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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute Develop CMOS Sensors for High-Thermal Imaging

The researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems have advanced a CMOS chip, which is capable of working even in extreme temperatures within a range of ¨C40 to +115 ¡ãC that helps in car parking or for use in quality control processes in the production devices.

24 Sep 2010

Researchers to Develop Silicon Carbide Sensors to Monitor Volcanic Status

Prior indications about the volcanic eruptions can be gained by releasing superior heat-tolerant radio wave transmitters into the volcanoes.

24 Sep 2010

TEK to Supply New Series of Precision Digital Pressure Test Gauges

TEK Instrument Company, a web-based supplier of Controls Instrumentation and Gauges, is providing the new Precision Digital Pressure Test Gauges of Type 2084, 2086 and 2089 from Ashcroft, a global fabricator of standard, effective pressure indicators.

24 Sep 2010

Boeing and Ball Aerospace to Launch SBSS for Tracking Space Bodies

Boeing Company in association with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. declared that the latest Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) space craft and its ground system have successfully accomplished the last stage trials.

24 Sep 2010

Aptina Launches 1.4-Micron Pixel MT9F002 Sensor for Advanced Imaging

Aptina, a pioneer in CMOS imaging technology, declared the launch of their latest MT9F002 imagers with 14 Megapixel (MP) resolutions.

24 Sep 2010

RFM Launches 900 MHz FHSS for Low-Cost Networking Applications

RF Monolithics, Inc., a leading supplier of technology-enabled wireless networking solutions, has launched an innovative cost-effective frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) module with 900 MHz frequency at the DNT90, at the ESC Boston exhibition conducted in the Hynes Convention Center.

24 Sep 2010

Luna Technologies’ OBR 4600 Renders High-Resolution and Sensitivity

Luna Technologies, a unit of Luna Innovations Incorporated, proclaimed the release of their innovative Optical Backscatter Reflectometer, OBR 4600.

24 Sep 2010

BD+E to Fabricate Compact Polarimetric Sensor for the U.S. Navy

Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC, (BD&E) has been assigned a Phase II SBIR agreement from the Navy worth $750,000 for the advancement of a concise polarimetric sensor for sensing the wavelengths in the infrared and visible light spectrum.

23 Sep 2010

USSI to Implement Optic Fiber Technology to Track Pipeline Status

Acorn Energy, Inc., a publicly-traded holding firm, declared that they have enhanced their equity proprietorship of US Sensor Systems Inc. (USSI) to about 51%. The company also has plans to raise its share to 84% in USSI.

23 Sep 2010

Microplates to be Substituted by New Biosensing Technology

Georgia Institute of Tech’s team of biomedical scientists, and microelectronics engineers, has pioneered a new Biosensing technology that could supersede the traditional microplates used in biomedical diagnostic and research laboratories.

23 Sep 2010

DALSA to Participate in the SPIE International Symposium

DALSA Corporation, a leading light in the field of digital imaging, is all set to hold a presentation in Hyperspectral and Multispectral image sensors for remote sensing, at Toulouse’s SPIE International Symposium, in the ARIANE Room on 22nd September, 2010, at 11:40hrs.

23 Sep 2010

Rare Earth Elements to be Tracked by Boeing’s Aerial Sensor Technology

Boeing’s Aerial Sensor Technology is to be used to hunt out probable deposits of rare earth elements in the U.S. to create a domestic supply chain. China, the country with the maximum rare earth oxide resources (97%), does not have much left to export, after its domestic consumption. Hence, the need for locating the reserves.

23 Sep 2010

Samsung Introduces Two Innovative CMOS Imagers Operative on BSI Technology

Samsung has released two CMOS imagers in the size range of 1.4 micron, the S5K4E5 and S5K2N1, which operates on a back side illuminated (BSI) pixel technology which enables the sensors to capture pictures with high clarity even in dim lights.

22 Sep 2010

MSU Researchers Develop Wearable Sensors for Measuring Physical Activity

The Electrical Engineering and Kinesiology departments of the MSU (Michigan State University) have collaborated to develop a sensor network which could be worn by a person, to determine a person’s complete wellness and also physical activity.

22 Sep 2010

Gazomat’s Inspectra Laser Detects Gas Leakage Effectively

The innovative Inspectra laser, developed by France-based Gazomat company, is capable of performing natural gas detection in the pipelines, methane gas leakage detection, lowland surface gas discharge monitoring, biogas feeds in CHP engines and methane detection in sewage pipelines.

22 Sep 2010