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 My students and I equipped street trees with sensors in and around the trunk in Los angeles to monitor growth
and sensors covered in Martian dust. So, perhaps in the not too distant future, Mars rovers will shake their circuits in a similar way to a dog emerging from a pond.
 Richard's invention may not be a remarkable technological breakthrough oe flashing motion sensor lights could probably do the trick-but the fact that it costs hardly anything
including hi-tech medical sensors that could, it was claimed, help extend the lives of the 97%of the Yemeni population who never make it past the age of 65.
For years, he had been using airborne laser sensors known as Lidar (Light Detection And Ranging) to map
All shoot thousands of pulses of laser light and then use sensors to detect any reflections.
but having enough research-grade sensors that cover hundreds of miles of fault lines would cost them millions and millions of dollars.
and sensors were sent to New zealand following the earthquake in September 2010 to learn more about the occurrence of"aftershocks  oe which are almost as dangerous as the main event itself.
The sensors were developed by Elizabeth Cochran of the US Geological Survey and Jesse Lawrence of Stanford university an currently cost between $60 and $200 per sensor, a fraction of the cost of professional seismometers
"With many more cheap sensors, instead of guessing where strong motions were felt by interpolating between research sensors,
because we have (QCN) sensors there. Â And soon there could be an army of mobile"quake-catchers Â, according to QCN's Carl Christensen.
By summer 2012 QCN expects to release an app that turns your Android smartphone into a pocket-sized earthquake sensor.
000 sensor-equipped phones to places where a fault-line has slipped just. Some of the hardware being adopted in other citizen science projects also hail from unexpected origins.
and when they communicate with air pollution sensors or a microphone about noise level, for instance, you have stamped a time observation from an instrument.
the machinery sowing this new revolution includes supercomputers, molecular biology and arrays of sensors. Here, BBC Future profiles four areas of research to discover how close they are to feeding the coming nine billion.
They do it by bringing electronic tools into their crop rows-global positioning systems, infrared devices that measure soil's electrical conductivity and light and sound sensors.
researchers will be intent on harnessing knowledge of host sensors to advance plant and animal health, said Ronald,
That heartbeat sensor is just one example of the wild smart phone casings Apple is working on oeicharge:
An ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of your screen to fit your surroundings oeifluxcapacitor:
uses heat sensors to detect a fire, then automatically relays the information to a forest station through mobile phone technology. oethe heat sensors are programmed to detect temperatures which are over 45 degrees Celsius,
said the soft-spoken inventor. oetemperature from the sun does not go beyond this level in terms of heating
Katana altered sensor levels to detect body temperate and then touched the sensor with his finger.
That immediately triggered a call to his mobile phone. oethis is how the system is expected to work,
Science will create real-time reactive sensors in our bodies that can read everything from the fluctuation of brainwaves, to micro changes in heartbeats, to gastro-digestive processes, to variations of skin perspiration rates.
The sensors will need to interface with an equally nuanced supply chain to meet the needs of this next generation, hyper-individualized consumer.
SD UHS-i slot Siri Compatible Motion Sensor ISO range from 100 to 3200 (extendable up to 6400 equivalent) Full HD at 60fps 10.1-megapixel sensor
Smart Dust Programmers In it s simplest form, smart dust consists of a sensor combined with a wireless transmitter and some kind of power source.
Early visions of smart dust technology Smart Dust In the 1990s, Kris Pister, a researcher at UC Berkley dreamed up the idea of sprinkling the Earth with countless tiny sensors, no larger than grains
The sensors, which already have been developed, will be spread over a 6-square-mile area. That will be the largest smart dust deployment to date,
smart dust consists of a sensor combined with a wireless transmitter and some kind of power source.
Current moisture sensor Current state of smart dust technology Future smart dust sensors Future designs for smart dust will have them detecting everything from moisture content,
But contact lenses are also being developed that use embedded sensors and electronics to monitor disease and dispense drugs.
The language of plants will come into full view as we add additional sensors, probes, and other signaling technology.
all reduced to a series of sensors, processors and software, which surround the seeds in the disposable cartridge#All the user has to do is add batteries, light and water.
