Its highly versatile nature makes it applicable for use in numerous electronics gadgets such as wearables, flexible displays and other sophisticated electronic devices."
#Smart Sensor Chip with Nanocavities for Early Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Researchers at the University of Birmingham believe that the novel technology will help improve the process of early stage diagnosis. Glycoprotein molecules,
The team of chemical engineers and chemists, created a sensor chip with synthetic receptors along a 2d surface to identify specific
"To engineering the sensor chip, the team developed a smart surface with nanocavities that fit the particular target glycoprotein.
and textiles, enabling the creation of unique wearable electronic devices, Hinestroza said. Taking advantage of cotton irregular topography, Hinestroza and his students added conformal coatings of gold nanoparticles,
#Applied Nanotech Tests Ballistic, Blast-Resistant Armor Panels with Printed Electronic Antennas Applied Nanotech, Inc. ANI), a PEN Inc. company (PEN), announces successful completion
and test of fiberglass ballistic and blast-resistant armor panels that incorporate printed electronic antennas capable of sending
The multi-function armor eliminates the need for multiple high-profile communications antenna structures on military vehicles
The armor-incased antennas also have jamming capability to block radio signals such as those used to remotely trigger explosives,
Two wideband low-profile antennas have been developed, each capable of carrying signals at multiple frequencies. Together they provide electronic warfare, jamming and communication capabilities.
combines the knowledge and experience of printed electronics of ANI with the antenna design and modeling capabilities of UT Knoxville and Villanova,
and create a complex antenna structure that not only provides ballistic protection but also may help defeat improvised explosive devices
modeling and testing,"says Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar, Professor and Director of Antenna Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer engineering, Villanova University y
aims to increase the functionality and performance of next-generation integrated circuits while reducing footprint and power consumption.
#New Method to Visualize Topological Insulators at the Nanoscale Using Large particle accelerator Scientists trying to improve the semiconductors that power our electronic devices have focused on a technology called spintronics as one especially promising area of research.
A direct electron detector is the second component which has a much higher sensitivity than conventional camera film.
They range from highly efficient detectors for optical and wireless communications to transistors operating at very high speeds.
A constantly increasing demand for telecommunication bandwidth requires an ever faster operation of electronic devices, pushing their response times to be as short as a picosecond. he results of this study will help improve the performance of graphene-based nanoelectronic devices such as ultra-high speed transistors and photodetectorssays Professor Dmitry Turchinovich,
When these nanocage structures are used in fuel cell electrodes, platinum's utilization efficiency can be increased by a factor of seven,
especially when compared with electronic devices that can be as small as a few micrometers. In a seminal paper in the scientific journal"Nature Photonics",Juerg Leuthold, professor of photonics and communications at ETH Zurich,
therefore, be integrated easily into electronic circuits. Moreover, the new modulator is considerably cheaper and faster than common models,
The highly accurate front-end design of the DT7837 allows simultaneous measurement of four 24-bit IEPE sensor inputs at a sampling rate of 102.4 ks/s. The module is ideal for precision measurements
with microphones accelerometers and other transducers that have a large dynamic range. Common applications include audio acoustic and vibration testing.
#New IT-Based Fitness Tool with Sensors for the Physically Impaired A test subject rocks her upper body from left to right.
and the aid of our smart shoulder pad, says Andreas Huber, scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated circuits IIS in Erlangen.
Fitted inside the pad are small sensors that record each movement of the test subject
Researchers have fitted sensors for every conceivable movement, whether rotational, vertical or horizontal. hile users play, they unconsciously do recommended the exercises by therapists.
and testing how the sensor technology could be integrated directly into clothing e
#New Technique Probes the Sea floor Using Ocean's Weak Seismic Waves A technology developed by Stanford scientists for passively probing the seafloor using weak seismic waves generated by the ocean could revolutionize offshore oil and natural gas extraction
or ASNT, uses sensors embedded in the seafloor. The sensors, which are installed typically by robotic submersibles,
are connected to one another by cables and arranged into parallel rows that can span several kilometers of the seafloor.
