Sensors
Wireless load sensor aids helicopter in extracting trees
Helping a helicopter services company to pluck trees from forests where there is no access by tractor, the innovative wireless load sensing and monitoring technology from Sensor Technology plays a key role. Based in Oxford, Heli-Lift Services provides a helicopter-based extraction service in forests where the ground is wet or boggy, or in environmentally sensitive expanses and areas of special interest, ensuring minimal disruption to the env...
What is the driving force in the automotive sensors market?
Sensors are crucial components of automotive electronic control systems, as modern automobiles rely on electronic systems to meet emission and safety standards. Sensors are the devices that convert physical quantities such as acceleration, temperature, speed, or pressure into electrical signals that serve as inputs for control systems. Author: Bhagyashree Pagar, Research Analyst, MarketsAndMarkets
Ultrasonic sensor mounting kits offer EHEDG certification
The availability of the EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group) certified hygienic mounting kit for PiL’s P53 'Steel Head' ultrasonic sensors has been announced by Hoffmann-Krippner. This new, off the shelf, hygienic sensor solution has been designed for the food and beverage sector and chemical and pharmaceutical industries – suitable for any manufacturing/assembly/bottling/packaging system that requires a clean a...
Pressure sensor suitable for medical and automotive applications
Sensing solutions provider, MEMSIC, has announced the launch of its MDP200 Bi-Directional Differential Pressure Sensor for CPAP, breath detection, room pressure, damper control, flow hood, fume hood, filter monitoring and other applications where ultra-low differential pressure performance is required. Currently sampling, this pressure sensor will be shipping in commercial quantities by the end of this year.
3D platform enhances forensic scene reconstruction
Provider of 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, construction BIM/CIM, product design, public safety forensics, and 3D solutions applications, FARO, has announced the availability of the FARO Zone 3D software. The company claims that this platform, through its advanced smart tools, is the first of its kind to enable investigators to move fluidly between 2D and 3D environments and enhance the quality of incident reconstructi...
Hybrid silicone-fabric sensor moves with the human body
A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard University has created a highly sensitive soft capacitive sensor made of silicone and fabric that moves and flexes with the human body to unobtrusively and accurately detect movement.
Tech gets into the swing of things and drives golf forward
Next week the world’s best golfers will descend on Royal Birkdale, near Liverpool, for The Open - one of the four majors in the sport’s calendar and the only one held outside the US. As it’s a sport dominated by statistics and numbers, golf is ideally placed to take advantage of recent developments in technology and data management such as the abundance of cheap, low energy sensors; the ubiquity of powerful mobile devices; ...
Liquid sensor provides corrosion resistance for harsh environments
The Liquid Level Sensor is available in lengths up to 2m long and is designed for environments where monitoring of a variety of liquid types is required. The sensor uses solid-state capacitive technology to sense the level of the liquid, with no moving parts, floats or other mechanical linkages to provide excellent long term reliability.
Littelfuse acquires U.S. Sensor
It has been announced that Littelfuse has acquired the assets of U.S. Sensor. Headquartered in Orange, California, U.S. Sensor is a manufacturer of thermistors and probe assemblies used in the most demanding temperature sensing applications. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Deepak Nayar, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Electronics Business Unit, said: “U.S. Sensor expands our existing sensor portfolio i...
SMK and Peratech collaborate on force sensitive remote controls
Peratech and SMK Electronics has announced their collaboration to incorporate Peratech’s pioneering and Quantum Tunnelling Composites (QTC) technology in SMK’s remote control products, consumer products and automotive modules.