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Icon-Based Software Collects and Analyses Data from Sensors

LEGO has introduced an icon-based software called Mindstorms education NXT for data logging and programming applications. It features 46 tutorials that range from the beginner to advanced levels.

25 Jan 2011

Global Spectrum Installs Ambient Light Sensors in UCF Arena

A venue management firm, Global Spectrum, has launched new initiatives to transform the UCF Arena into a green facility. Global Spectrum is based in Philadelphia and has over 90 facilities spread across Canada and the U.S.

25 Jan 2011

NASA Selects ODIS' PlanarOptoElectric Technology for Spacecraft Sensors

ODIS has secured a development contract from NASA that will comprise a Phase I Award of $100,000. NASA has selected ODIS' PlanarOptoElectric Technology (POET) platform as an ideal procedure to build Optoelectronic infrastructure for Optical/RF phased array sensors.

25 Jan 2011

Silicon Laboratories Launch Ultra-Sensitive Proximity Sensors

Silicon Laboratories has introduced its future generation ambient light and infrared (IR) light sensors called the Si114x portfolio for human interface (HI) solutions.

25 Jan 2011

United Microelectronics to Produce Customer CMOS-MEMS Sensor Products

United Microelectronics has declared that the company has manufactured customer Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) sensor products at its foundry.

25 Jan 2011

Camcopter S-100 UAV with MX-10 EO/IR Payload Sensor

Wescam L-3 Communications and Schiebel Aircraft announce the initial flight of the Camcopter S-100 UAV, the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deployed with the Wescam MX-10 EO/IR payload sensor.

25 Jan 2011

NFL Tackles Head Injuries With Sensors

This year, the NFL has been on a crusade against concussions. From the ban on head hits to the recent launch of a new website, www.nflhealthandsafety.com, the organization is doing its part to keep players safe, during their time on the field and long after.

By Andy Choi 24 Jan 2011

iPad Robot to Clean Homes

The robotics team at iRobot has incorporated an iPad into a robotic body to evolve an AVA. The company that earlier developed the Roomba and Scooba robotic cleaners has now introduced the AVA or Avatar’.

21 Jan 2011

Pulse Oximetry Sensors for Healthcare

Covidien, developer of healthcare products as well as mechanical ventilation and respiratory care devices, has launched the Infinity MCable with Nellcor OxiMax technology, which comes as an incorporated unit of the Dräger Infinity Acute Care System across Europe.

21 Jan 2011

India to Receive Meteorological Sensors

All Weather, a developer of weather information systems and meteorological sensors based in California, has received an order to deliver 46 Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) Type II to be used across India.

21 Jan 2011

Motion Sensors-Enabled PCs to Hit the Market

Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor controls the Xbox 360 gaming console and in such a similar manner, the PCs can also be regulated using the gestures.

21 Jan 2011

New Broadcast Camera Equipment for Canon Camcorders

The novel broadcast canon camera system facilitates cinematographers to enhance their viewing coverage to about 20%.IDX Technology has launched an innovative Century wide-angle lens for use in Canon XF300 and XF305digital camcorders.

21 Jan 2011

Deep Ocean Surveillance System from DARPA

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is advancing a deep ocean surveillance system, employing sensor grids on or adjoining the seabed for tracking unobtrusive submarines in the water column above.

21 Jan 2011

IPI to Develop Neonatal Medical Adhesives

Cambridge-based Institute for Paediatric Innovation, a non-profit organisation operating with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, has been offered a $340,000 award by Philips Healthcare for advancing an adhesive medical system for use in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

21 Jan 2011

OPTO Diode Secures IRD for Advancing their Solutions

Opto Diode, a unit of ITW, and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, proclaimed that they have procured International Radiation Detectors (IRD). IRD is a leading producer of semiconductor radiation systems, which identifies high energy particles and photons in the UV range, and X-ray spectrum.

21 Jan 2011