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NewsletterApril2011
Sensor100 Updates
Call for Papers for Electrochem 2011 at the University of Bath, 5 - 6th September 2011. Deadlines for Abstracts: oral presentations 32 May; poster presentations 30 July. Includes Symposia on: Sensor Innovation; Nano-electroanalysis; Sensors for Africa. More information from Dr. Frank Marken
Another call for papers: COMSOL Conference Stuttgart 2011, 26 - 28 October 2011. Deadlines for Abstract submission: Early Bird July 1; final deadline 15 August. Details here...
COMSOL is holding a free Workshop and opportunity to trial their multi-physics modelling software in Leicester, UK, on 18 May - Registration here
Ocean Optics oxygen and pH sensor patches have met stringent testing criteria to receive USP Class VI certification , extending range of applications for accurate, real time, in-situ measurements in packaging and other closed environments
Yet another market research report segments the world market for chemical sensors by city. The report summarizes the economic potential for the world's major cities for "chemical sensors" for the year 2011
Sensor Expo & Conference has a new brochure which can be downloaded
Bayer introduced CONTOUR® USB Meter, the first blood glucose meter with plug & play diabetes management software
Pinnacle Technology Inc. has received $425k from Kansas Bioscience Authority as a matching grant for an $850k NIH grant. Pinnacle is developing biosensors for real time brain alcohol measurement in rats and mice
Russell Johnson at Mountain Top Enterprises, is looking to incorporate brain wave sensors from NeuroSky into home automation/security systems. “People will be able to control things in their house just by thinking about them,” he claims
Technology News...
The University of Cambridge has received a£500k grant from theJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to fund research into developing an artificial pancreas for children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Stanford University reserchers havedeveloped a biosensor microchip containing 64 nanosensors - see no reason why this could not be increased to100,000, opening enormous possibilities for in-vivo diagnostics, drug development, pathogen detection
Lateef Syed and Jun Li at Kansas State University are developing nanotechnology based sensor arrays to detect pathogens in water, early work focusing on e coli
Ciara O'Sullivan at Rovira i Virgili University, Spain, has developed a new biosensor to detect celiac antibodies in human serum, reducing the est time for celiac disease from days to 40 minutes or less
Unlike many conventional chemical detectors that require an external power source, Lawrence Livermore researchers have developed a nanosensor that relies on semiconductor nanowires, rather than traditional batteries
Scientists at the NRL Center for Bio-Molecular Science and Engineering, in collaboration with researchers at the NRL Lab for Biosensors and Biomaterials, have developed a method to detect viruses in cells
People News...
Zintro is seeking Electrochemical sensors expert(s) for fee-based phone consults and project work. Zintro facilitates introductions to clients for free (a modest fee is charged to the client if you both agree to talk)
The Last Word...
In which we try to bring you the more unusual sensor related news items of the month.
Possibly slightly off-topic, but you may be aware that a significant event is taking place in London on 29th April. Wedding fever is gripping the UK, or at least the media around the world; the US is said to be particularly fascinated. Security in London is at an all time high, and sensors are being used to detect explosive devices, albeit lo-tech ones in the form of dog's noses.
Combining the Good Friday/Easter Monday holidays with the Royal Wedding/May Bank Holiday, by taking seven days holiday (vacation) it is possible to be off work for 17 days in a row, and some (many) people in the UK are doing that. Which has raised the issue of to what extent the economic benefit of the wedding is offset by the cost to small businesses which cannot afford to shut down for over two weeks.
No one could be so curmudgeonly as to not wish these two young people a lifetime of happiness together. Congratulations, William and Kate.
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