light bar. Featuring bright, high-quality and uniform light, the WLB92 is designed to increase worker productivity and ergonomics.

29 Apr 2015

WEP Partnership Develops Two Types of Low-Cost Water Sensors

About 13.2 million households in the United States obtain their water from private wells, a method that offers no assurances of the water's quality. Testing private wells can be expensive and results can take weeks.

29 Apr 2015