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New Commercial Catalog of Piezoelectric and DC MEMS Sensors From Dytran Instruments

Dytran Instruments, Inc. www.dytran.com a leading manufacturer of piezoelectric and DC MEMS accelerometers, force and pressure transducers and associated electronics, announced the release of its new catalog titled Piezoelectric and DC MEMS Sensors for Measurement and Monitoring.

From Hottinger Brüel & Kjaer GmbH 8 Sep 2011

Implant Sciences to Supply Explosives Trace Detector for Deployment in Middle East

A supplier of sensors and related products for homeland security purposes, Implant Sciences has announced that the company has received an order worth $1.1 million for its portable explosives trace detection (ETD) system, the Quantum Sniffer QS-H150.

By Andy Choi 8 Sep 2011

AuthenTec’s TCS1 TouchChip Fingerprint Sensors for Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System

An identity management and security solutions provider, AuthenTec has announced that the TCS1 TouchChip fingerprint sensor along with the TCEFC1 TouchChip module empowers BI2 Technology’s Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System (MORIS) with fingerprint identification capability.

By Andy Choi 8 Sep 2011

Motion-Sensing Technology Helps Researchers Detect Onset of Illness in Seniors

Researchers at the University of Missouri have collaborated with an independent living community, TigerPlace to monitor changes in the health of its residents for the a number of years now using motion-sensing technology.

By Andy Choi 8 Sep 2011

Capella Microsystems Develops Optical Lid Sensor Chip for Touch-Screen Devices

A Taiwan-based company, Capella Microsystems has unveiled the CM36262 smart optical lid sensor chip using a patent-pending technique to replace the use of magnetic lid sensors in smartphones, tablet computers and notebooks.

By Andy Choi 8 Sep 2011

Analog Devices Launches iMEMS Gyroscope for Automotive Applications

The Norwood, Massachusetts-headquartered Analog Devices has developed the ADXRS800 iMEMS gyroscope for use in applications such as rollover detection, automotive electronic stability control and pitch detection.

From Analog Devices, Inc. 8 Sep 2011

Testing Completed on Under Sea Network of Sensors

A team of scientists have now given us technology that will allow us to have eyes and ears 5,000 meter under the sea. Researchers have completed tests on a revolutionary under sea network of hi-tech sensors that will likely change the face of oceanography forever.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

New Patient Monitoring System Deployed at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham

Governor Deval Patrick unveiled a new rapid response motion sensor system at the Metro West Medical Center in Framingham this week. At the unveiling of the system called EarlySense he said that Massachusetts had a high success rate of marrying technological advances to improve patient care and create jobs in the state.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Adaptive Camouflage from BAE Systems

BAE Systems has come up with a new technology that enables large objects to vanish from sight. The Adaptiv technology can make an object as big as a tank disappear at night from infrared sensors. While it may work only on gadgets and just at night it could still offer a major advantage behind enemy lines.

From BAE Systems plc 7 Sep 2011

SensL Launches Second-Generation SL Series of Silicon Detectors

SensL, a supplier of silicon photomultipliers, has introduced the SL series of silicon photomultipliers (SPMs).

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Waters Unveils New Quadrupole Mass Detector at JAIMA Expo 2011

The Massachusetts-based laboratory analytical instruments manufacturer, Waters has unveiled a novel quadrupole mass detector, the Waters SQ Detector 2 at the Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers Association (JAIMA ) Expo 2011.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Rittenhouse Develops Sensor-based Weed Control Solution

A spraying equipments manufacturer based in Canada, Rittenhouse has developed a revolutionary weed control management system, the WeedSeeker. It is an integrated pest management (IPM) tool capable of identifying weeds automatically.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Opsens and Lios Partner to Provide Integrated Temperature and Pressure Sensor

A distributed temperature monitoring systems developer, Lios Technology has entered into a long-term agreement with fiber optic sensors manufacturer, Opsens.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory Scientists Detect Snowfall Intensity Using Doppler Radar

A team of researchers from the Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory (LTE) from EPFL have completed a two year field study in the Swiss Alps around Graubünden in an effort to gather data to accurately determine intensity of snowfall using remote sensing.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Researchers Develop Sensor to Precisely Measure Temperature in Adverse Conditions

Scientists at the Oxford University and University of Warwick have designed a temperature sensor that can measure temperature over a wide range between −120° C to +680° C at milli-kelvin accuracy.

By Andy Choi 7 Sep 2011

Sensors News

New Commercial Catalog of Piezoelectric and DC MEMS Sensors From Dytran Instruments

Implant Sciences to Supply Explosives Trace Detector for Deployment in Middle East

AuthenTec’s TCS1 TouchChip Fingerprint Sensors for Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System

Motion-Sensing Technology Helps Researchers Detect Onset of Illness in Seniors

Capella Microsystems Develops Optical Lid Sensor Chip for Touch-Screen Devices

Analog Devices Launches iMEMS Gyroscope for Automotive Applications

Testing Completed on Under Sea Network of Sensors

New Patient Monitoring System Deployed at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham

Adaptive Camouflage from BAE Systems

SensL Launches Second-Generation SL Series of Silicon Detectors

Waters Unveils New Quadrupole Mass Detector at JAIMA Expo 2011

Rittenhouse Develops Sensor-based Weed Control Solution

Opsens and Lios Partner to Provide Integrated Temperature and Pressure Sensor

Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory Scientists Detect Snowfall Intensity Using Doppler Radar

Researchers Develop Sensor to Precisely Measure Temperature in Adverse Conditions

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