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Sensors Insights

Weekly commentary and opinion on sensor industry trends and how sensors impact the world around us provided by Editor Melanie Martella and guest contributors.


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Sensor Technology as Inspiration   May 17, 2013

The theme for this year's Sensors Expo is sensor technology driving solutions. Our theme reflects the power sensors have to change our work, our play, and our world and our two keynotes illustrate just what happens when technology and inspiration meet to achieve solutions, whether interacting with...More>>

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Sensors Expo 2013 is Almost Here   May 10, 2013

We're mere weeks away from Sensors Expo 2013 and I thought I'd take this opportunity to call out some of the particularly exciting offerings that are new for 2013. This year we welcome ARM, Appliance Design Advantage Business Media, Gases & Instrumentation, and Evaluation Engineering who join the...More>>

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May R&D Round Up   May 3, 2013

This month's collection of clever and useful research and development stories includes a system to gather more and better data on how explosions affect soldiers and a continuous UV sensor.More>>

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Sensors Everywhere—The New Smart, Connected Home   April 26, 2013

The new smart connected home is finally becoming a reality. For many years pundits have been announcing the arrival of the smart home that can sense movement, temperature, location, and health emergencies and respond to the stimulus. What has taken so long? Two challenges have held back the...More>>

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Sensor Journalism   April 19, 2013

Sensor journalism is the idea of journalists using sensors to gather their own data to inform their news reporting. With the confluence of interest in sensors; Big Data; the Internet of Things; and cheap, user-friendly, yet powerful open-source hardware such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi that let you...More>>

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April R&D Round Up   April 12, 2013

This month we have a tiny timing chip that incorporates inertial sensors, a project to weigh trucks while they're driving, and a novel sensor cable that enables quicker, cheaper perimeter protection.More>>

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Sensors as a Foundation for the Next Technology Revolution   March 29, 2013

In the past decade venture investors have, by and large, overlooked hardware partly because of the perception that hardware is hard and expensive, but also because fewer active VCs nowadays have a hardware-savvy background. Beginning with the dot-com boom, software has been the sexy sector, and has...More>>

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The Best of Sensors Expo Engineering Awards   March 22, 2013

Now that I've introduced you to the new, improved, and expanded Best of Sensors Awards program and described the Innovation and Application Awards, it's time to introduce you to the remaining two categories: The Engineers of the Year Award and the Rising Star Award.More>>

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The Best of Sensors Expo Application Award   March 15, 2013

Last week I introduced our newly expanded Best of Sensors Expo Award program. This week I want to concentrate on one of our three new award categories—the Application Award that seeks to highlight the way sensors are used in the wider world.More>>

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The Bigger and Better Best of Sensors Expo Awards   March 8, 2013

Back in 1999 when the editors of Sensors launched the Best of Sensors Expo Awards, its intent was to recognize innovative new products that promised to have a strong impact on the sensing industry. Over the years we've adjusted the program but it's always been about the products. This year I am...More>>