and challenging to make autonomous because most motors, pumps, batteries, sensors, and microcontrollers are rigid.
A wireless transmitter on the robot sends camera video and sensor data such as the unit's speed,
For its guidance system, the Trakür employs sensors that allow it to follow a 1 mm copper cable,
The rise of sensors: Information technology is at the heart of successful share models, and sensors are a critical part of that mix
because they allow us to track and know where physical things are --or will be given--at a moment in time.
-or solar-powered sensors that are distributed in a greenhouse or field. These sensors connect to backend servers that process the data collected,
and the information is displayed as requested by the customer. So, for example, a farmer could monitor conditions for his
These report blood glucose levels every 5 minutes, thanks to a small radio transmitter attached to a fine sensor wire that runs under the skin (the wire is replaced weekly, the transmitter every six months.
Sensor wires cost $99. We were no longer flying blind between finger checks. We could merge the data from the G4 with reams of nutrition data we had been collecting
But researchers are now working on more affordable, crowdsourced warning systems based on low-cost sensors and cellphone electronics.
extremely sensitive seismic sensors that detect energy waves, along with GPS sensors to detect permanent ground movement due to the motion of the geological fault that triggers the earthquake.
Battalgazi Yildirim, founder of Zizmos, based in Palo alto, Calif.,thinks he can get as goodr in some cases even betterarthquake data from a network of cheap sensor packages.
These are made up of microelectromechanical accelerometers attached to inexpensive off-the-shelf cellphone equipment that manages data gathering
and communication. he sensor packages used by the USGS cost about US $30, 000 each,
he says. ee putting out sensors that cost $100 each to build. The network should have virtually no installation or maintenance costs,
and a power outlet to host a sensor package, which is about the size of a deck of cards.
involving 268 sensors distributed in California. When a sensor detects a rumble, it will send information about the time of the event and the magnitude of the shaking to a cloud-based server;
algorithms will check reports from neighboring sensors to determine whether the vibration was localay, from a truck going byr felt elsewhere.
If the latter, the system will calculate a hypothetical epicenter for the earthquake, the original time of the event,
Why not tap into the GPS sensors in people phones and navigation systems, he says. GPS-equipped cellphones are ubiquitous in developing countries,
Both GPS sensors picked up the smallest motion. Next, the researchers performed simulations using data from a hypothetical magnitude-7 earthquake in northern California and from the real 2011 magnitude-9 earthquake that hit Tohoku-oki
energy to power sensors and electronics integrated into smart clothing. Smart fabrics, which incorporate different types of sensors into garments,
have been in development for decades. However, only in recent years have started we seeing the first consumer smart garments reaching the market,
including diverse types of knitted sensors and low energy communication devices o
#Molecular electronics Takes Large Stride Forward Molecular electronics has promised long a day when individual molecules would serve as the basic building blocks for electronics.
It links data from an implanted blood-sugar sensor to a computer, which then controls how a pump worn on the hip dribbles insulin under the skin through a pipette.
A slew of improvements in sensors, actuators, algorithms, and insulin are coming together to create the artificial pancreas.
and engineers. e used a Dexcom continuous glucose sensor, hooked through a cellphone with an algorithm and to a Roche pump, linked to it by a Bluetooth signal,
but with some help from a Dexcom glucose sensor that he applies to his upper arm,
now that improved coatings and other engineering details have allowed patients to keep their superthin electrochemical sensors under the skin for seven days. e had this one in for eight,
Pumps clog, algorithms misfire, sensors get walled off by scar tissue. Some of the recent technical advances are proprietary and still under wraps,
and Dexcom have developed biocompatible coatings as well as sensors with multiple electrochemical sites that can be polled to see which ones no longer work properly.
Glucose sensors typically show you where your blood sugar was 10 minutes ago, but because they also track changes over time,
Besides the sensor and the pump are the algorithms, the secret sauce that allows the artificial pancreas to analyze,
and avionics systemsalong with sensors that can analyze asteroids for the resources they contain. Such sensors include a mid-wave infrared imaging system capable of measuring temperature differences on observed objects
and obtaining data on the presence of water or water-rich minerals. The A6 is scheduled to launch sometime later this year Planetary Resources says it wants to pursue a est oftenphilosophy in building the A3r
and then another carbon nanotube sheath to create strain sensors and artificial muscles. In this setup, the buckled nanotube sheets act as electrodes
and have reported substantial savings from implementing measures as simple as installing motion-sensor lights in hallways and stairwells.
