Sensors and Transducers

The processing of clean and safe drinking water and drinking water purification methods are an international issue. Estimates suggest that, if no further improvements are made to the availability of safe water sources, over 135 million people will die from potentially preventable diseases by 2020. Even within the UK, water …

MTS Systems Corporation has announced that SIMTON CO., COPRE LTDA and JD DVORAKwill support MTS Test & Simulation businesses in Thailand, Central America and Eastern Europe, respectively. Thailand SIMTON CO., Ltd. provides testing solutions to contract test labs, universities, and commercial businesses in the automotive, polymer & petrol chemicals, infrastructure …

To investigate the vastly unexplored oceans covering most our planet, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that send data to the surface — an underwater “internet of things.” But how to supply constant power to scores of sensors designed to stay for long durations in the …

Conventionally, bioinstrumentation circuits for health care and medical use have consisted of hard electronic devices, such as silicon transistors. However, when soft biological tissues, such as skin, come into contact with hard electronic devices, they tend to become inflamed. Therefore, monitoring of biosignals in everyday life over a long period …

Researchers at Binghamton University have found a way to improve the performance of tiny sensors that could have wide-reaching implications for electronic devices we use every day. The study finds a more reliable way to use actuators that control MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), which are microscopic devices with moving parts that …

RS Components (RS) has garnered the ‘Best High Service Distributor’ from Omron Electronic Components Europe, a subsidiary of Omron Corporation, recognised worldwide as a leader of high quality, high technology electrical and electronic control equipment and component products, including the very latest in sensor technology. Omron’s portfolio available from RS …

On the 1 August 2019, Thorsten Wanner will be taking over the operational management of SensoPart from his father Dr Theodor Wanner, who founded the sensor company 25 years ago. His background provides a solid foundation: Thorsten Wanner studied electrical engineering at the Karlsruhe University (today Karlsruhe Institute of Technology …

Nanusens is a finalist in four categories in this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards – Design Team of the Year, New Product (Electronic) of the Year, Small Company of the Year and Start Up of the Year. Dr Josep Montanyà, Nanusens CEO, said, “We are delighted to have achieved such great …

The recent massive southern California earthquakes shut down Ridgecrest Regional Hospital throughout the 4 July holiday weekend while the tiny town of Ridgecrest assessed the damages. A new optical sensor developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could speed up the time it takes to evaluate whether critical buildings …

Black carbon, commonly known as soot, is a significant contributor to global warming and is strongly linked to adverse health outcomes. Produced by the incomplete combustion of fuels – emitted from large trucks, trains, and marine vessels – it is an air pollutant of particular concern to residents in urban …