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A new, versatile plastic-composite sensor can detect tiny amounts of water. The 3D printable material, developed by a Spanish-Israeli team of scientists, is cheap, flexible and non-toxic and changes its colour from purple to blue in wet conditions. The researchers lead by Pilar Amo-Ochoa from the Autonomous University of Madrid …

Technology that can process vast streams of information from military intelligence sources is being developed by scientists and engineers. The development will seek to enable operatives in the field to assess their surroundings and identify threats more quickly and accurately. Newly developed systems will gather information from a wealth of …

Researchers from KAIST have reported a high-performance and transparent nanoforce touch sensor by developing a thin, flexible, and transparent hierarchical nanocomposite (HNC) film. The research team says their sensor simultaneously features all the necessary characters for industrial-grade application: high sensitivity, transparency, bending insensitivity, and manufacturability. Force touch sensors that recognise …

Ion Science has signed a supply and revenue-sharing agreement with Blackline Safety Corp to bring an affordable photoionisation detector (PID) to market. Hazardous to the short-term and long-term health of employees, VOCs are emitted by a variety of liquids and solids that can impact the respiratory system, skin and eyes, …

CO2Meter is a Florida-based business specialising in the design and manufacture of gas detection and monitoring devices – mainly CO2. The company is a long-term and highly valued partner of Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) and has been using and supplying their next generation, LED-based CO2 sensors at the heart of its range …

DJB Instruments (UK) Ltd are spreading their wings by taking their unique accelerometer training seminar to several UK regional venues. The training which is now in its 6th year has become the ‘go to’ event for anyone using accelerometers who is brave enough to admit that perhaps their understanding of …

TE Connectivity has been named to Fortune’s 2018 Change the World list. The list recognises 63 companies that make global social or environmental benefit part of their business strategy. Companies with annual revenues of $1 billion or more are evaluated on four factors: measurable social impact, scale of business results, degree of innovation and level …

Fibre lasers have a large share of the laser material processing market but are typically limited to aerospace and defence applications in the sensing market segment. That is set to change within the next decade as emerging applications of fibre laser technologies include automotive LiDAR, multi-species gas sensing and structural health …

Researchers from Duke University and Institut Langevin have shown that patterns made by radio waves can detect a person’s presence and location anywhere inside a room. This new motion-sensing technology could lead to new smart home devices for energy savings, security, healthcare and gaming. “Energy companies don’t love infrared motion …

SKF and Proximion AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hexatronic Group AB, have entered into a development partnership for the industrialisation of fibre optic sensing systems. The two parties will work together to combine SKF’s fibre optic bearing sensing technology with Proximion’s application integration experience and knowledge within development and production of advanced fibre optic sensors and data collection hardware …