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Life Tracking Systems Utilize Wearable Computing Sensors and Connected Smart Devices

On the tails of CES, global media communications agency Havas Media released today a video exploring one of the hottest trends for consumers and marketers today: Life Tracking and the Quantified Self. Through today's technologies, life tracking allows people to measure and monitor the activities in their daily lives, from eating and sleeping to exercising and shopping.

2 Feb 2013

Portable Sensor Device to Track Metabolism

Breezing, a new startup based on technology developed by researchers at Arizona State University, is offering the world's first portable device that can track an individual's metabolism and use that information to provide diet and exercise recommendations for maintaining or reaching a healthy weight.

2 Feb 2013

Novel Imaging Method Using Sensitive Thermometer Helps View Temperature inside Living Cells

A research team in Japan exploring the functions of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) – a molecule that encodes the chemical blueprint for protein synthesis – has discovered a way to take a close look at the temperature distribution inside living cells. This discovery may lead to a better understanding of diseases, such as cancer, which generate extraordinary intracellular heat.

2 Feb 2013

SPACEKIDS Project to Develop Novel Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Spacecrafts

The project brings together some of the leading European institutes with expertise in detectors for far infrared wavelengths – a few hundred times longer than the wavelength of visible light.

2 Feb 2013

Comcast RDK Pre-Integrated with STiH416 SoC Improves Multi-Screen Viewing

Developers of high-end set-top boxes and video gateways can significantly reduce time to market for their new products offering rich multi-screen viewing experiences, by taking advantage of the Reference Design Kit (RDK) from Comcast, now pre-integrated with the Orly STiH416 system-on-chip from STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading provider of set-top box ICs.

From STMicroelectronics 2 Feb 2013

New IP69K-protected Series of Laser Sensors for Food and Beverage Industry

Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has launched a new IP69K-protected series of laser sensors that are suitable for measuring displacement, distance and position in demanding environments, including food and beverage processing and other harsh process manufacturing applications.

From Micro-Epsilon 1 Feb 2013

Supertex Introduces Eight Channel Pulse Generator for Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound Applications

Supertex, a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today introduced the HV7350, an eight channel, monolithic, high-voltage, high-speed, pulse generator IC with built-in fast return-to-zero (RTZ) damping FETs designed for portable medical diagnostic ultrasound applications.

1 Feb 2013

Mercedes-Benz 2014 E-Class Features Latest Safety Systems with Intelligent Sensors

Mercedes-Benz presents the latest in safety systems and sustainable drivetrains at the Washington Auto Show at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from Friday, February 1st to Sunday, February 10th.

1 Feb 2013

Nonin Medical Donates Finger Pulse Oximeters to Honduras Hospital

Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of finger pulse oximeters and a leader in noninvasive medical monitoring, announced today that the company has donated six Onyx® 9500 finger pulse oximeters to the Evangelistic International Ministries (EIM) for use at the Hospital Centro Socorro De Lo Alto in the remote village of Sula, Honduras.

1 Feb 2013

STMicroelectronics Completes Shipment of Three Billion MEMS Sensors

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced it has shipped three billion MEMS sensors to date—laid side by side, these chips would exceed the height of Mt Everest 1. The achievement reconfirms ST’s position as the clear leader in MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) devices for consumer and portable applications 2.

From STMicroelectronics 1 Feb 2013

STMicroelectronics Announces 2012 Q4 and Full Year Results

STMicroelectronics reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

From STMicroelectronics 31 Jan 2013

CNES Earth Observation Satellite Utilizes e2v Imaging Sensors to Capture First Images

Pléiades 1B, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Earth observation satellite, has captured its first images using e2v high performance imaging sensors. Two types of e2v sensors (for panchromatic and multispectral imaging) equip the satellites high-resolution optical imaging instrument; these were selected by Thales Alenia Space, who is providing the HR instrument to Astrium, developed under CNES contract.

31 Jan 2013

Sensors News

Life Tracking Systems Utilize Wearable Computing Sensors and Connected Smart Devices

Portable Sensor Device to Track Metabolism

Novel Imaging Method Using Sensitive Thermometer Helps View Temperature inside Living Cells

SPACEKIDS Project to Develop Novel Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Spacecrafts

Comcast RDK Pre-Integrated with STiH416 SoC Improves Multi-Screen Viewing

New IP69K-protected Series of Laser Sensors for Food and Beverage Industry

Supertex Introduces Eight Channel Pulse Generator for Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound Applications

Mercedes-Benz 2014 E-Class Features Latest Safety Systems with Intelligent Sensors

Nonin Medical Donates Finger Pulse Oximeters to Honduras Hospital

STMicroelectronics Completes Shipment of Three Billion MEMS Sensors

STMicroelectronics Announces 2012 Q4 and Full Year Results

CNES Earth Observation Satellite Utilizes e2v Imaging Sensors to Capture First Images

Vishay Introduces Axial Cemented Wirewound Resistors Designed for High Voltage Surges

Eye-Tracking Devices Reveal Possible Link between Digital Signs and Highway Crashes

Aromatic Photoactive Micelles Demonstrate Potential for Photofunctional Dyes and Sensor Applications

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