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New Mobile Phone App Detects Symptoms of Depression

It's common to hear complaints about our near-constant connection to our smart phones, but University of Connecticut researchers believe the ubiquity of these devices could lead to better screening for depression.

31 Mar 2015

New Report on Global Market for Microbolometer IR Detectors

The global Microbolometer IR detector market was valued at $390.0 million in 2014 and is expected to reach $946.0 million by 2019, at a CAGR of 19.4% during the forecast period of 2014 to 2019.

31 Mar 2015

Formula One Industry Adopts Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Easier Implementation, Reduced Complexity

Motorsport teams face a variety of challenges every day. A racing car is not just one engineering problem, but a collection of inter-related engineering problems. Some of these problems are well understood while others are somewhat of a mystery. In order to learn and understand these unknown problems, engineers need new modern tools and instrumentation that will allow them to make measurements that cannot be made by conventional data acquisition sensors or systems.

From LUNA Innovations 31 Mar 2015

vivo Selects Cypress TrueTouch® Capacitive Touchscreen Controller for Y29 Smartphone

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that its TrueTouch® capacitive touchscreen controller was selected by premium Chinese smartphone brand, vivo, for its next-generation vivo Y29 smartphone. Cypress's TMA545 controller provides an easy-wake letter gesture feature that enables the user to wake the phone's screen from sleep-mode and open a common application by simply drawing a letter on the screen with a finger. An example would be tracing the letter "C" on the screen to wake the phone and open the camera.

30 Mar 2015

Mid-America Trucking Show: Beltronics to Showcase STi Magnum™ Stealth Radar and Laser Detector

Beltronics, maker of the trucking industry's top-rated BELTRONICS Professional Series STi Magnum™ stealth radar and laser detector, is exhibiting the award-winning unit at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, March 26–28. This industry's top-rated stealth detector continues to be the professional driver's first choice in radar and laser ticket protection.

30 Mar 2015

WSRI and MacB awarded Sensing and Information Research Center for Understanding Systems IDIQ Contract

MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), a leading National Security company delivering advanced engineering services and product solutions to Defense, Intelligence, Special Operations Forces, Homeland Security and Federal agencies, announced today that Wright State Research Institute (WSRI) and MacB have been awarded the Sensing and Information Research Center for Understanding Systems (SIRCUS) Indefinite-delivery/Indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The seven year contract is valued at $14 million.

30 Mar 2015

New Amorphous-Silicon TFT LCD Module with Bonded "Wet & Glove" PCAP Touch Sensor

Leading LCD supplier Tianma NLT America is introducing a new touch screen technology developed by NLT Technologies, Ltd. The company's new 8.4-inch XGA is an amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) module with a "Wet & Glove" PCAP (projected capacitive) touch sensor bonded to the front.

30 Mar 2015

Flexpoint Reports Significant Orders for Customized Sensors from New Customers

Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. today announced several significant orders with new customers it has received and shipped during the last 90 days.

From Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. 27 Mar 2015

Optical Fiber Sensor Monitored Remotely 253 km Away

IMikel Bravo-Acha's PhD thesis has focussed on the applications of optical fibre as a sensor. In the course of his research, conducted at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre, in the laboratory he monitored a sensor fitted to optical fibre 253 kilometres away.

27 Mar 2015

Plant and Machinery Continuously Monitored Using Novel Sensor System

A new method of continuously monitoring the status of machinery is currently being developed by a research team led by Professor Andreas Schütze of Saarland University.

27 Mar 2015

Thin Cable Containing Magnetic Field Sensors Helps Monitor Fences

Fenced-in areas, such as airports, nuclear power stations, industrial sites, or private plots of land, can now be monitored thanks to novel sensor technology that has been developed by a team of experimental physicists, led by Professor Uwe Hartmann at Saarland University.

26 Mar 2015

Intellirod Enters Agreement with X-spine to Utilize Fortex® Implants with LOADPRO™ Disposable Microelectronic Sensor

Intellirod Spine, a medical device company developing novel wireless sensing technologies for use in spinal care, has entered into licensing and distribution agreements with X-spine Systems, Inc. to utilize X-spine Fortex® implants in conjunction with Intellirod's forthcoming LOADPRO™ disposable microelectronic sensor.

26 Mar 2015

HBM Introduces Strain Gauge-Based FIT7A Digital Load Cell

HBM, Inc., a leading manufacturer of data acquisition systems, analysis and calibration software, strain gauges, transducers and sensors, introduces its FIT7A digital load cell.

From Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM) 25 Mar 2015

GreenPeak Introduces Reference Design for Low Cost PIR Sensor for Smart Home Applications

GreenPeak Technologies, the industry leading Smart Home semi-conductor/system company, today announced a new addition to its Smart Home portfolio with the launch of a reference design for a low cost Passive Infra-Red (PIR) sensor with outstanding performance.

25 Mar 2015

MTI Introduces Freedom Core II FlexSensor™ Wearables Loss Prevention Security Sensors

Mobile Technologies Inc. (MTI), a global leader in mobile device display technologies, announced its expansion into the Wearables marketplace with the introduction of a new product line--Freedom Core II FlexSensor™.

25 Mar 2015

Sensors News

New Mobile Phone App Detects Symptoms of Depression

New Report on Global Market for Microbolometer IR Detectors

Formula One Industry Adopts Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Easier Implementation, Reduced Complexity

vivo Selects Cypress TrueTouch® Capacitive Touchscreen Controller for Y29 Smartphone

Mid-America Trucking Show: Beltronics to Showcase STi Magnum™ Stealth Radar and Laser Detector

WSRI and MacB awarded Sensing and Information Research Center for Understanding Systems IDIQ Contract

New Amorphous-Silicon TFT LCD Module with Bonded "Wet & Glove" PCAP Touch Sensor

Flexpoint Reports Significant Orders for Customized Sensors from New Customers

Optical Fiber Sensor Monitored Remotely 253 km Away

Plant and Machinery Continuously Monitored Using Novel Sensor System

Thin Cable Containing Magnetic Field Sensors Helps Monitor Fences

Intellirod Enters Agreement with X-spine to Utilize Fortex® Implants with LOADPRO™ Disposable Microelectronic Sensor

HBM Introduces Strain Gauge-Based FIT7A Digital Load Cell

GreenPeak Introduces Reference Design for Low Cost PIR Sensor for Smart Home Applications

MTI Introduces Freedom Core II FlexSensor™ Wearables Loss Prevention Security Sensors

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