Another cable connects the sensor array to a platform in order to collect data in real time. The sensors record ambient seismic waves traveling through Earth's crust.
The waves are generated ubiquitous, continuously and traveling in every direction, but using careful signal processing schemes they developed,
Biondi and De Ridder can digitally isolate only those waves that are passing through one sensor and then another one downstream.
and for multiple sensors in the network, what emerges is a"virtual"seismic wave pattern that is remarkably similar to the kind generated by air guns.
and Conocophillips to study recordings from existing sensor arrays in the Valhall and Ekofisk oil fields in the North sea that are capable of recording ambient seismic waves.
#Glucolight Sensor Measures Blood sugar Level Through the Skin Drawing blood regularly from the sensitive little ones for hours on end however is impossible as the blood loss
and the University Hospital Zurich thus teamed up to develop the sensor Glucolight which gages the blood sugar level through the skin without taking any blood.
Although skin sensors already exist they have to be calibrated before use which means that the skin's permeability value needs to be known.
and the sensor calibrated. Glucolight spares the premature babies blood samples and enables the blood sugar level to be monitored permanently thanks to the sensor's novel measuring technology which comprises several parts:
A microdialysis measuring head which was developed at the University Hospital Zurich with a smart membrane developed at Empa;
and pumped through the microfluidics chip while enzymes are added to trigger a reaction. During the reaction a fluorescence appears which the fluorometer measures
Empa and the University Hospital Zurich are currently in negotiations with partners for the industrial production of the sensor.
#ams Introduces New Class of Sensor-Integrated Smart Lighting Manager Solutions This new class of sensor-integrated smart lighting manager solutions delivers cost-effective Iot-connected
Photopic sensors built with nano-optic filters integrated into the AS721X series are designed to help lighting manufacturers address the growing challenges of energy saving lighting mandates including daylighting controls.
#The AS721X family of smart lighting silicon photonics sensor solutions create a natural Internet of things (Iot) sensor hub within smart buildings
which results in an Internet of Awareness#through the convergence of Iot-connected lighting and sensor fusion#said Sajol Ghoshal who is responsible for Emerging Sensor Strategies at ams.#
#The AS721X family is ams#first platform technology of integrated sensor solutions that provide system-level sensing
Integrating a sensor-based manager into each luminaire optimizes the overall responsiveness and efficiency of the lighting system maximizing energy savings.
#ams#ground-breaking sensor-integrated manager series addresses head-on the lighting industry#s desire for technically feasible integrated controls that are also cost
#Competitive offerings in the space are essentially#build your own#devices requiring discrete components including sensors processors memory and
I/O chips that require design integration and time-consuming programming of control and communications algorithms.
#Saturas Successfully Conducts Field trials of Embedded Stem Water Sensor The field tests were conducted on peach and citrus trees at the Hula Valley Orchards Experimental Farm.
Based on the research of Dr. Moshe Meron Saturas has developed a miniature stem water potential (SWP) sensor that is embedded in the trunks of trees vines and plants.
The Saturas sensor provides accurate information for optimized irrigation to reduce water consumption with no stress to the plants and increases fruit production and quality.
Saturas'precision agriculture sensing system comprises of miniature implanted sensors wireless transponders and delivery of information to the farmer's Internet device:
Despite numerous approaches to sensor-based irrigation including measuring soil and leaf moisture the market lacks a solution that combines accuracy ease of use and affordability.
Embedding the sensor in the trunk eliminates the common problem of damage to sensors placed in the soil or on fruit or leaves.
#Silicon Labs Debuts New Family of Power-efficient High-Precision Temperature Sensors Silicon Labs, a leading provider of environmental and optical sensing solutions for the Internet of things and industrial
automation, today introduced a new family of high-precision temperature sensors offering industry-leading power efficiency. Silicon Labsultra-low-power Si705x temperature sensors consume only 195 na (typical average current)
when sampled once per second, which minimizes self-heating and enables multi-year coin cell battery operation.
