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Helmet with Ultrasound Sensors Can Help Guide Fire-Fighters through Unfamiliar Environments

A specially-adapted 'tactile helmet', developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield, could provide fire-fighters operating in challenging conditions with vital clues about their surroundings.

30 Mar 2013

RAE Systems Receives Frost & Sullivan Global Leadership Award for Gas Detection

RAE Systems, Inc., a leading provider of toxic-gas and radiation monitoring solutions, today announced it has received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan Global Leadership Award for gas detection, based on the global research organization's independent market research.

From Frost & Sullivan 29 Mar 2013

Northrop Grumman to Provide Services for U.S. Navy’s Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a follow-on performance-based logistics contract to provide logistics, material and technical support for the AN/ASN-139 Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System (CAINS II) installed on various U.S. Navy and foreign aircraft.

From Northrop Grumman Corporation 29 Mar 2013

Security Systems with Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Monitors Can Help Protect Homes

(Family Features) Each season brings new threats to the safety of your home and family. In 2012, the U.S. experienced multiple major weather events including Hurricane Sandy. This year is likely to be no different. Be prepared by following these simple tips to avoid the devastation caused by home fires, break-ins and weather-related disasters.

29 Mar 2013

Wireless Technology Enters the Mainstream of Commercial Buildings Controls Market

Wireless technology is finally entering the mainstream of the commercial buildings controls market. While building automation and controls have been used for decades, wireless networks are enabling more granular control over building systems without many of the design and labor challenges involved with running traditional cabling to support communications and/or power.

29 Mar 2013

First Open Standard for IPv6-Based Full Wireless Mesh Networking Solution

The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the completion and public availability of its third specification, ZigBee IP.

28 Mar 2013

ESCORT Experts to Provide Live Demonstrations of Radar Detectors at Factory Showroom Open House

ESCORT Inc. (ESCORTinc.com), designer of the world's best radar detectors and the award winning ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app, announced a Factory Showroom Open House for March 28, 2013 at the West Chester headquarters.

From Escort Inc. 28 Mar 2013

New Multi-GNSS Compliant Receiver Chips from FURUNO

FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. announced on March 28 that new multi-GNSS receiver chips eRideOPUS 6 and eRideOPUS 7 will be available to the market from August 2013 onward.

28 Mar 2013

Masimo Pulse CO-Oximetry Technology for Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring Installed at Holland Hospital

Masimo announces that Holland Hospital, ranked as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals in 2013 by Healthgrades, is adding new clinical capabilities that allow clinicians to noninvasively and continuously monitor hemoglobin blood levels using Masimo SpHb®.

From Masimo Corporation 28 Mar 2013

Hutchinson Center Deploys Ekahau's Wi-Fi-Based Real-Time Temperature Sensing and Monitoring Solution

Ekahau Inc., the high-performance leader in Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) using Wi-Fi (active RFID), announced today that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington deployed Ekahau's Wi-Fi-based real-time temperature sensing and monitoring solution to ensure that tissue, blood and bone specimens are stored at required temperatures in order to meet the Center's rigorous experimental control requirements.

27 Mar 2013

Genalyte’s Maverick Detection System for Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple Antibodies Receives CE Mark

Genalyte, Inc. today announced its Maverick™ Detection System that simultaneously analyzes multiple antibodies and other proteins from a single small sample is now CE marked in Europe for research use.

27 Mar 2013

ARA Introduces Upgraded Seismic Early Warning Monitoring System

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is introducing an upgraded early warning monitoring system featuring "consumable" unattended seismic sensors that can be deployed several miles away from a military base, nuclear power plant, border, or other secured area.

27 Mar 2013

Implant Sciences Supplies Handheld Explosives Trace Detector for Corporate Security in Africa

Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it has sold its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detector to a customer in Africa for use in corporate security for a financial institution.

From L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 27 Mar 2013

Small Externally Placed Sensor Helps Evaluate Swallowing Difficulties

Those suffering from swallowing difficulties, especially stroke patients, could be evaluated more efficiently and noninvasively thanks to research under way at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Toronto.

27 Mar 2013

Enhanced Mapping and Positioning System Maps Challenging Environments

Engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have developed a portable device that can be used to automatically create annotated maps in tight spaces where GPS is not readily available – such as in underground areas and on ships.

27 Mar 2013

Sensors News

Helmet with Ultrasound Sensors Can Help Guide Fire-Fighters through Unfamiliar Environments

RAE Systems Receives Frost & Sullivan Global Leadership Award for Gas Detection

Northrop Grumman to Provide Services for U.S. Navy’s Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System

Security Systems with Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Monitors Can Help Protect Homes

Wireless Technology Enters the Mainstream of Commercial Buildings Controls Market

First Open Standard for IPv6-Based Full Wireless Mesh Networking Solution

ESCORT Experts to Provide Live Demonstrations of Radar Detectors at Factory Showroom Open House

New Multi-GNSS Compliant Receiver Chips from FURUNO

Masimo Pulse CO-Oximetry Technology for Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring Installed at Holland Hospital

Hutchinson Center Deploys Ekahau's Wi-Fi-Based Real-Time Temperature Sensing and Monitoring Solution

Genalyte’s Maverick Detection System for Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple Antibodies Receives CE Mark

ARA Introduces Upgraded Seismic Early Warning Monitoring System

Implant Sciences Supplies Handheld Explosives Trace Detector for Corporate Security in Africa

Small Externally Placed Sensor Helps Evaluate Swallowing Difficulties

Enhanced Mapping and Positioning System Maps Challenging Environments

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