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Charles Volk from Northrop Grumman Receives Kershner Award

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Charles Volk was recently awarded the Kershner Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Institute of Navigation's Position Location and Navigation Symposium.

From Northrop Grumman Corporation 21 May 2014

Texas Instruments Introduces the First Scalable, Multi-Cell Battery Monitors

Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced the first scalable, multi-cell battery monitors that significantly improve battery pack safety and reduce design time of 12-V to 48-V lithium-ion and lithium-iron phosphate batteries used in e-bikes, power tools and energy storage systems. The new bq76920, bq76930 and bq76940 circuits efficiently protect and control 3- to 15-cell batteries when charging or operating in harsh environment conditions.

From Texas Instruments Incorporated 21 May 2014

SMIC Ramps Up Wafer Productions for Fingerprint Sensors

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"), China's largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry, today announced that the company has ramped up wafer productions for fingerprint sensors with stable and robust solutions. Fingerprint sensor is the key device of fingerprint identification and automatic collection.

21 May 2014

Research and Markets Adds Global IR Detector Market to its Offering

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "IR Detector Market by Technology, Application, Spectral Range & by Geography - Global Forecast to 2013 - 2020" report to their offering.

21 May 2014

Silver Spring Networks Announced Enhancements to its Demand Response (DR) Portfolio

Today at the National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid, Silver Spring Networks, Inc. announced enhancements to its Demand Response (DR) portfolio including an open, smart grid-enabled mobile thermostat app, as well as an expanded version of Silver Spring Demand Optimizer Application.

21 May 2014

Northrop Grumman Delivered its 5,000th LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered its 5,000th LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), which provides critical flight control and navigation data regarding an aircraft's position, heading and attitude for civil and military rotary- and fixed-wing platforms.

From Northrop Grumman Corporation 21 May 2014

Automotive Sensor Market to Grow at CAGR of 8.6%

According to a new market research report of "Automotive Sensor Market by Product (Pressure, temperature, level, speed, MEMS, oxygen, Nox), Application (powertrain, safety & control, vehicle security, alternative fuel, telematics) and Geography - Forecast & Analysis to 2013 - 2022", published by MarketsandMarkets, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.6% from 2014 to 2022 and reach $35.78 Billion in 2022.

21 May 2014

CSIRO Announces Launch of Innovative Soil Contamination Detector in US

The device, RemScan, developed by CSIRO and industry partner Ziltek, uses an infrared signal to directly measure petroleum hydrocarbons in the soil, giving a result in around 20 seconds.

20 May 2014

Digi-Key Announces Stock of Honeywell’s Nanopower Line of Magnetoresistive Sensor Ics

Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced stock of Honeywell’s new Nanopower line of magnetoresistive sensor ICs.

20 May 2014

Major Defense Prime Contractor Places Follow-on Order for Mercury Systems’ DSP Modules

Mercury Systems, Inc., a best-of-breed provider of commercially developed, open sensor and Big Data processing systems for critical commercial, defense and intelligence applications, announced it received a $2.7 million follow-on order from a leading defense prime contractor for digital signal processing modules for a manned airborne multi-mode surveillance radar application. The order is expected to be shipped by the end of Mercury's fiscal 2014 fourth quarter.

20 May 2014

Detectent Becomes Partner of Silver Spring’s SilverLink Sensor Network

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. today announced a new partnership with Detectent, Inc., as it continues to expand its partner ecosystem around the SilverLink™ Sensor Network, a new approach to unlocking smart grid big data at up to 10x the speed and 1/10th the cost of traditional IT infrastructure.

20 May 2014

STMicroelectronics Becomes Title Sponsor of 2014/2015 Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and a top-tier supplier of technology for the booming wearable market, will once again be the title sponsor of the Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup in 2014/2015.

From STMicroelectronics 20 May 2014

Tobii Technology Announces the Launch of Its Wearable Eye-Tracking Research System

The Analysis Division of Tobii Technology, the leader in eye-tracking research solutions, today announced the launch of Tobii Glasses 2, the lightest and most advanced wearable eye-tracking research system in the world.

20 May 2014

TI’s New Hall Effect Magnetic Sensor Line for Industrial Applications

Texas Instruments today strengthened its motor solutions and sensing portfolio with the addition of a new family of Hall effect magnetic sensors designed for use in industrial applications ranging from position detection to motor control.

From Texas Instruments Incorporated 20 May 2014

Radar Data Provides Key Insights into Greenland Glacial Melt

Scientists at NASA and the University of California, Irvine (UCI), have found that canyons under Greenland's ocean-feeding glaciers are deeper and longer than previously thought, increasing the amount of Greenland's estimated contribution to future sea level rise.

20 May 2014

Sensors News

Charles Volk from Northrop Grumman Receives Kershner Award

Texas Instruments Introduces the First Scalable, Multi-Cell Battery Monitors

SMIC Ramps Up Wafer Productions for Fingerprint Sensors

Research and Markets Adds Global IR Detector Market to its Offering

Silver Spring Networks Announced Enhancements to its Demand Response (DR) Portfolio

Northrop Grumman Delivered its 5,000th LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System

Automotive Sensor Market to Grow at CAGR of 8.6%

CSIRO Announces Launch of Innovative Soil Contamination Detector in US

Digi-Key Announces Stock of Honeywell’s Nanopower Line of Magnetoresistive Sensor Ics

Major Defense Prime Contractor Places Follow-on Order for Mercury Systems’ DSP Modules

Detectent Becomes Partner of Silver Spring’s SilverLink Sensor Network

STMicroelectronics Becomes Title Sponsor of 2014/2015 Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup

Tobii Technology Announces the Launch of Its Wearable Eye-Tracking Research System

TI’s New Hall Effect Magnetic Sensor Line for Industrial Applications

Radar Data Provides Key Insights into Greenland Glacial Melt

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