Of the many new products on display at Sensors Expo 2009, the Best of Sensors Expo Awards recognized sixteen of them for their impressive functionality, utility, and distinctiveness.More>>

3D image correlation is a general-purpose strain measurement tool that allows us to measure 3D displacement and the true surface strains of any material without contact and without many of the difficulties associated with these measurements.More>>

Southwest Research Institute engineers have developed multilayer thin films and combined them with magnetostrictive sensors to nondestructively detect and monitor defects in aircraft components.More>>

At any given time, 20 volcanoes are erupting somewhere on the planet. Volcanic ash and jet engines do not mix well. This wouldn't normally be a problem, but on Unimak Island in Alaska there are six volcanoes, one of which, Shishaldin, has erupted at least 29 times since 1755.More>>

A load cell is just a strain gauge applied to a metal bar with known characteristics inside a pre-engineered package to measure a specific range of applied force.More>>

Rising fuel prices, coupled with tightening regulations on vehicle efficiency and emissions, are creating a global demand for higher levels of precision in torque measurement on test stands for engines and transmissions. On one hand, torque values must be certifiable to meet regulations and...More>>

The Land Forces Group, Acquisition Div., of MTC Technologies has won task orders to help U.S. Marine Corps engineers and managers integrate sensors on light armored vehicles to collect real-time data that will streamline maintenance. (http://tinyurl.com/qbqgn) Another contract aims to improve the...More>>

UPEK and Cogent Systems cooperate to provide solutions for government and commercial access control and portable identity management applications.More>>

Oxford University zoologists Graham Taylor and Adrian Thomas have outfitted an eagle with four miniature high-speed spy cameras and other instruments in a 15 g pack to learn more about its aviational secrets. An inertial measurement unit recorded details of the bird's aerobatics and transmitted the...More>>

PNNL researchers are putting carbon nanotubes to work as biosensors and improving the way they can be chemically customized to form the basis for a wide variety of devices, including atmospheric and blood sensors.More>>