This means that bees and their stingers could become important to making better environmental sensors.
The new sensors are hypersensitive to explosives with the ability to detect even single molecules of the chemicals,
The sensors can provide experts with a fingerprint#of each explosive as well as the state of its breakdown.
But the sensors arent just useful for explosives#the researchers found that the coated nanotubes can also detect two pesticides that contain nitro-aromatic compounds.
This means the sensors can be useful not only to anyone from airport security officials to military troops,
but also could be useful environmental sensors. Its certainly an interesting use of venom especially after we recently saw that scorpion venom can be used to create pesticides.
Strano has filed for a patent on the sensor, and the team is still working out a compression system to ensure that any molecules in the air come into contact with the tubes
But the team is hopeful that the sensors could become a commercial product in the near future.
The device has a compression sensor that means it will only turn on if it is in a shoe and slightly compressed.
dark environment so the device has a second, ambient sensor which scans the surrounding area to ensure it is dark enough for the UV light to be activated.
By embedding sensors in flood prone areas, this technology could warn users based on what it s learned from past sounds,
You can paint chemical sensors on a surface and when they detect a pattern, they give off a smell#you could make a rich paint with all sorts of sensors that mimic things that you like,
#Meyerson said. So, how s IBM doing as a sooth sayer? Since I m still waiting for the jet packs we were promised decades ago, I m skeptical about technology predictions,
A Finnish company, Myontec, recently began marketing underwear embedded with electromyographic sensors that tell you how hard you re working your quadriceps, hamstring and gluteus muscles.
according to Arto Pesola, who is working on an advanced version of the sensors, is that when you see data telling you just how inert you really are,
Researchers at the University of Michigan International Center for Automotive Medicine have created the predictive models by cross-referencing the crash data provided by sensors on cars, like speed and location of impact, with 3-D
Algorithms crunch the raw data from the sensor and tell you how to adjust your body to achieve ergonomic correctness.
The cart uses Microsoft s Kinect motion-sensor technology to track and follow you through the store,
and Tufts are working on a superthin tooth sensor (a kind of temporary tattoo) that sends an alert
The sensor may have wide-ranging use: the researchers have used already it to identify bacteria in saliva associated with stomach ulcers and cancers.
While the sensor won t last long on the surface of a well-brushed and flossed tooth, Michael Mcalpine,
the project s leader, says that the sensors will be inexpensive enough that you can replace them daily. 24.
Sleep Mining Wearing a small sensor on your head, at home, while you sleep, could be the key to diagnosing diseases early
using wireless soil sensors and G. P. S.-enabled equipment to determine which spots need the most attention.
The home landscaping company Toro already has a line of consumer-grade moisture sensors that turn on the sprinkler system
inexpensive sensors that you scatter across your lawn by the dozens and that will track everything from bug infestations to mineral deficiencies.
but its sensors allow it to mimic the reaction of a live animal whether you give it a nervous scratch or a slow, calm rub.
But for now, users of the robo-bunny need to be wired up to biometric sensors for the rabbit to sense the user s emotional state
You can t seriously expect kids to be wired up with sensors while they re using this,
Developed by graduate student Anna Flagg, the sensor#right now just a square blob a few inches long,
There s no way the sensor will be able to learn a pattern here, #she said. The seven volunteers recruited to scratch
and pet the fur sensor all had their own ways of interacting with the blob,
#Integrating the fur sensor into the robot is a first step.##ore tests are planned#Maclean is planning a study at the children s hospital in Vancouver to see
#Edible silk sensors let you know if your food is spoiled Sensors pick up the change when a fruit ripens or rots.
have taken you ever a big gulp of milk only to find out then that the milk is sour.?
Scientists at Tufts University have engineered now the multitalented material into fully chewable food sensors. Pasted onto eggs,
People are always looking forward to some kind of sensor that s easy to use and gives you information about spoilage.#
#The flexible sensors are made of gold antennae embedded in a purified silk film support (that Tao and his collaborators first prototyped in 2010.
The whole sensor is flexible, and can curve according to the shape of the fruit it s being stuck on.
The silk film doubles up as the sensor s glue, turning sticky when exposed to water.