Weight sensors embedded within the handle let you know if your suitcase meets international travel guidelines.
#Cheaper Sensors Will Fuel The Age Of Smart Everything For better or worse, we are about the enter the age of smart everything.
the fact is that sensors, the tiny devices that fuel the Internet of things are getting smaller and cheaper all the time.
The Internet of things in actuality involves a network of smart sensors collecting data. As the sensors grow ever cheaper,
and the network grows ever larger, the more data we can collect to make ever more intelligent decisions (at least in theory).
On The Edge Of A major Shift Nils Herzberg, global co-lead for Iot at SAP says the beauty of sensors that they bring real-time data to applications. ustomers run applications for business critical processes,
He says when sensors provide real-time information, customers can make better decisions, rather than using guess work.
and cost of sensor technologies, says James Bailey, managing director of the mobility practice at Accenture. ur perspective is that cost of both the sensors
and devices is approaching free and the size is approaching invisible. Our perspective is literally everything will have IOT technology at some point,
What he means that the same sensor data may used differently, depending on the industry. t driven by the business case,
Sensors can feed a company data to make highly inefficient processes much more efficient, but SAP Herzberg says the proliferation of that data has become so massive that companies are overwhelmed
That evolution takes a certain critical mass of sensors in the network and software that can begin to make better use of the data the sensors are collecting.
For now he says SAP is one of a number of companies including IBM, Microsoft and countless startups working on making better predictions.
once you have been able to collect the data from a sensors, you can begin to build increasingly complex sets of predictions. ou can start modeling
Sensors could let the system know a ship hadn docked yet and communicate this to truckers before they drive into the port area.
Moving To Smart Everything Sensors are not just the domain of industry though. Our phones are full of sensors from the GPS to the accelerometer to the compass,
all of them feeding data to apps and to the cloud. So is that Apple Watch,
I wrote last week about a new Volvo that uses sensors to detect black ice
There are companies using sensors to track shipments; to warn when perishables in warehouses might be going bad;
These sensors will add information to an ever-growing network of connected devices producing mountains of data.
Tests designed with Researchkit use the iphone sensors to record data. The touch screen can feel people tapping in rhythm to detect inconsistencies that may signal a disease.
along with granular on-the-ground signals such as bed sensors and emergency call button data, to external factors gleaned by scraping public data such as weather info, disease seasonality and even local events
#Automatic Launches Its SDK, Turning The Car Into An App Platform Automatic, a startup whose sensor-and-software combo has been described as itbit for your car,
which has been updated to accommodate streaming real-time data from a car computer and sensors to apps running on your phone.
The accessories in question range from sensors, to lights, to thermostats, to smart outlets and come from a group of accessory-makers with a trusted reputation in the connected home industry.
The Elgato Eve is a set of connected wireless sensors that monitor key factors like indoor air quality, temperature, humidity as well as conditions outside, like temperature, humidity and air pressure.
Four sensors are included in the box, including Room for indoor monitoring, Weather for outdoor stats,
Pre-order for the Even sensors kicks off today, at Walmart. com and Amazon and youl be able to pick them up from the Apple Store starting in July
Sensors are sold individually at $79. 99 for Eve Room, $49. 95 for Eve Weather, $49. 95 for Eve Energy and $39. 95 for Eve Door & Window,
Remote sensors help it monitor temperature in multiple rooms at the same time, letting you save energy and maximize comfort in every area.
with additional remote sensors available as add-on purchases for $79 per pair. The Caséta Smart Bridge is a wireless lighting hub that makes up a core part of the Caséta Wireless Lighting Starter Kit from the company.
#Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street view Cars To Map Air pollution If a city knows what intersections are full of smog,
-and-a-half to attach air-quality sensors to its Street view cars. e designed our cities without data,
Independent scientific analysis confirmed that the mobile sensor system worked for collecting street-by-street data
and could improve upon the regional network of sensors operated by the Environmental protection agency. Herzl says e hope that one day this information is as accessible as the weather.