Unlike traditional digital temperature sensors, the Si705x devices maintain their accuracy across the full operating temperature
and offer four accuracy levels up to+/-0. 3°C. The sensors are ideal for HVAC,
or embedded MCU temperature sensors suffer from poor accuracy and higher power consumption. Although improved accuracy can be achieved through end-of-line calibration,
the integrated low-power analog design delivers an optimal price/performance solution with up to 35 times better power efficiency than competing temperature sensor products.
Available in a compact 3 mm x 3 mm DFN package, the Si705x sensors feature an industry-standard I2c interface for easy configuration.
With a low 1. 9 V minimum power supply voltage, the Si705x sensors can be connected directly to a battery without the need for an external voltage regulator. emperature is the most pervasive environmental metric that embedded developers need to measure
Power and Sensor products. lthough many competing options are available for temperature sensing, the Si705x devices provide the most power-efficient option
The Si705x temperature sensors are the newest members of Silicon Labsgrowing portfolio of environmental and optical sensor products for the Internet of things, consumer and industrial automation markets.
Silicon Labssensor portfolio includes relative humidity (RH) and temperature sensors proximity and ambient light sensors, UV index and ambient light sensors,
and capacitive touch sensors, as well as isolated ac current sensors and high-side dc current sensors for power management applications.
The Si705x temperature sensors are pin-compatible and software-compatible with Silicon Labspopular Si70xx RH and temperature sensor family.
This compatibility enables existing RH sensor designs and software to be reused easily for temperature-only applications.
Pricing and Availability Samples and production quantities of Silicon Labssi705x temperature sensors are available now.
Si705x sensor pricing in 10,000-unit quantities begins at $0. 61 (USD. The Si705x USB dongle evaluation kits, priced at $49 (USD MSRP),
streamline Si705x sensor evaluation and application development. The Si705x USB dongle kits are supported by a Windows-based GUI that simplifies control of the Si705x sensors and temperature measurements.
A variety of source code and driver examples is available in Silicon Labssimplicity Studio development environment. For additional Si705x product information, to order samples and evaluation kits,
and to download development software, visit www. silabs. com/temperature-sensors i
#Scientists Discover Nutrient Sensor That Senses Amino acid Arginine Through a variety of mechanistic interactions mtorc1 interprets cues in the cellular environment including the availability of nutrients
and signals the organism to act accordingly. mtorc1 is apt to trigger growth during times of abundance
and dial back metabolism when food is scarce. Owing to years of intense scrutiny in the lab of Whitehead Institute Member David Sabatini the key players of this pathway
--whose deregulation is associated with diseases ranging from diabetes to cancer to epilepsy--have gradually been brought to light.
what are the sensors? Now we've found what is likely the first nutrient sensor.
This is what connects that core machinery to the world around it. The finding suggests a model in
Taken together such compelling evidence points to SLC38A9 as an amino acid sensor tipping off the Rags to the availability of nutrients.
It has all the properties consistent with a sensor. As new components of the pathway are identified
Although the discovery of the first nutrient sensor in this pathway represents an important advance the researchers know much work lies ahead.
SLC38A9's specificity for arginine suggests that many more such sensors--for other amino acids and glucose for example--interact either directly or indirectly with mtorc1.
#Taiwan Biophotonic Releases DOE Reflective Sensor for Fingerless Wrist-Worn Pulse Oximeters Vast amounts of biometric information such as pulse rate blood oxygen
Therefore there are surface mount reflective sensors that attach to skin surface emit the incident light and detect the reflective light at the same side of the skin surface.
The Taiwan Biophotonic's Reflective Pulse Oximetry Sensor consists of red and infrared LEDS a light detector and a unique DOE component
This technology enables the development of one of the industry's first reflective optical sensor that continuous measures the pulse rate
Currently the measurement of pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation at the wrist has not yet been achieved successfully by common reflective optical sensor.