The sensor is pasted then directly onto the food that needs tracking, eliminating the need for an additional glue to keep it clinging on.
tested the sensors on bananas, eggs, apples, cheese, and milk, and published the results in Advanced Materials.
Tao s gold sensors pick up on that change, and emit a different electromagnetic signal when monitored with a reader.
We can tailor our sensor to be extremely sensitive to the change of the dielectric property,
Sensors for bananas, for example, are slightly bigger than sensors for milk. The working principles behind the sensors are based on existing RFID techthe difference here is that the sensors aren t hard electronics
they re flexible, edible stickers. In August last year, Tao was part of a collaboration, headed up by John Rogers at the University of Illinois,
but a silk-based approach like those employed on food sensors could also work, says Tao.
The Silent Herdsman collar will track the movements of the cow using the same type of sensors found in Wii devices.
Researchers also hope to determine which movements the sensor will pick up to determine when cows are in heat The collar is being developed by researchers from the University of Strathclyde, Morrisons, Scottish Agricultural College, Harbro, Well Cow, National Milk Records (NMR) and Embedded Technology Solutions.
and flexible data-capture sensors built-in. The fashion options here will be incredible. 3.)Self-moving Fabrics It will no longer be good enough for smart fabrics to merely collect
There s also a whole raft of new sensors including an onboard magnetometer so that it can always tell where the pilot is in relation to its flight path,
and a new air pressure sensor that allows it to be more stable when hovering. That said, these drones have very short battery life (10 min max),
Smart Dustin its simplest form, smart dust consists of a sensor combined with a wireless transmitter and some kind of power source.
But contact lenses are also being developed that use embedded sensors and electronics to monitor disease and dispense drugs.
or via tiny sensors built into their eyewear, clothes, watch, ring or bracelet. Full immersion video gaming is a hit pastime.
recording their maneuvers in his car s sensor logs, analyzing traffic flow, and flagging any problems for future review.
and sensors were ready for us.##Almost from the beginning, the field divided into two rival camps:
They needed sensors to guide them, computers to steer them, digital maps to follow. In the nineteen-eighties, a German engineer named Ernst Dickmanns, at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, equipped a Mercedes van with video cameras and processors,
#oethe sensors weren t there, the computers weren t there, and the mapping wasn t there.
Both teams used similar sensors and software, but Thrun and Montemerlo concentrated more heavily on machine learning.#
and other sensors to determine its location in the world. On the dashboard right in front of the windshield, is a low-profile heads-up display. manual,
A small Photo Voltaic solar panel provides power for the micro controller, sensors, various valves, etc.
and MIT has a cherry tomato garden that is managed by a small crew of robots equipped with vision sensors.
and simply adding elements like cameras, lights, audio, sensors, video projectors, or even a robotic arm can increase the utility of a drone exponentially.
and CO2 sensing Trait assessment for breeding Wireless data collection from ground sensors Plant status tracking Crop status (growing stage, yield estimates, etc.)
In addition to the obvious skills of aviation and agriculture, they need people skilled in wireless communications, image sensors
Underneath the terminal s blacktop, a grid of 19,000 sensors help guide driverless robot trucks#GVS,
the heat plume coming out of the back of the rocket produces a distinct heat signature instantly detectable by satellites tens of thousands of miles away with infrared sensors.
I can only assume today s technology is hundreds of times more precise than anything we were working with back then. 2007 NASA image of forest fires in California The above photo was infrared taken with thermal imaging sensors on NASA s Ikhana unmanned research
They recently purchased a state of the art airborne mapping system that included a Lidar (Light Imaging Detection and Ranging) system with integrated thermal sensors and high-resolution cameras.
Onboard thermal sensors record infrared measurements capable of showing heat loss in buildings and monitoring pipelines.
or other sensors and sent into earthquake areas or fires or where there were environmental issues that humans really shouldn t be exposed to.
That s important for the battery and other electronics and sensors. Once the robot can stay aloft on its own,
and appliances with sensors, but what has not been marketed enough is the real business value that thesethings create.
Sensors report on conditions such as temperature, humidity, moisture, motion, velocity, activity, sound, and much more.