Google has agreed now to purchase more of Aclima outdoor sensors for a bigger rollout to map air quality.
and builds its own sensors, manages the network as they collect data, processes the data on its cloud backend,
The first project it announced was using indoor sensors to help Google measure air quality in its offices to optimize productivity.
The Google partnership will allow it to rapidly scale the deployment of its sensors. This way, Aclima can pursue its mission to make a business out of improving human health through environmental protection.
Herzl concludes that Aclima sensors are producing social good out of the Internet of things, which is thought often of as just equipping homes with Wi-fi-connected appliances.
a sensor that goes on the front of the gun and captures data on the weapon use.
camera, infrared depth sensors, projector, touch-sensitive whiteboard, and a conventional printer and scanner. Youe encouraged to hook it up to a 3-D printer,
and meant to last for more than five years contain a Wi-fi chip and sensors for audio detection and voltage monitoring.
He s also thinking about adding other sensors such as an accelerometer or thermometer to the battery o
One of Magic Leap patents covers the use of motion sensors and eye-tracking cameras on a wearable display to figure out at what depth a person eyes are focused.
Another of Magic Leap patent filings says that cameras, infrared sensors, and ultrasonic sensors could be used to sense the environment around a person,
and to recognize gestures. Depth-sensing cameras are now relatively cheap and compact (see ntel Says Tablets
The Biom T2 uses a battery to power a system of microprocessors sensors springs and actuators;
The iphone Touch ID fingerprint sensor already used to unlock the phone, recognizes it really you.
and one can envision how the extension of these concepts might lead to better sensors for advanced active safety and driverless car systems.
Sensors monitor the wearer s motion and battery-powered motors move cables to pull up on the heel
and novel soft sensors made of silicone rubber are integrated into the suit. The sensors developed at another lab at Harvard include embedded channels filled with a conductive liquid that changes in resistivity as the silicone is stretched.
To make the device even more efficient Walsh is studying human biomechanics and testing people s energy consumption as they use it.
and Tablets with 3-D Vision Are Coming Soon Laptops with 3-D sensors in place of conventional webcams will go on sale before the end of this year according to chip maker Intel
And tablets with 3-D sensors will hit the market in 2015 the company said at its annual developers conference in San francisco on Wednesday.
It has developed two different types of depth sensor. One is designed for use in place of a front-facing webcam to sense human movement such as gestures.
Both sensors allow a device to capture the color and 3-D shape of a scene making it possible for a computer to recognize gestures
In the next few weeks the chip maker will release free software that any software developer can use to build apps for the sensors.
Another demonstration showed how a 3-D sensor could measure the dimensions of a sofa in a store
Bhowmik also showed how data from a tablet s 3-D sensor can be used to build very accurate augmented reality games where a virtual character viewed on a device s screen integrates into the real environment.
Intel also showed how the front-facing 3-D sensors can be used to recognize gestures to play games on a laptop
Those demonstrations were reminiscent of Microsoft s Kinect sensor for its Xbox gaming console which introduced gamers to depth sensing
Some of Intel s demos were rough around the edges suggesting that their compact sensors are less accurate than the larger ones of Microsoft.
Intel s two sensors work in slightly different ways. The front sensor calculates the position of objects by observing how they distort an invisible pattern of infrared light by a tiny projector in the sensor.
The rear sensor scans a scene using twin cameras that gauge depth with stereovision combined with an infrared camera to help fine-tune the results.
Intel s new sensors are roughly the same size as the camera components used in existing devices says Bhowmik.
The rear sensor in particular is compact enough to fit in very slim devices. On Monday Dell announced that the sensors will appear later this year in its Venue 8 7000 tablet which is only six millimeters thick thinner than any other tablet on the market t
#A Super-Strong and Lightweight New Material A new type of material made up of nanoscale struts crisscrossed like the struts of a tiny Eiffel Tower is one of the strongest and lightest substances ever made.