A demonstration unit of wrist-worn pulse oximetry device with Taiwan Biophotonic's Reflective Pulse Oximetry Sensor was developed
This reflective pulse oximetry sensor is just the beginning of a line of wearable solutions that Taiwan Biophotonic Co. will be introducing this year.
#ON Semiconductor Showcases Fully-Functional 3d Stacked CMOS Imaging Sensor at CES 2015 The technology has been implemented successfully
and characterized on a test chip with 1. 1-micron(#m) pixels and will be introduced in a product later this year.
Conventional sensor designs in a monolithic substrate process require separate die area to support both the pixel array and supporting circuitry.
With this approach design engineers can optimize each part of the sensor for imaging performance cost power
With the optimization of the pixel array sensors can have improved pixel performance with lower noise levels and enhanced pixel response.
#3d stacking technology is an exciting breakthrough that enhances our ability to optimize ON Semiconductor#s future sensors#said Sandor Barna vice president of Technology for ON Semiconductor#s Image Sensor Group.#
and design flexibility to ensure continued performance leadership across our entire sensor product portfolio.#
#CES 2015: Linktop to Present Mechanical Smart Watch and Graphene-Based Thermometer Linktop Technology is introducing its mechanical smart watch
and Graphene-based products cloud thermometer to the 2015 Consumer electronics Show (CES) in Las vegas, Nevada (January 6-9, 2015).
So Linktop created Mechanical smartwatch U2. U2 is a perfect combination of the traditional mechanical watch and smart watch,"Mr. Bill states."
It is also a remote control for smartphone so that to take a picture and control the music player.
#NIST Develops 16-Antenna Array for Modeling of Wireless communications Channels at 83ghz To help solve the wireless crowding conundrum
But some devices are starting to use fast silicon-germanium radio chips operating at millimeter (mm) wavelengths above 10 GHZ.
Because high-speed digital circuits can easily distort mm wave signals even tiny errors can result in erroneous bits of information.
Possible solutions include development of complex antenna arrays that may provide novel capabilities such as beam steering--the capability to transmit in many different directions to point the beam directly at the receiving device and even track mobile devices.
So far Remley and her colleagues have developed a calibrated modulated signal source to test mm wave instruments such as receivers
**and a new facility for characterizing antennas operating above 100 GHZ.*****The new calibrated signal source demonstrated at 44 GHZ
and amplifiers that will be used in mm wave receivers transmitters and other devices. All of this research is being done in NIST's new Communications technology Laboratory.
#New Multi-Sensor Mobile Engagement Platform from Adtile As part of Firemotion Adtile Technologies partnered with Passworks
and money developing new sensor-enabled mobile ads Firemotion ad builds will be available through the password-protected Adtile Motion Store.
"Omnivision's easily integrated OVM6211 global shutter sensor, working in tandem with our gesture recognition technology,
"We continue to work with eyesight to enhance the accuracy and speed of gesture-recognition solutions with our latest image sensors."
sensor and packaging that uses a 3-micron Omnipixel3-GS#global shutter pixel, enabling it to capture high-resolution video at 120 frames per second (FPS).
and commercial applications, including mobile phones, notebooks, tablets and webcams, digital still and video cameras, security and surveillance, entertainment devices, automotive and medical imaging systems.
and built a novel full-duplex transceiver architecture, which combines electrical balance isolation and active radio frequency cancellation.
Optimum single antenna full duplex using hybrid junctions by Leo Laughlin, Mark A. Beach, Kevin A. Morris and John L. Haine in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas
They do this with an electrochemical sensor, consisting of metal surfaces that react to the oxygen content in blood.
The sensor is applied on an umbilical catheter; and a chemical reaction is produced via electrical pulses generated by an electronic unit.
Air and Upper atmosphere Researchers from Arizona State university School of Earth and Space exploration have combined their sensors,
The entrepreneur exemplifies that he can"integrate"in the sheets or bedspreads a card with sensors capable of measuring sleep cycles."
The project also developed a prototype transceiver to generate FBMC (Filter Bank Multicarrier transmission) waveforms.