Sensors also can report on the health and conditions of machinery and measure things like pressure,
By now we have heard all about GE s smart jet engines that transmit over one terabyte of sensor data per flight.
Some cities are embedding sensors in parking lots so that commuters with an app on their phone can be notified of where an available parking space is,
These smart cities are utilizing sensors to save money and optimize processes in many ways.
AGRICULTURE AND MORE I have seen even a startup that utilizes sensors to monitor the health
analyses will increasing be made in real-time through sensor networks that pull data over an extended period of time from our skin, organs,
Sensors, Food, Automation and Engineering. Sensors help agriculture by enabling real-time traceability and diagnosis of crop, livestock and farm machine states.
Food may benefit directly from genetic tailoring and potentially from producing meat directly in a lab. Automation will help agriculture via large-scale robotic
Sensors Air & soil sensors: Fundamental additions to the automated farm, these sensors would enable a real time understanding of current farm, forest or body of water conditions.
Scientifically viable in 2013; mainstream and financially viable in 2015. Equipment telematics: Allows mechanical devices such as tractors to warn mechanics that a failure is likely to occur soon.
Crop sensors: Instead of prescribing field fertilization before application, high-resolution crop sensors inform application equipment of correct amounts needed.
Optical sensors or drones are able to identify crop health across the field (for example, by using infrared light).
Scientifically viable in 2015; mainstream in 2018; and financially viable in 2019. Infrastructural health sensors:
Can be used for monitoring vibrations and material conditions in buildings, bridges, factories, farms and other infrastructure.
Coupled with an intelligent network, such sensors could feed crucial information back to maintenance crews or robots.
With satellite imagery and advanced sensors, farmers can optimize returns on inputs while preserving resources at ever larger scales.
Further understanding of crop variability, geolocated weather data and precise sensors should allow improved automated decision-making and complementary planting techniques.
The hypothetical combination of dozens or hundreds of agricultural robots with thousands of microscopic sensors,
sensors and other technology controlled by a pilot on the ground. The sticker shock may be steep
they need to be retrofitted with additional devices to collect more information such as thermal sensors to identify early signs of plant stress that can later be parsed,
These sensors are not new, however, researchers say this color-changing tag would be much cheaper than previous devices
but these little sensors cost less than one cent per tag to make, according to researchers. The technology has been patented in China, according to the media release,
On the path to a trillion sensors Our Trillion-Sensor Future Industry experts are now projecting that we will reach 1 trillion sensors in the world by 2024,
Sensor Inventors, Designers, and Engineers 49. Data Stream Organizers 50. Failure Point Assessors 51. Data transmission Optimizers 52.
#Scientists attach tiny sensors to bees to study decline in colonies Honey bee with sensor.
Attach tiny sensors to 5, 000 honey bees, and follow where they fly. The sensors, each measuring 2. 5 millimeters by 2. 5 millimeters (0. 1 inch by 0. 1 inch),
contain radio frequency identification chips that broadcast each bee s location in real-time. The data is beamed to a server,
If the sensor-equipped bees transmit data indicating that they have changed their behavior, say, by flying a circuitous path to and from the beehive,
If the bee sensors indicate that s happening, scientists can immediately go to the bees location
So how do you attach a sensor to a bee? Put them in a refrigerator.
The cold induces a coma-like state long enough for the sensor to be attached to their backs with adhesive.
The sensors appear to have no impact on the bee s ability to fly and carry out its normal duties,
#Antarctic Mission to Feature Robot Subs & Seals with Sensors A team of British scientists is preparing for a mission to Antarctica an ambitious journey that will involve sensor-carrying seals seafaring robots
Fifteen seals with small sensors temporarily glued to their fur will help the scientists collect data
The sensors attached to the Antarctic seals will gather information on ocean temperature and salinity or salt content.
The sensors are designed to fall off when the seals molt their fur the scientists said. The observations may also help the researchers understand how changing Antarctic conditions are affecting seal populations in the region.
Assuming we can replicate the findings this is going to open up a whole new window on insect sensory systems.
and capture data from much larger areas than can ground sensors or field crews. In fact these instruments may measure the individual tree heights leaf area and leaf chemistry of 15 million trees in a single flyover.
