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Rocket to Launch on May 6, 2014 Built with Liquid Flow Sensor from Sensirion AG

On May 6, a rocket will lift off bound for the International Space Station (ISS).

From Sensirion AG 23 Apr 2014

Forza Introduces 100+ MP CAM Platform Featuring a Customizable CMOS Image Sensor

Forza Silicon, a leader of advanced image sensor and mixed-signal IC designs for digital camera applications, introduces the unprecedented Forza 100+ MP CAM Platform featuring a customizable CMOS image sensor operating at 60 frames per second (fps) and supporting multiple camera resolutions.

From Forza Silicon 23 Apr 2014

Lion Precision Now Offers Factory Calibration in Japan For its Line of Noncontact Displacement Sensors

Lion Precision’s line of precise noncontact displacement sensors can now be factory calibrated in Japan.

From Lion Precision 23 Apr 2014

Michell Instruments Gains IECEx Certification for Exd Range of Analyzers

Michell Instruments has recently gained IECEx certification for its Exd range of moisture, hydrocarbon dew-point, oxygen and binary gas analyzers. Adding this certification to the range means the analyzers now have approvals for installation in hazardous areas around the world.

From Michell Instruments Ltd 23 Apr 2014

TI Introduces Bluetooth Integrated Wireless Microcontroller for Smartphone and Wire-Replacement Applications

Texas Instruments (TI) today announced the SimpleLink™ Bluetooth® low energy CC2541-Q1, a highly-integrated wireless microcontroller (MCU) that delivers low power, low cost, and simplified automotive connectivity to emerging smartphone-controlled and wire-replacement applications.

From Texas Instruments Incorporated 23 Apr 2014

Altera Integrates Hardened IEEE 754-Compliant Floating-Point Operators in FPGAs

Altera Corporation today changed the game as it relates to floating-point DSP performance in an FPGA. Altera is the first programmable logic company to integrate hardened IEEE 754-compliant, floating-point operators in an FPGA, delivering unparalleled levels of DSP performance, designer productivity and logic efficiency.

23 Apr 2014

Libelium New Bluetooth Low Energy Module Connects Waspmote Sensor Nodes to Smartphones

At the Internet of Things Asia Conference today, Libelium launched a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module that connects Waspmote sensor nodes to smartphones, tablets, and all other BLE compatible iOS and Android devices.

From Libelium Comunicaciones Distribuidas S.L. 23 Apr 2014

Sensors Integrated into Prosthesis Can Help Improve Medical Diagnosis

The task was to develop intelligent prosthetic joints that, via sensors, are capable of detecting early failure long before a patient suffers. EPFL researchers have taken up the challenge.

23 Apr 2014

Lenovo Selects Hillcrest’s In-Air Pointing and Motion Control Software for New Smart TVs

Hillcrest Labs announced today that Lenovo's new line of Smart TVs is using Hillcrest's patented Freespace® in-air pointing and motion control software. Freespace enables point-and-click, gesture and motion control of Smart TVs through simple in-air movements of a remote control. Lenovo's Freespace-enabled Smart TVs include the new S9 Smart TV that was unveiled on April 16 for sale across China.

23 Apr 2014

Fortinet Discovers 18 Critical Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in 2013

Fortinet® − a world leader in high-performance network security – today announced that FortiGuard™ Labs, the global threat research arm of Fortinet, discovered 18 critical zero-day vulnerabilities in 2013 – more than any other network security vendor in the industry. This adds to the 140+ zero-day vulnerabilities identified since 2006.

22 Apr 2014

NeuroPro Introduces NeuroTrail EEG Headset at ‘Imagining the Future of Medicine’ Conference

NeuroPro, a developer of innovative solutions for capture, analysis and visualization of brain signal data for medical and non-medical applications,today announceda novel electroencephalogram (EEG) headset, NeuroTrail, at the conference “Imagining the Future of Medicine”at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

From imec 22 Apr 2014

Exelis Installs Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast System for FAA’s Air Traffic Control Modernization

Exelis has completed a nationwide infrastructure upgrade that will enable air traffic controllers to track aircraft with greater accuracy and reliability while giving pilots more information in the cockpit.

22 Apr 2014

Successful Launch and Initialization of GPS IIF-5 Satellite Supported by Braxton LADO System

Congratulations to SMC/GP, 2 SOPS and 19 SOPS for their successfully launch and initialization of the GPS IIF-5 satellite. GPS IIF-5 was launched on 20 February 2014 and turned over to 2 SOPS for operations on 5 March 2014. This was the 10th successful launch and initialization using the Launch, Anomaly Resolution, and Disposal Operations (LADO) system.

22 Apr 2014

Global Industry Analysis Report on Smart/Intelligent Sensors Market

Global Information Inc. announces the addition of a new market research report "Smart/Intelligent Sensors Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019" at GIIResearch.com

22 Apr 2014

New IoT Energy Intelligence System for Facility Management Market

Camgian Microsystems Corporation and Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering have collaborated to prototype a new Internet of Things (IoT) energy intelligence system for the facility management market through the engineering school’s senior design program.

22 Apr 2014

Sensors News

Rocket to Launch on May 6, 2014 Built with Liquid Flow Sensor from Sensirion AG

Forza Introduces 100+ MP CAM Platform Featuring a Customizable CMOS Image Sensor

Lion Precision Now Offers Factory Calibration in Japan For its Line of Noncontact Displacement Sensors

Michell Instruments Gains IECEx Certification for Exd Range of Analyzers

TI Introduces Bluetooth Integrated Wireless Microcontroller for Smartphone and Wire-Replacement Applications

Altera Integrates Hardened IEEE 754-Compliant Floating-Point Operators in FPGAs

Libelium New Bluetooth Low Energy Module Connects Waspmote Sensor Nodes to Smartphones

Sensors Integrated into Prosthesis Can Help Improve Medical Diagnosis

Lenovo Selects Hillcrest’s In-Air Pointing and Motion Control Software for New Smart TVs

Fortinet Discovers 18 Critical Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in 2013

NeuroPro Introduces NeuroTrail EEG Headset at ‘Imagining the Future of Medicine’ Conference

Exelis Installs Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast System for FAA’s Air Traffic Control Modernization

Successful Launch and Initialization of GPS IIF-5 Satellite Supported by Braxton LADO System

Global Industry Analysis Report on Smart/Intelligent Sensors Market

New IoT Energy Intelligence System for Facility Management Market

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