Sensors News

Chilean Earthquake Moves Concepcion 3 Meters

The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Islands and Fortaleza, Brazil.

New System for Monitoring Historical Monuments Remotely

A team of engineers from the University of Seville (US) has created a system for monitoring historical monuments by remote control and detecting possible damage.

Carbon Nanotube Sensor for Hydrogen Peroxide Emanating from Single Cells

MIT chemical engineers have built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect single molecules of hydrogen peroxide emanating from a single living cell.

Intelligent Energy Management for the Home

Intelligent devices to measure consumption - make it possible to read and control power consumption, even of private households, while away from the property. This is because the increasing use of solar and wind resources will be changing the electricity supply matrix in the very near future.

Princeton Professor to Speak at Brookhaven Lab on Laser-Based Sensors

Claire Gmachl, professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University, will give a talk on “Engineering Light: Quantum Cascade Lasers,” at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory on Wednesday, March 17, at 4 p.m. in the Hamilton Seminar Room. Sponsored by Brookhaven Women in Science, the lecture is free and open to the public.

Libelium to Participate at Three Major Events

Libelium, a technology leader in distributed wireless networks, announces their participation in three major wireless industry events.