If researchers can figure out how to make the stuff in large quantities it could be used as a structural material for making planes and trucks as well as in battery electrodes.
because image sensors are designed for the ridges and valleys of adult fingertips. The Michigan State university researchers developed software that makes it feasible to accurately match fingerprints of children under five with off-the-shelf equipment.
and the sensors are small and work quickly. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded the research specifically for recording vaccinations
The Michigan State university researchers needed to process images taken from fingerprint sensors using software to compensate for the small size of the children s fingerprints as well as their sometimes wet and oily skin.
Nearly 70 million of mcube sensors have already been shipped to electronics manufacturers in China for use in smartphones.
Embedding motion sensors in clothing, mcube long-term goal, would require better ways of powering the devices
But several experimental options for energy harvesting or wireless charging might eventually make that possible (see Batteryless Sensor Chip for the Internet of Thingsand obile Gadgets That Connect to Wi-fi without a Battery w
and are used in some wireless sensors but they have been too expensive to use elsewhere. Applied materials one of the world s biggest equipment suppliers for the semiconductor and display industries says it can make these batteries much cheaper.
and machine learning techniques let a regular smartphone camera act as a depth sensor. Just about everybody carries a camera nowadays by virtue of owning a cell phone,
The light would bounce off the nearby object and return to the sensor with a corresponding intensity.
and markers that can be picked up by optical sensors providing a useful but indirect indication of the molecules that are present.
Battery-free devices that can communicate could make it much cheaper and easier to widely deploy sensors inside homes to take control of heating and other services.
and battery-free sensors behind couches and cabinets could provide the detailed data needed to make such thermostats more effective. ou could throw these things wherever you want
a paper he coauthored with researchers at Duke university medical school indicated that the company earbud sensor was able to accurately estimate total energy expenditure
Because of its scratch-proof properties, it has long been used for making LEDS, sensors on missiles,
Mobile technologies, sensors, genome sequencing, and advances in analytic software now make it possible to capture vast amounts of information about our individual makeup and the environment around us.
and other sensors to assess the behavior of people with mental illnesses such as depression. Are they calling loved ones,
and environmental sensors. The company approach is meant to make the batteries safe for on-body applications,
the batteries can deliver enough current for low-power wireless communications sensors, distinguishing them from other types of thin batteries.
The company also recently began working on a project funded by the U s. military to make batteries for sensors that would monitor the health status of soldiers.
Other potential applications include powering smart labels with sensors for tracking food and packages n
That allows the data from each sensor to be compared and combined to produce a far more precise estimate of orientation than a single measurement alone.
In addition the 3dtouch has an optical flow sensor that measures the movement of the device against a two-dimensional surface exactly like that inside an ordinary mouse.
which combines the data from all the sensors. The fused data is streamed then to a conventional laptop.
And they say they know what modifications could easily improve it such as a more reliable optical sensor.
A Wearable 3d Input device With An Optical Sensor And A 9-DOF Inertial Measurement Uni U
I had sat down in front of a Kinect 3-D sensor and been turned briefly to the left and right.
provided by motion sensors and a watching camera. However, the kind of motion sensors used by virtual reality headset like the Oculus Rift could provide enough information.
Tashev system is a new twist on an old idea. It has long been known that the unique shape
Peloton system consists of radar sensors, a wireless communications system, and computers connected to each truck central computer.
or whether crash sensors on the bumpers have been triggered, potentially allowing ads pegged to incidents on the road. t could be had you just a little fender bender,
New sensors and software allow these machines to predict collisions and avoid them as humans go about their work.
Sensors can ultimately help bring about semi-autonomous or fully autonomous cars (see ata Show Google Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than You or I. Henry Tirri,
the amount of data vehicles produce. he car is already probably the densest sensor hub that an individual owns right now,
Six sensors were fitted then to the foot sole of a lightweight prosthesis and linked to so-called stimulators inside the shaft where the stump sits."
the small sensor devices send signals to the brain.""In a healthy foot, skin receptors carry out this function
"The sensors tell the brain there is a foot and the wearer has the impression that it rolls off the ground when he walks.
