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New Ultrasound System from Analogic

Analogic Corporation, enabling the world's medical imaging and aviation security technology, today announced the launch of its new bk3000™ ultrasound system, the newest addition to its industry-leading family of ultrasound products.

12 Sep 2014

Novel Warning System Senses Earthquakes Before Ground Starts Shaking

Ten, 20 or 30 seconds might not sound like a lot of time, but it could make a big difference when an earthquake hits.

12 Sep 2014

KVH Debuts Fiber Optic Gyro Inertial Measurement Units

KVH Industries, Inc., has introduced the 1725 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and the 1775 IMU, advanced sensors designed to be integrated into the most demanding stabilization, pointing, and navigation applications. These two new products complement KVH's successful 1750 IMU and create a complete range of choices for advanced 6-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) sensors with enhanced performance.

From KVH Industries.Inc. 12 Sep 2014

Bio-Sensing Silver Fibers Woven into Core Fabric of Athletic Shirts

Silver is playing an important, if not critical role in the growing world of wearable technology.

12 Sep 2014

Northrop Grumman to Develop Active Electronically Scanned Array Technology for DARPA

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and demonstrate advanced wideband digital antenna technology for next generation radio frequency (RF) sensors using active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs).

From Northrop Grumman Corporation 12 Sep 2014

STMicroelectronics Develops 6-Axis Inertial-Sensor Combo for Motion Sensors

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, the world's top MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) manufacturer and the leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and mobile applications1, today announced its development of the first iNEMO(TM) Ultra product - an always-on, high-performance 6-axis combination accelerometer and gyroscope that sets new standards for device and system power efficiency, signal noise, and performance in motion sensors.

From STMicroelectronics 12 Sep 2014

IBC 2014: Fraunhofer IIS Highlights Real-Time MPEG-H Audio Encoder System

At IBC 2014 Fraunhofer IIS is showcasing the next milestone in interactive 3D sound transmission for broadcasters. This new TV audio system is based on the MPEG-H Audio standard, and will allow TV broadcasters to offer live broadcasts with object-based 3D audio across all devices, providing viewers the ability to tailor the audio to suit their personal listening preferences.

11 Sep 2014

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite Captures Tropical Storm Odile

The Eastern Pacific Ocean continues to turn out tropical cyclones and NASA's Aqua satellite caught the birth of the fifteenth tropical depression on September 10 and shortly afterward, it strengthened into a tropical storm and was renamed Odile.

11 Sep 2014

Robotized Computer-Brain Interface Facilitates Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans

An international study published on the open access journal PLOS ONE provides the first demonstration of conscious brain-to-brain communication in humans.

11 Sep 2014

Ant-Sized Radio Powers Itself from Signals it Receives

A Stanford engineering team has built a radio the size of an ant, a device so energy efficient that it gathers all the power it needs from the same electromagnetic waves that carry signals to its receiving antenna – no batteries required.

11 Sep 2014

Cypress Semiconductor Introduces TrueTouch Gen4X Touchscreen Controller with Face Detection Feature

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced a TrueTouch® Gen4X touchscreen controller with a face detection feature that prevents unintended touches from accidentally hanging up a call.

11 Sep 2014

Rice Researchers Unveil Multiuser, Multiantenna Transmission Scheme for UHF Spectrum

Rice University wireless researchers have found a way to make the most of the unused UHF TV spectrum by serving up fat streams of data over wireless hotspots that could stretch for miles.

11 Sep 2014

Texas Instruments Introduces Four New Sensing Circuits

Texas Instruments (TI) today expanded its broad portfolio of industry-leading sensing integrated circuits (ICs) with four new devices that allow engineers to accurately sense key parameters in tight spaces with very low power.

From Texas Instruments Incorporated 10 Sep 2014

Another Nuclear Power Plant Places Order for DSIT’s Underwater Security System

DSIT Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc., announced today that it has received another order for its Underwater Security System for the protection of a Nuclear Power Plant.

10 Sep 2014

Maxim's 18-bit DAS Enables Faster Validation of FPGA-Based Control Systems

FPGA engineers can quickly evaluate and validate their FPGA-based control systems and get to market faster, using the high-speed MAXREFDES74# 18-bit data acquisition system (DAS) reference design from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

10 Sep 2014