A home automation sensor, for example, may periodically transmit state information with a low data requirement,
The Commissariat à lnergie Atomique in France is continuing development work on the FBMC transceiver and several consortium members are likely to commercialise the spectrum manager technology.
#Ultrafast Line Scan Sensor from Fraunhofer Identifies Faulty Safety Features in Banknotes In the first half 2014 alone,
For the development of a new sensor, the Austrian research institution has brought the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg on board.
This is because the sensors which are currently available have reached meanwhile their limits: their speed is often not enough to check quality in real-time during the production process.
Camera takes 200,000 color images per secondwith the 60-line sensor that the Duisburg experts have developed,
ur sensor is twice as fast as currently available solutions, while providing high-quality images in very high resolution, explains Werner Brockherde from the IMS.
The sensor detects the bills like a scanner does line by line when they come off the press.
the IMS researchers have integrated an individual readout chain on the chip for each pixel column.
Another special feature of the sensor is that the high number of lines makes it possible to detect objects from different perspectives. s a result, surface structures in 3d,
The special architecture of the sensor opens up room for further applications. Thanks to the large number of lines
where the sensor could identify shredded materials according to their color information, thereby facilitating separation. With the ability to analyze 3d surfaces,
Even at a speed of around 300 km h, the sensor could provide razor-sharp images with a resolution of up to 0. 4 mm and,
which are equipped with such a sensor and which orbit the Earth at a speed of 26,000 kilometers per hour, could take color photographs of the earth surface with a resolution of 3 centimeters.
The market launch of the new sensor which is at the heart of the AIT test camera is scheduled for the end of 2015.
#Planetiq Commences Testing of"Pyxis"Satellite Weather Sensor Technology"Weather has an immense human and societal impact and affects businesses on a daily if not hourly basis,
Pyxis is the only GPS-RO sensor in such a small package that is powerful enough to routinely probe down into the lowest layers of the atmosphere where severe weather occurs.
or more than 10 times the amount of data available from GPS-RO sensors currently on orbit.
The Pyxis sensor development team is based in Boulder Colo.,, and led by Planetiq Founder Chris Mccormick,
who was instrumental in designing the sensors on the U s.-Taiwan Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere,
and Climate (COSMIC), the world's first and only satellite constellation of proven GPS-RO sensors."
With the speed of innovation in sensor technology, space hardware and launch, the weather forecast will dramatically change for the better in the near future,
#Sensors Expo: Microchip Introduces Combined Analog and Digital Current Sensor Microchip Technology Inc.,a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions,
today announced from the Sensors Expo a combined analog and digital current sensor--the PAC1921.
This new device is the world's first high-side current sensor with both a digital output,
as well as a configurable analog output that can present power, current or voltage over the single output pin.
marketing vice president of Microchip's Analog and Interface Products Division.""The PAC1921 accomplishes this by combining a digital current sensor to maximize data and diagnostic reporting,
together with an analog current sensor to minimize data latency. c
#New Wireless Temperature and Vibration Sensor from Banner Engineering for Excellent Machine Monitoring Banner Engineering introduces its wireless vibration and temperature sensor.
Designed to effectively monitor machines for increases in vibration and temperature, the sensor measures RMS velocity in inches per second or millimeters per second, and temperature.
This enables the sensor to identify machine problems before they become too severe and cause additional damage or result in unplanned down time.
The sensor is optimized to work with 1-wire serial radio devices, such as Banner wireless Q45vt Node, the P6 Performance Node and the Multihop M-H6 radio.
Operators can easily set vibration thresholds based on the ISO 10816 standard. When a threshold has been exceeded
the wireless node can provide local indication, send the signal to a central location, and send the vibration
and temperature data to the gateway for collection and trending. anner wireless sensor provides continuous vibration
"The wireless vibration and temperature sensor is ideal for a variety of machine monitoring applications,
Manufactured with a robust zinc alloy housing, Banner wireless vibration and temperature sensor provides reliable performance in harsh environmental conditions.
