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Menon Biosensors’ Molecular Mirroring NMR Technology Successfully Demonstrated Wide Range of Pathogen Quantification

Menon Biosensors, Inc. a molecular biochemistry company providing DNA analysis for the diagnosis and treatment of biological pathogens, announced today that its M2 (Molecular Mirroring) NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) technology successfully demonstrated quantification of pathogens having concentrations ranging from 1 CFU to 100 million CFU per sample.

3 Mar 2014

Raytheon Receives $185 Million Modification from NASA on its JPSS CGS Contract

Raytheon Company received a $185 million modification from NASA on its current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) contract, which is intended to increase the capability and capacity of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) three satellites that support the JPSS mission through 2022.

From Raytheon Company 3 Mar 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on International Motor Vehicle Sensor Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Motor Vehicle Sensor Market - Forecasts to 2018" report to their offering.

3 Mar 2014

MAVEN Team Completes Post-Launch Power-On of Spacecraft's Electra Ultra High Frequency Transceiver

The team operating NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission successfully completed, on Feb. 19, 2014, the initial post-launch power-on and checkout of the spacecraft's Electra Ultra High Frequency Transceiver. This wraps up the initial checkouts of all payloads on the MAVEN spacecraft, with everything performing as expected.

From National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 3 Mar 2014

NASA Scientists Part of International Team Working to Improve Aviation Safety

NASA researchers are part of an international team working to improve aviation safety by studying high altitude ice crystals during a flight campaign now under way in Darwin, Australia.

From National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 28 Feb 2014

AllSee Sensors Recognize Unique Amplitude Changes Created by Specific Gestures

Mute the song playing on your smartphone in your pocket by flicking your index finger in the air, or pause your "This American Life" podcast with a small wave of the hand. This kind of gesture control for electronics could soon become an alternative to touchscreens and sensing technologies that consume a lot of power and only work when users can see their smartphones and tablets.

28 Feb 2014

Raytheon Announces Successful Testing of Tomahawk Block IV's Communications Advancements

Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully tested communications advancements to the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile.

From Raytheon Company 28 Feb 2014

NASA's Extreme Weather Monitoring Satellite Carries Ball Aerospace-built GMI Instrument

The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) successfully launched on NASA's GPM Core Observatory satellite from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 1:37 p.m. EST on Feb. 27, 2014. The satellite flew onboard an H-IIA launch vehicle.

28 Feb 2014

TEGAM Awarded Patent on Novel Microwave Bolometer Design

TEGAM, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative RF power measurements, was recently awarded Patent No. 8,610,069, “Coaxial to Dual Co-Planar Waveguide Launcher for Microwave Bolometry.” This patent describes a new way to construct bolometers—a type of microwave power sensor that uses thermistors—that makes them more accurate and easier to assemble.

From TEGAM Inc. 28 Feb 2014

Market Forecast Report on Sensors in Consumer Electronics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "World Forecasts for the Sensors Market in Consumer Electronics to 2020: Touch, Image, Motion, Temperature, Position, Pressure" report to their offering.

28 Feb 2014

New Satellite Launched into Space to Monitor Global Snow and Rainfall

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), thundered into space at 1:37 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 27 (3:37 a.m. JST Friday, Feb. 28) from Japan.

From National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 28 Feb 2014

FDA Clears SafeOp’s EPAD Neuromonitoring Device

SafeOp Surgical, Inc. (“SafeOp”) has received FDA clearance to market its Evoked Potential Assessment Device (EPAD™). The device is portable and intended for use in monitoring neurological status by recording somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) or assessing the neuromuscular junction (NMJ).

27 Feb 2014

Microchip Expands 8-bit PIC Microcontroller Portfolio

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from Embedded World an expansion of its 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio, with the peripheral-rich, low pin count PIC16(L)F161X family. These new MCUs expand the offering of Microchip’s Core Independent Peripherals (CIP), which offload timing-critical and core-intensive tasks from the CPU, allowing it to focus on other application tasks.

From Microchip Technology Inc. 27 Feb 2014

Detroit Medical Center Implants Smallest Implantable Cardiac Monitoring Device

The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) announced that it is one of the first hospitals in the world to implant the Medtronic Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) System in a patient, the smallest implantable cardiac monitoring device available.

27 Feb 2014

Small Detector Applications to Fuel Growth of Infrared Detector Technology & Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Executive Summary of Infrared Detectors Technology & Market Trends Report" report to their offering.

27 Feb 2014