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Airship-Based Surveillance System for Counter Insurgency Operations in Thailand

A surveillance system based on an airship was successively demonstrated to the Royal Thai Army (RTA) by Aria International.

31 Mar 2010

Reportlinker CMOS Image Sensor 2010 Report Focuses on Trends, Challenges, Market Data

The recently released Reportlinker’s CMOS Image Sensor Technologies & Markets - 2010 Report mainly features data related to critical market dynamics and metrics for the CMOS image sensor, critical understanding on trends and technologies of future technologies, in-depth understanding of the CIS infrastructure, value chain, and players.

31 Mar 2010

Reflow Surface Mount Pyroelectric Infrared Sensor for Human Presence Sensing

Murata Manufacturing Co has created the ‘IRS-B series,’ the thinnest and smallest surface mount type of pyroelectric infrared (IR) sensor.

31 Mar 2010

Tracking Thai Agricultural and Seafood Products from Farms to Stores with Smart Sensors and Traceability Software

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) and the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) has tied up with the IBM and FXA Group to help retailers, exporters, and farmers to trace agricultural and seafood products of Thailand from farms to stores for ensuring better global food safety.

31 Mar 2010

AKCP locateWater Sensor to Detect Water

AKCP has recently launched locateWater sensor that incorporates a rope of customized length for detecting water contact on a particular location along its length. The sensor is able to identify the presence of water when a particular portion of the rope is wet. The rope length can be customized so that it can have many specific sensing lengths spaced at intervals of one meter or one foot

31 Mar 2010

Underwater Robot with Artificial Sensory Organ for Ocean Applications

The Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) researchers have developed an experimental underwater vehicle, known as the ‘Snookie’ underwater robot that incorporates an artificial sensory organ. This vehicle was built under the Cognition for Technical Systems (CoTeSys) excellence cluster framework.

31 Mar 2010

Philips Introduces InnerCool RTx Endovascular System

Royal Philips Electronics has unveiled its InnerCool RTx Endovascular System, which in a closed-loop system offers sophisticated complete body temperature modulation therapy.

30 Mar 2010

Naval Surface Warfare Center Grants Contract to FLIR Systems

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division has granted a $13.5 million contract to FLIR Systems, Inc. for providing BRITE Star II multi-sensor target designation systems.

30 Mar 2010

INOVA - A Joint Venture Between BGP and ION Geophysical Corporation

30 Mar 2010

austriamicrosystems Introduces the AS8510 IC

High-performance analog IC provider austriamicrosystems has introduced its AS8510, which is a high precision data acquisition front-end IC meant for applications in automotive battery voltage, current and temperature sensing.

30 Mar 2010

NASA Funds Professor Dube to Develop Sensor-Based Monitoring System for Martian Storms

Roger Dube, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)’s professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science has received funding from NASA for developing a monitoring system that will predict storms on Earth and Mars warn people of strong approaching storms and protect them.

30 Mar 2010

North West Integrates Photogrammetric and Image Processing Analysis Using Isilon IQ

The North West Group has integrated photogrammetric and image processing analysis by utilizing the Isilon IQ X-Series.

30 Mar 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific Provides Fully Automated Multi-Compound and Multi-Element Isotope Analysis

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a global leader of servicing science, has recently launched a comprehensive user-friendly isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) system that authenticates beverages and foods.

30 Mar 2010

Nano- and Laser-Based Novel Sensing System for Tumor Detection

Marissa Nichole Rylander, Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences’ (SBES) Virginia Tech assistant profesor who was jointly appointed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Virginia Tech, has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.

30 Mar 2010

Self-Powered Piezoelectric Nanogenerators with Nanowire Sensors

A research project, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has developed nanometer-based sensing devices that are used for detection of ultraviolet light (UV) or measuring the pH value of liquids

30 Mar 2010