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Lockheed Martin Develops INFIRNO High Definition Optical Sensor System

Lockheed Martin has developed a new high definition 15-inch sensor system called INFIRNO™. The sensor system's modular components can be removed and replaced in the field to meet changing mission requirements and reduce operation and maintenance costs.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 14 Oct 2014

ATEK Releases Improved Larco U-WAV Touchless Sensing Wall Switch

Researchers at the University of Arizona found that it takes only two to four hours for a virus to spread through an office, hotel or healthcare facility after a doorknob or tabletop is contaminated.1 To help organizations reduce the spread of infection, ATEK Access Technologies, LLC today released the new and improved Larco U-WAV touchless sensing wall switch, a sensor switch designed for activation of automatic doors, lighting controls or call points.

14 Oct 2014

Galtronics Expands Antenna Production Capacity at Wuxi Factory

Galtronics Corporation Ltd., a Baylin Technologies company, announces that it has expanded and upgraded its infrastructure antenna production capacity in its own factory in Wuxi, China. Galtronics' wholly-owned and managed factory in China was established nine years ago and has been built solely for advanced technology antenna production.

14 Oct 2014

Cypress Introduces Touchscreen Controller with Gloved-Finger Tracking for Superphones

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that its TrueTouch® Gen5 touchscreen controller family for large-screen superphones, smartphones, tablets and e-readers now delivers multiple new advanced features, including the world's best gloved-finger tracking on capacitive touchscreens.

14 Oct 2014

Photonex 2014: Pixelteq Toolkit for Optical Sensors

Pixelteq introduced a multispectral sensor Developer Board that helps OEMs design and prototype optical sensors based on its PixelSensor wavelength-selective photodiode arrays.

13 Oct 2014

Global MEMS Pressure Sensor Market Forecast to Grow at 8.6% CAGR

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global MEMS Pressure Sensors Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

13 Oct 2014

Novel Mobile Sensing Technologies May Help Prevent Relapses in Smokers Trying to Stop

Rice University’s Department of Psychology will use mobile sensing technologies to help people who are trying to stop smoking from having a relapse as a member of the National Institutes of Health’s new Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data to Knowledge (MD2K).

13 Oct 2014

Novel Wireless Pressure Sensor Measures Brain Pressure

Stanford engineers have invented a wireless pressure sensor that has already been used to measure brain pressure in lab mice with brain injuries.

13 Oct 2014

Beacon Institute|Clarkson University Develop New Cost-Effective Water Quality Sensor Device

In the race to find solutions to critical water issues, the launch of a new cost-effective water quality sensor device by Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries|Clarkson University is the first step in overcoming hurdles of historically prohibitive costs for long-term water resource monitoring.

13 Oct 2014

In-Depth Study Report on Current State of Global Water Level Sensor Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Water Level Sensor Industry Report 2014" report to their offering.

13 Oct 2014

US Navy Awards Mercury Defense Systems Follow-On Order for Advanced Digital RF Memory Jammers

Mercury Systems, Inc., a leading provider of affordable, commercially developed, open sensor processing systems and services for critical commercial, defense and intelligence applications, announced that its Mercury Defense Systems (MDS) subsidiary has received a $2.6 million follow-on order against its 5 year sole source basic ordering agreement (BOA) to deliver advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers to the U.S. Navy.

13 Oct 2014

Sensors with Built-In Smart Controllers May Help Homeowners Reduce Fuel Bills

A smart sensor that predicts homeowners’ movements and living patterns to help reduce their fuel bills has been developed by experts from the Energy Academy at Heriot Watt University.

10 Oct 2014

UT Arlington Awarded $744,300 Grant to Develop Adaptive Sensor-Embedded Interface for Comfortable Prosthetics

UT Arlington researchers have been awarded a $744,300 grant from the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Orthapaedic Research Program to create an adaptive interface that fits between a prosthetic and a patient's limb so that the fit and comfort of the prosthetic are improved.

10 Oct 2014

Microcamera Module Detects Easily Overlooked Traffic Signs

Measuring only a few cubic millimeters, a new type of camera module might soon be integrated into future driver assistance systems to help car drivers facing critical situations. The little gadget can be built into the vehicle without taking up space. The way it works is particularly reliable, thanks to its special encapsulation.

10 Oct 2014

Novel Sensor Shrinks Size of Optical Emission Spectrometers

Optical emission spectrometers are widely used in the steel industry but the instruments currently employed are relatively large and bulky. A novel sensor makes it possible to significantly reduce their size and, moreover, enables a more precise analysis in half the time previously required.

10 Oct 2014