Six sensors were fitted then to the foot sole of a lightweight prosthesis, and linked to so-called stimulators inside the shaft where the stump sits."
the small sensor devices send signals to the brain.""In a healthy foot, skin receptors carry out this function
"The sensors tell the brain there is a foot and the wearer has the impression that it rolls off the ground when he walks.
#New sensor to detect cancer, HIV, hepatitis Researchers have developed a highly sensitive nanomechanical sensor that can detect cancerous tumours as well as viral disease markers for HIV,
hepatitis and herpes. Researchers from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) developed the ultracompact nanomechanical sensor for analysing the chemical composition of substances and detecting biological objects.
The sensor can detect viral disease markers, which appear when the immune system responds to incurable
or hard-to-cure diseases, including HIV, hepatitis, herpes, and many others. The sensor will also enable doctors to identify tumour markers,
whose presence in the body signals the emergence and growth of cancerous tumours. The highly sensitive sensor will allow for diagnosing diseases long before they can be detected by any other method,
which will pave the way for a new-generation of diagnostics, researchers said. Calculations done by the researchers,
Dmitry Fedyanin and Yury Stebunov, showed that the new sensor will combine high sensitivity with a comparative ease of production
One chip, several millimetres in size, will be able to accommodate several thousand such sensors, configured to detect different particles or molecules,
"So our goal was not only to achieve the high sensitivity of the sensor and make it compact,
#New sensor to detect cancer, HIV Researchers have developed a highly sensitive nanomechanical sensor that can detect cancerous tumours as well as viral disease markers for HIV,
hepatitis and herpes. Researchers from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) developed the ultracompact nanomechanical sensor for analysing the chemical composition of substances and detecting biological objects.
The sensor can detect viral disease markers, which appear when the immune system responds to incurable
or hard-to-cure diseases, including HIV, hepatitis, herpes, and many others. The sensor will also enable doctors to identify tumour markers,
whose presence in the body signals the emergence and growth of cancerous tumours. The highly sensitive sensor will allow for diagnosing diseases long before they can be detected by any other method
which will pave the way for a new-generation of diagnostics, researchers said. Calculations done by the researchers,
Dmitry Fedyanin and Yury Stebunov, showed that the new sensor will combine high sensitivity with a comparative ease of production
One chip, several millimetres in size, will be able to accommodate several thousand such sensors, configured to detect different particles or molecules,
"So our goal was not only to achieve the high sensitivity of the sensor and make it compact,
Researchers have developed a highly sensitive nanomechanical sensor that can detect cancerous tumours as well as viral disease markers for HIV,
hepatitis and herpes. Researchers from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) developed the ultracompact nanomechanical sensor for analysing the chemical composition of substances and detecting biological objects.
The sensor can detect viral disease markers, which appear when the immune system responds to incurable
The sensor will also enable doctors to identify tumour markers, whose presence in the body signals the emergence and growth of cancerous tumours.
The highly sensitive sensor will allow for diagnosing diseases long before they can be detected by any other method
Dmitry Fedyanin and Yury Stebunov, showed that the new sensor will combine high sensitivity with a comparative ease of production
One chip, several millimetres in size, will be able to accommodate several thousand such sensors, configured to detect different particles or molecules,
"So our goal was not only to achieve the high sensitivity of the sensor and make it compact,
a sensor that automatically sorts the mosquitoes from the other bugs and chemicals that can preserve the mosquitoes for lab study.
a sensor that automatically sorts the mosquitoes from the other bugs and chemicals that can preserve the mosquitoes for lab study.
The electroencephalography (EEG) brainwave reading headset has one small sensor that rests on a user's forehead
These sensors measure electrical activity in the brain. In the case of this experimental app, a user can select either`concentration'or`meditation'as the brain control mechanism.
the team has used this technique to create the first transparent and flexible touch-sensor that could enable the development of artificial skin for use in robot manufacturing."
#New sensor chip to detect prostate cancer early Researchers have developed a smart sensor chip that can detect prostate cancer more accurately
The sensor chip, able to pick up on subtle differences in glycoprotein molecules, will help improve the process of early stage prostate cancer diagnosis,
The team of chemical engineers and chemists at the University of Birmingham, created a sensor chip with synthetic receptors along a 2d surface to identify specific
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