The team will survey the graves at regular intervals over 18 months using ground-penetrating radar electrical conductivity probes and magnetic sensors.
and his colleagues placed light temperature and moisture sensors on spruce fir trees in the southern Appalachian forestsstretching from Virginia to the Great Smokey Mountains.
It gathers data from sensors placed throughout fields that measure the temperature and moisture levels in soil and surrounding air.
Acoustic sensors designed to detect cracks in bridges and buildings catch the ultrasonic pops. A piezoelectric pickup the same as an electric guitar pickup goes through an amplifier to an oscilloscope that measures the waveform of each pop.
The acoustic sensor is pricey but Duke university botanist Dan Johnson has funding from the National Science Foundation
One research team at Duke university plans to adapt acoustic sensor technology used for bridge cracks into a low-cost tree listener that could be ready as early as summer 2013.
Marmottant's team is also in early discussions to create a sensor. Alone his research team a group of physicists does not have a lot of biology experience.
Now using sensors deployed across the 31-mile-long (50-km-long) glacier the researchers have gauged the rate of glacial melt beneath the solid ice.
and his colleagues installed sensors inside holes drilled 1640 feet (500 m) through the solid ice at various points across the glacier.
or other sensors and can tell scientists a great deal about the animals'movements feeding habits and interactions with others while also offering a creature's-eye view of the world.
Increased battery life and flight duration greater payloads cheaper infrared sensors and affordable real-time transmission of imagery would all make a major difference.
They might consider a fisheries agent based on a coastal atoll who uses a tethered balloon carrying a radar sensor to detect all vessels that enter the community's no-take fishing sanctuary.
In the tropics in June the sun is low casting long shadows when the MODIS or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer sensors that fly aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites snap images
if sensors detect a relatively small amount of red light (red light is absorbed by plants for photosynthesis)
Without tree shadow the forest looks brighter and greener to the MODIS sensors. Around the equinox the MODIS sensor takes the'perfect picture'with no shadows Morton said.
This seasonal change in MODIS greenness has nothing to do with how forests are changing. After correcting for the shadowing effect the increase in greening during the dry season disappears.
In addition to its sapphire display Apple Watch's sensors will feature lenses made of sapphire the company announced this week.
These sensors are located on the backside of the watch and will reportedly use infrared and visible-light LEDS to detect the wearer's heart rate.
The pair constructed a vertical cylinder covered in a textured tape (necessary for friction) and placed several pressure sensor strips on the cylinder.
However the year before Varner had cached temperature sensors in the talus boulders. These sensors provided the first signs of hope.
I expected them to be little piles of melted plastic but they were still functional Varner said.
As part of a current CSIRO project we are fitting tiny micro-sensors to 5000 bees in Tasmania as part of a world-first research program to monitor their movements and their environment.
The sensors are tiny radio frequency identification sensors that work in a similar way to a vehicle s e-tag recording
The sensors are 2. 5mm x 2. 5mm in size and weigh about 5 milligrams each.
less is more as smaller sensors will interfere less with the flies'behaviour. Honeybees are perfect as a starting point for our research as they are social insects that return to the same point
Our sensor technology will be used in combination with our sterile insect technology (SIT) research where we are working with government
The next generation of sensors will generate power from insect movement store the energy in batteries being developed at CSIRO
The project uses rail-mounted sensors that crawl across the skin to read a tattoo that resembles a chunky barcode.
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</p><p>In fact the 400-million-year-old visual system of the mantis shrimp works more like a satellite sensor than any other animal eye said study researcher Justin Marshall a neurobiologist at the University of Queensland
By using remote sensors on the ground to measure the carbon emissions from two of the Southwest s largest coal-fired power plants the study published in May in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrated the strategy
One way to do this is) to collect remote sensing observations from sensors deployed on space-based platforms.
#Today sensors on the ground are more accurate at measuring greenhouse gases than satellites but the OCO-2 is expected to take the next technological leap in satellite-based greenhouse gas measurement technology he said.
But existing lasers and sensors cannot measure CO2 accurately enough to provide meaningful results, according to Fran §ois-Marie Brã on,
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