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Students Win Funding to Provide Solutions to Global Issues

The Innovation Challenge is a competition that encourages students to utilize their inventive skills and imagination to start business ventures that will provide feasible solutions for localized global problems.

22 Feb 2011

Organic Sensor to Detect Condition of Bridges and Buildings

A Princeton University professor of electrical engineering Sigurd Wagner working with a research student Patrick Goerrn has built a laser sensor that is stretchable.

22 Feb 2011

World's Smallest Magnetic Field Sensor

Researchers from the KIT Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and IPCMS have now come closer to reaching this target. For the first time, a team of scientists from KIT and the Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS) have now succeeded in combining the concepts of spin electronics and molecular electronics in a single component consisting of a single molecule.

21 Feb 2011

QinetiQ Inks MoU With Saudi Arabia on Sensors, Robotics

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between QinetiQ and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia to collaborate on a range of research and technology development programmes which could include autonomy, robotics, sensors, communications and remote sensing.

By Andy Choi 21 Feb 2011

Sensor Technologies Help Ford Fiesta Win 'Top Safety Pick'

The 2011 Ford Fiesta, the only car in its category to earn a 'Top Safety Pick' from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety under its new test standards, continues to earn recognition in major global markets for its safety performance and rating in independent third-party testing.

By Andy Choi 21 Feb 2011

A Sensor-Guided Bobcat

The UK-based company Infomap is carrying out trials on a GPS-guided excavating system on a Bobcat E14 mini-excavator.

By Andy Choi 21 Feb 2011

Sensors to Accelerate Expansion of Semiconductor Segment

According to a recent survey report published by RNCOS, a research organization, sensors will accelerate the expansion of the semiconductor segment in the future although circuit boards incorporated into systems still prevail.

21 Feb 2011

Independent Rotary Sensor for Space Constrained Applications

Swiss sensor manufacturer Contelec has launched Vert-X 90E, a flat, heavy-duty non-contacting rotary sensor suitable for mobile applications.

From Contelec Ltd 21 Feb 2011

Magnetic Position Sensor for Wide Measurement Range

The PRAS21 series of magnetic position sensors have recently been introduced by the Automated Control Engineering Group (A.C.E.) and ASM to expand the POSIROT family.

21 Feb 2011

Accelerometer to Detect Bee Swarming

Bee keepers are often troubled by swarming, when the queen bee leaves her old hive and leaves only the weak bees behind, taking the stronger ones with her to a new hive.

21 Feb 2011

Camera Sensor Allows Pictures to be Taken in the Dark

Sony Ericsson showcased its r Exmor R camera sensor at the Mobile World Congress. The sensor is deployed in its new products, the Xperia Arc, Xperia Neo, and Xperia Pro, which were also debuted at the event.

21 Feb 2011

Strain Sensor to Detect Muscle Fatigue in Athletes

Mohamed Al-Mulla, a PhD research student at the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering in the Essex University

21 Feb 2011

Biosensors Help Plants Change Color in Presence of Explosives

A research study led by Dr. June Medford in the Department of Biology at Colorado State has revealed that potted plants change color when exposed to pollutants and explosives.

21 Feb 2011