The sensor also offers multiples mounting options, including hex screw, epoxy, thermal transfer tape or magnetic bracket mount,
#Intellinet Sensors Launches Lynx Breathing and Heartbeat Detection Systems with Intra-and Inter-Networking Capabilities Intellinet Sensors, Inc,
. a developer of multi-sensor breathing detectors, announced the launch of its Lynx5-A#,Lynx10-A#,Lynx10-B,
The advanced sensors are designed to detect the existence of live persons trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building.
Unmatched in the industry, the Lynx5 and Lynx10 are miniaturized complementary units of distributed sensors that enable detection of breathing in hard-to-access areas,
traditional solutions of seismic sensors are susceptible to environment noise, K-9s become inefficient in windy conditions,
and due to high positive and negative false readings, radar-based detectors lack the accuracy and effectiveness of Lynx family products.
"commented Dr. Fred Mohamadi, Founder and President of Intellinet Sensors.""The quick deployment and extended range detection capabilities enable the potential to save many more lives in a highly stressful and noisy environment,
a factor that traditional sensors are lacking. r
#Michell Instruments Introduces QMA601 Quartz crystal microbalance Moisture Analyzer with Lower Detection Limit QCM is established a well technology,
sensor and flow control devices keeps the analyzer stable independent of changes to the ambient conditions.
a detector made up of more than a million individual infrared pixels each less than 1/12th the thickness of a human hair.
The new detector, called uperhawk is able to capture better than HD-quality images in total darkness by detecting temperature differences as small as 1/50th of a degree.
you can fit more of them in a normal-sized detector, essentially meaning that you can obtain a sharper image for the same size, weight and,
MOVPE has allowed the development of 8-micron blur-free pixels in the new, production ready, Superhawk detector.
will use the new detector to reduce system size, weight and costs while achieving equivalent ranges,
#Fingerprint Sensor Ensures Dispensing of Medication to the Correct Patient Which is exactly the point.
the electronic prototype is equipped with a fingerprint sensor and circuitry to ensure that drugs are dispensed only to the prescribed patient at the prescribed intervals and in the prescribed dosage.
and is equipped with the same kind of fingerprint sensor used in some iphones. The sensor ensures that the medication is dispensed only to the correct patient;
a timer ensures that no dose is dispensed too soon. he device starts to work when the patient scans in his or her fingerprint.
the most challenging part of the whole project was etting the electronic circuit that powers the fingerprint detector to work right. he device can hold 60 tablets (a standard month dose) of Oxycontin,
Wireless Monitoring Sensor to Help Manage Heart failure Scott & White Memorial is one of six hospitals in Texas
The device is a sensor that is implanted in the pulmonary artery (PA) during a minimally invasive procedure.
The new system allows patients to transmit daily sensor readings from their homes to their health care providers allowing for personalized
#New MIT Power Converter Chip Harvests More than 80%of Energy Realizing that vision, however, will require extremely low-power sensors that can run for months without battery changes or, even better,
that can extract energy from the environment to recharge. Last week, at the Symposia on VLSI Technology And circuits, MIT researchers presented a new power converter chip that can harvest more than 80 percent of the energy trickling into it,
this new chip can do both, and it can power the device directly from the battery.
All of those operations also share a single inductor the chip main electrical component which saves on circuit board space
Nonetheless, the chip power consumption remains low. e still want to have battery-charging capability, and we still want to provide a regulated output voltage,
To control the current flow across their chip, El-Damak and her advisor, Anantha Chandrakasan,
whose regulation is the very purpose of the chip. Since that voltage is fixed, the variation in timing has to come from variation in capacitance.
El-Damak and Chandrakasan thus equip their chip with a bank of capacitors of different sizes.
who leads a power conversion development project as a fellow at the chip manufacturer Maxim Integrated. f youe only coming in with a small amount,
he adds. t really kind of a full system-on-a chip for power management. And that makes it a little more complicated, a little bit larger,
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