Archive for the ‘Sensors’ Category
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
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Animal research continues to be a controversial topic in medical research. In Germany ...
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
Anyone who has ever had their blood pressure taken by a medical practitioner can attest to the fact that the technology (and, to be fair, the incompetence of some humans who use it) is far from perfect. The most common method of blood pressure measurement dates back to the 19th ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
From the wire: Advances in microchip technology someday may enable clinicians to perform tests for hundreds of diseases—sifting out specific molecules, such as early stage cancer cells—from just one drop of blood. But fabricating such “lab-on-chip” designs—tiny, integrated diagonistic sensor arrays on surfaces as small as a square centimeter—is a ...
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
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Swiss sensor manufacturer Sensirion has recently launched two new versions of its differential pressure sensors within the SDP600 series. The new sensors SDP6x0-125 Pa and SDP6x0-25 Pa feature particularly low measurement ranges of -125 to ...
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Sensortechnics’ new KMA series measures gage pressures of corrosive and aggressive gases and liquids in ranges from 500 mbar to 100 bar. These pressure sensors use internal digital signal conditioning to deliver calibrated and temperature-compensated output signals. According to the firm, the KMA sensors are based on very accurate and ...
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Sensirion’s new facility may be just a few hundred metres from the old location, but it’s going to make a world of difference for the manufacturer of advanced sensing products. The additional space is necessary to accommodate growing demand for its products and expertise, according to the company. Following eight ...
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
Remember the Terminator movies? Where robots of liquid metal traveling back in time would deform beyond recognition? And although twisting, folding and stretching fragile conventional electronics is not yet possible, a researcher from Uppsala, Sweden, has devised a wireless sensor that can actually stand to be stretched. For example, the sensor ...
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Micronor has introduced what it calls the world's first commercially available fibre-optic position sensor (FOPS). The all-optical design combines interference-free sensing, long-distance transmission and absolute angular measurement from 0° to 360° with 13-bit (8192 count) resolution. The FOPS system was developed in response to sustained demand from customers, says Dennis ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
A team of investigators from Stanford University has developed a new biosensor microchip that could significantly speed up the process of drug development. The microchips, packed with highly sensitive magnetic nanosensors, can analyse how proteins bind to one another, a critical step for evaluating the effectiveness and possible side effects ...
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Students at McGill University of Montreal, Canada, have developed a biomedical sensor glove for stroke patients, according to an article in the Engineer. The glove is designed to help stroke patients recover hand motion by playing video games. It was created in response to a design request from the startup ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Today's sensors are fairly simple and are used for measuring temperature, balance, build-up of smoke or tyre pressure. The common trait of the sensors is that they are all embedded in a closed system. Now researchers at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo in Norway are developing sensors for ...
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
A newly developed surgical tool could dramatically reduce the time needed to map electrical problems in the heart, according to a Technology Review article by Katherine Bourzac. The tool, an inflatable catheter with stretchable, biocompatible silicon electronics, was developed by John Rogers, cofounder of the startup MC10 and professor at the ...
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