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Imec Help in the Development of Thin-film Solar Energy

Imec and its partners in the Solliance initiative announce that they have launched, together with the Institute of Materials Research of the University of Hasselt (IMO), the Solar Flare Interreg Project.

From imec 6 Oct 2012

Completion of New MEMS-based Gas Flow Sensor by Omron Corporation and STMicroelectronics

OMRON Corporation, a world leader in automation technology, and STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronic applications, today announced the completion of the development of a MEMS-based gas flow sensor with industry-unique built-in correction for differences in gas composition.

From STMicroelectronics 6 Oct 2012

RAE Systems’ New Book Discusses Basic Technologies and Applications in Wireless Threat-Detection Systems

RAE Systems Inc. today announced the release of its latest technology book titled Wirelessly Networked Chemical & Radiation Detection Systems: Essential Technologies and Applications for Increased Safety in Continuous Gas and Radiation Monitoring.

6 Oct 2012

Trimble Procures Assets of Seismic Sensor Provider

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has acquired assets of privately-held Refraction Technology, Inc. (REF TEK) of Plano, Texas, a leading provider of seismic sensors and high-frequency data logging systems. The asset acquisition is expected to extend Trimble's infrastructure solutions for scientific research and monitoring applications. Financial terms were not disclosed.

6 Oct 2012

Study Suggests More Heart-Failure Cases Could be Helped by Pacemakers

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden demonstrates that a change in the ECG wave called the QRS prolongation is associated with a higher rate of heart-failure mortality. According to the team that carried out the study, which is published in the scientific periodical The European Heart Journal, the discovery suggests that more heart-failure cases than the most serious could be helped by pacemakers.

6 Oct 2012

ST's Wearable Body Sensor Technologies to Power Preventice’s BodyGuardian Remote Monitoring System

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and Preventice, Inc.TM, a leading developer of mobile health solutions and remote monitoring systems, announced today that ST is providing wearable body sensor technologies to power the new BodyGuardian Remote Monitoring System (RMS)TM from Preventice.

From STMicroelectronics 5 Oct 2012

Multiple Studies Confirm Clinical Value of OrSense’s Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Monitor

OrSense Ltd., developer of monitors for non-invasive measurements of various blood parameters, reports today that its non-invasive Hemoglobin (Hb) monitor was the topic of multiple recent studies highlighting the clinical value of the device. Five studies, from various countries around the world, will be presented as posters at the AABB Annual Meeting & CTTXPO 2012, held at Boston on October 6-9, 2012, and two were presented in the DGTI Annual Congress held at Graz, Austria in September.

From OrSense 5 Oct 2012

ITT Exelis Makes Significant Advancement in GPS III Satellite Constellation

ITT Exelis has passed a major milestone for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System III (GPS III) program. The company has successfully completed acceptance testing of the navigation payload element for the GPS III Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST), and shipped the pathfinder unit to prime contractor Lockheed Martin’s facility near Denver, Colo., for thermal vacuum testing and space vehicle integration.

5 Oct 2012

Analog Devices Unveils MEMS Accelerometer for High-Performance Applications

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, introduced today the industry’s first MEMS accelerometer with Min/Max offset sensitivity over the full temperature range.

From Analog Devices, Inc. 5 Oct 2012

Progress Towards EUVL Introduction in High-volume Manufacturing

At the 2012 International Symposium on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography, industry and research experts named the timely development of a source suited for high-volume manufacturing as the most critical issue. Other challenges remain the development of yielding masks and the further development of high-quality EUV resists. This year’s EUVL Symposium in Brussels was hosted by imec in cooperation with SEMATECH and EIDEC.

5 Oct 2012

RFEL Introduce a Dynamic Range of High-Speed ADCs for Wireless Communications

RFEL, who specialize in high performance electronic signal processing solutions, has produced a solution to overcome the common performance bottleneck of the dynamic range of high speed ADCs that can prevent innovative projects in wireless communications and instrumentation from getting off the ground.

5 Oct 2012