Winners in the second annual LEAP Awards, celebrating the best components and services across the mechanical and electrical engineering design space, were unveiled on November 5, 2019. Across 13 categories, the judging panel awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze recognitions, as well as Honorable Mentions for certain submissions. The awards program is supported by three leading publications […]
Peratech
Available for Licensing: Ultra-Sensitive Touch Sensing Technology
Using its Quantum Tunneling Composite (QTC) material, Peratech has developed a sensor design sensitive enough to detect the pressure of a finger on the top of a 0.1-mm stainless steel or 0.5-mm glass sheet. Mounted behind the sheet, the QTC material’s resistance changes when pressure is applied to the top of the sheet. The QTC […]
Clothes with a Nose?
Where would you put a printable sensor that can detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs)? Engineers at Peratech are working on a nose sensor embedded in clothing. Based on the company’s Quantum Tunneling Composite (QTC) material that change resistance when a force is applied, the polymer content of the sensor swells when exposed to VOCs. One […]
