Minnesota-based, United Science announced that it has licensed a sensor technology that was developed at the University of Minnesota. The sensor has the ability to avoid toxic byproducts of industries and mining processes from stagnating in the environment. This helps to enhance the productivity.
CSP Mobile Productions has acquired 16 Ikegami imagers recently for their two novel HDTV truck applications.
Tamron’s AF18mm to 270mm F3.5-6.3 Di-II VC PZD for use in APS-C crop sensor DSLRs is a highly condensed zoom lens with 15x magnification. The lens works on the company’s proprietary VC (Vibration Compensation) image stabilization.
Flexpoint Sensor Systems has declared the acquirement of a production purchase order for the supply of sensing devices for use in theater seats.
Omron has launched the FQ-range of vision sensors for checking intricate confection placement and evaluation of caps, date codes, and labels.
SICK introduces the new automated material flows, sorting and storage processes solutions. The company’s broad series of industrial sensors used in material handling purposes, allows effective, speedy and secure material flow sensing.
Plantronics has added an innovative Bluetooth headset called the Voyager Pro UC, to its leading Voyager Pro Plus product portfolio.
Boeing has developed innovative ground combat systems as part of their Brigade Combat Team Modernization Increment One. These systems will be subjected to inspection and validation by the Army in 2011 and will be supplied for use in Afghanistan by 2012.
El Segundo-oriented Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, a leading provider of sensing solutions, has obtained an offer from Boeing for the fabrication of the improved APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array radars.
In order to determine the condition of drinking water due to horizontal gas drilling, a pre-drilling water examination will be carried out for identifying the variation in water quality before and after the drilling process, with respect to the statements of the residents of Pennsylvania.
Banner Engineering has introduced an innovative condensed metal enclosure to its reliable Wireless DX99 Node product portfolio.
Senior scientist Deirdre Meldrum has acquired a new role in 2011, as the leader of one of the most ambitious research endeavour ever undertaken at Arizona State University.
Published in this week's issue of the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ are results of a new research using human-networking theory shedding light on how exactly; infectious diseases such as the common cold, influenza, whooping cough and SARS can spread through a closed group of people, and even through populations at large.
Lockheed Martin operators will be supporting a network of sensor systems that provide improved persistent surveillance for U.S. troops stationed in field operations.
German-based technology investment company Nanostart AG is investing an undisclosed amount in homegrown Microlight Sensors. With portfolio companies spanning the globe from Silicon Valley to Singapore, Nanostart AG provides venture capital financing for nanotechnology companies in various growth phases with a focus on innovation-driven industries of the future such as cleantech, life sciences and IT/electronics.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Dec 2010