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ABB Launches pH/ORP Sensor with Digital Connectivity and Industry-Leading Lifespan
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (213+ words) The 500 X sensors connect seamlessly to ABB's transmitters via the EZLink" digital platform, providing connect and measure capability. With the recent launch of the AWT424 transmitter, users can easily access measurement, diagnostic and audit data, in addition to software updates and…...
Review: Adaptive Microscopy Could Make Biological Imaging More Precise
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (1067+ words) Smart microscopes can make decisions based on real-time feedback - a new review argues they could change how biologists capture life at its most dynamic. Study: Smart microscopy: adaptive microscope control to improve the way we see life. Image Credit: viviana…...
Food Can Spoil in Transit - This Packaging Flags it Before it Hits the Shelf
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (1242+ words) While food is being transported, it is subject to temperature changes, gas buildup, changes in humidity, and bacterial growth. Traditional packaging doesn't have the tech to detect or report these issues, and the result is spoilage and substantial waste." By…...
MKS Expands Family of Optical Power and Wavelength Sensors with Newport™ 819-IG-06-WL Sensor for Accurate Laser Measurements of Longer Wavelength Applications in the IR Region
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (114+ words) The Newport 819-SL-06-WL optical power and wavelength sensor is available now. Bethany Silva & Jason Pennington Biosensors detect biological responses. In this eBook, we unpick how they work, where they work, and how they are changing everything from environmental monitoring…...
A Drone that 'Smells' Successfully Finds Chemical Source
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (896+ words) Without a map or GPS, a lightweight drone can track an ethanol plume through a 200m2 indoor course and successfully land at the source." This small drone repeatedly succeeded in tracking down the source of a chemical smell inside a large,…...
"Sandwich" Sensor Provides Matched Gas Sensitivity with Greater Practicality
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (424+ words) A paper in Optics Express reports the first all-fiber offset-core "sandwich" Fabry-P'rot (OSFP) sensor for gas detection, achieving sub-ppm acetylene sensitivity in a device built with simple fiber splicing. Fast, stable gas sensing under harsh conditions is hugely important for…...
Kongsberg Discovery Demonstrates New Age of Navigation Potential with North-Seeking MEMS
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (253+ words) In many ways, this opens up a whole range of new applications within navigation," Ane Dalsnes Stors'ter, Vice President Inertial Solutions, Kongsberg Discovery, states." From air and surface-based drones, to subsea ROVs and AUVs, to defence systems, marine surveying, energy…...
Laser-Like Electronically Addressable Fibre Sensing Advances
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (1001+ words) A fiber sensor that can home in on critical points " more than 25km from equipment " could aid infrastructure monitoring. A recent article in the journal'Light: Science & Applications introduced a random optical parametric oscillator (R-OPO) fiber sensor that electronically selects 1 m-long fiber…...
High Dynamic Range 2D InGaAs Area Image Sensors for Near Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging
1+ week, 6+ day ago (178+ words) High Dynamic Range 2D InGaAs Area Image Sensors for Near Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging'AZoSensors These fast, low dark current sensors are engineered specifically for near infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imaging applications They deliver a wide spectral response range ensuring exceptional performance for a…...
Urban groundwater monitoring
1+ week, 5+ day ago (517+ words) In a novel way to make buried groundwater sensors last, researchers have combined sleep scheduling, data compression, and a roaming data collector to stretch WSN lifetimes in city monitoring simulations." Urban groundwater monitoring is important for water planning, but the…...