The large and fast-growing sensors market is driven foremost by the increasing use of electronics to monitor and control equipment. While the capital requirement for designing and manufacturing semiconductor- and capacitive-based sensors is high, the requirements for bonded-foil, silicon, thin-,...More>>

This month we have a special antenna that helps robotic submarines to stay in touch with their handlers, a self-powered nanoscale sensor, and a novel MEMS sensor that can measure the shear stress generated by turbulent flows. More>>

Two stories caught my attention this week, both of them concerning warfighters. The first was the news (seen at Gizmodo) that the U.S. Army had been visiting with the fine folks at Apple to discuss handheld technologies for the troops in the field and the second was the use of cheap motion sensors...More>>

Once again, NIST is developing a standards roadmap, although this time it isn't for the Smart Grid, it's for preserving digital data for the long-term. At the U.S. Workshop on Roadmap for Digital Preservation Interoperability Framework</A> at the end of March, experts in digital data preservation...More>>

For the last three weeks, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has been holding a dialogue on consumer participation in the Smart Grid, taking questions on the desired or optimal architecture; who gets access to, and ownership of, data; and questions about the communication standards...More>>

This month we've got an energy conserving artificial foot developed at the University of Michigan; using ultrasound to asses the properties of leaves courtesy of researchers at the CSIC Institute of Acoustics in Madrid, Spain; and the ability to turn your skin into a touchscreen, as discovered by...More>>

Whether the issue is global security or campus safety, our responsibility is to correlate the available information, identify the risks, and respond accordingly. We have the data. We have the sensors. Data are being captured, whether through simple devices (such as RFID tags, GPS devices, or door...More>>

Last week, HP and Shell announced their collaboration</A> on a seismic sensing system that will couple many thousands of wireless sensors together in a bid to create a better tool for oil and gas exploration. And although this is the latest in a series of projects aiming to create very large...More>>

This month's round up is peculiarly rich in both energy harvesting and tininess, with a millimeter-scale, solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan, small wireless sensor nodes that can keep track of small objects, courtesy of CSIRO in Australia, and another step toward...More>>

Once in a while we're asked to spread the word about a tech transfer program or a state fund for worthy technical startups or something similar. The most recent of these can be summed up as follows: Sensor and technology companies! The U.S. Army needs your help!More>>