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What role does sensing play in bike-sharing?

February 28, 2018 By Randy Frank

What role does sensing play in bike-sharing?

They’re green. They’re yellow and many other very obvious colors. And, if they are in your town, they seem to be everywhere. Bike-sharing has become a high-volume business for companies with unusual names, like Ofo, Didi Chuxing, Mobike, LimeBike, and more. According to Ofo’s website, the process simply consists of: “Find it. Scan it. Ride […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Energy Harvesting, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), GPS (Global Positioning System), Mobile, RFID, Wireless Tagged With: Didi Chuxing, LimeBike, Mobike, Ofo, On Bike Share, Social Bicycles

What cool sensor-enabled products were at CES 2018? Part 5

February 5, 2018 By Randy Frank

What cool sensor-enabled products were at CES 2018? Part 5

At CES 2018, exhibiting companies displayed many new products for smart homes, smart health, smart cars and more. Comfort, energy efficiency and a healthy home environment (clean air) are an integral part of a smart home. The Yes It Is Tag Sensor, an Innovation Award at CES 2018 Honoree, provides the means to achieve all […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Humidity, Temperature, Wireless Tagged With: Yes It Is

What do the latest imaging systems reveal?

December 29, 2017 By Randy Frank

What do the latest imaging systems reveal?

In their paper, “3D Through-Wall Imaging with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using WiFi,” researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, reported their research and demonstrated 3D through-wall imaging of a completely unknown area. Instead of using RF signals for through-wall imaging, which has proven to be quite challenging, they used Wi-Fi received signal strength indicator […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Wireless Tagged With: Santa Barbara, UCSB, University of California

How can you win $100,000 with a sensing technology idea?

September 21, 2017 By Randy Frank

How can you win $100,000 with a sensing technology idea?

If you are a college student or student team with an idea on how to implement sensing and/or electronics technology to provide an innovative product or problem solution, you should enter the 2018 ASU Innovation Open (ASUio). The 2018 ASU Innovation Open (ASUio) is a multi-round competition that supports student ventures from across the United […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Wireless Tagged With: Arizona State University, ASU, Avnet, InvenSense, Rigado, Somatic Labs, TDK, Texas Instruments

How can you detect seismic waves?

August 28, 2017 By Randy Frank

How can you detect seismic waves?

At Sensor Expo 2017, Jacob Hicks, the assistant product manager for Omron Electronic Components’ Sensors unit shows the capabilities of the D7S, a vibration sensor that can detect seismic waves, and Itron’s Riva development board for wireless communications. Partnering with Itron, Omron’s D7S sits on top of Itron’s Riva board. The D7S contains an ASIC, […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Development Tools, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Vibration, Wireless Tagged With: Itron, Omron Electronic Components

What’s the future of augmented reality?

August 15, 2017 By Randy Frank

What’s the future of augmented reality?

In his keynote address at Sensors Expo 2017, Ori Inbar, co-founder and CEO of AugmentedReality.org tells how augmented reality (AR) is poised for considerable growth. (Excerpt from “Superpowers to Change the World: How Augmented Reality Helps Advance Humanity.”) In 2009, Inbar told a conference audience that in ten years everyone will use AR to experience […]

Filed Under: Development Tools, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Mobile, Wearable sensing technologies, Wireless Tagged With: Apple, AugmentedReality.org

How can sensors determine machine health?

July 27, 2017 By Randy Frank

How can sensors determine machine health?

At Sensor Expo 2017, a ROHM Semiconductor expert discusses how several sensors including pressure, temperature, flow and level sensors connected through sensor node can help monitor a machine’s health or control a process. In the demo, each sensor node collects the data and uses wireless sub-gigahertz radio called Wi-SUN and transfers the data to a […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Vibration, Wireless Tagged With: ROHM Semiconductor

How have pressure sensors changed over the last few years?

July 19, 2017 By Randy Frank

How have pressure sensors changed over the last few years?

At Sensors Expo 2017, Pete Smith, Sensors Knowledge Manager at TE Connectivity, explains how sensors have evolved over the last few years to address different application requirements from TE Connectivity’s perspective. Pete’s story starts with the M7100,  a standard industrial pressure sensor for TE Connectivity that addresses fuel rail pressure measurements in fuel injected vehicles. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Pressure Sensor, Wireless Tagged With: TE Connectivity

Wireless Inductive System 2 for Wireless Sensor Connection New Generation with Greater Power and Longer Transmission Distances

July 13, 2017 By Maddie Lippert

Wireless Inductive System 2 for Wireless Sensor Connection New Generation with Greater Power and Longer Transmission Distances

The new WIS 2 (Wireless Inductive System 2) is the ideal way for Pepperl+Fuchs to round off its portfolio for the wireless connection of sensors to moving machine parts with a higher-performance system. Image 1: WIS 2: Primary/secondary component The WIS 2 is used both for signal transmission and for supplying power to the sensors connected […]

Filed Under: Sensors, Wireless Tagged With: pepperl+fuchs

How can sensors find an available parking spot?

June 29, 2017 By Randy Frank

How can sensors find an available parking spot?

If you are a stranger with a car in a crowded city or even if you know the area well, a frustrating part of being in the most popular downtown places can be finding a parking spot. At Sensors Expo 2017, Raffaelli Riva, an application engineer from STMicroelectronics, demonstrated how sensors and wireless communications are […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Wireless Tagged With: ST, STMicroelectronics

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