Barbara G. GoodeSensors

Airborne pollution falls into two major categories. There's careless, casual contamination (some of it being created halfway across the globe and wafting our way) caused mainly by noxious emissions. And then there's the cruel, calculated kind-the sort that's on our minds continually in this age of...more >>

The most recent syndicated article by New York Times bestselling author Thomas Barnett, titled Loving Big Brother, took up the topic of ubiquitous sensing. Do the emerging technology's advantages outweigh its disadvantages?

Dawn Helton was the fifth patient in the world to try the new Geodesic Sensor Net (GSN), a high-tech cap made of electrodes, reports News 14 Carolina.

The federal government is spending billions on new Border Patrol agents and on sensor and radar networks in remote areas of the U.S.-Mexico border.

UGS Corp. says its Tecnomatix Production Management portfolio, a family of manufacturing shop-floor applications, is the first software to integrate production management with overall product lifecycle management (PLM) process.

New developments are advancing security capabilities for large facilities. For example, Vidient Systems, developer of intelligent video surveillance and analysis software, is partnering with Intergraph Corp., provider of spatial information management software, to integrate Vidient SmartCatch with...more >>

New developments bring together RFID and sensors - and add location-identification capabilities.

Where RFID, Sensing, and RTLS Meet

At this year's ISA Expo-as at Sensors Expo in June-much of the buzz centered on wireless networking.

Securing large facilities-including public spaces-from so many threats seems a daunting task. Besides new technology, new business agreements are pushing forward developments to aid the effort. A couple of recent announcements illustrate this point-and have implications for more modest security...more >>