A European Patent has been granted for "misch metal oxides and their utilization in CO2 sensors" to ItN Nanovation AG, considered to be crucial in the development of semiconductive, nanotechnological CO2 sensors for the commercial market.
National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced two configurable sensor analog front-end (AFE) integrated circuits (ICs) with unique technology that work together with new tools to fast-track signal path designs for a variety of sensors from major global manufacturers.
The global market for Diabetes Diagnostics is forecast to reach US$26 billion by the year 2015 according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.. Key factors driving market growth include aging global population, intensive management and treatment processes of diabetes, education programs and preventive activities, technological advancements, and steady increase in diabetes population in developing countries. GIA also forecasts global biosensors market to reach $12 billion by 2015.
Kebaili Corporation, a leading California high-tech company in MEMS and nanotechnology, announced the release of the KMHP-100 Series microhotplates, the industry’s first commercially available off-the-shelf MEMS based hotplates for researchers and scientists involved in chemical sensor research and development.
Isansys Lifecare Limited, the single-source provider of complete real-time physiological patient data acquisition systems and services, announced its official debut as a company. The new business, which will focus on providing continuous, real-time patient data to healthcare professionals. more...
The Tecan Group and Attana AB announced that they have signed an exclusive distributor agreement under which Tecan will distribute Attana's biosensor instruments and assay technology in North America. more...
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The Sensors and Separations Group, Dublin City University describe the fabrication of chemical sensors using inkjet printing, and their application in gas sensing.
Colorado State University biologists engineer airport plant proteins into bomb detectors... more...
A new surgical training centre, Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE), serves as a research center for procedural innovation and technology development...in the fields of robotics, image guidance, biosensors, human performance and virtual surgery, among others.
Sekar Karuppannan and Jean-Claude Chambron review Supramolecular Chemical Sensors Based on Pyrene Monomer–Excimer Dual Luminescence.
A presentation on Optical Sensor and their Applications by Gaurav Puri at SUNY at Buffalo
Ude Weimar and Wolfgangag Gopel, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at Tubingen, Germany, report on the development of multiparameter sensing systems which aim to electronically record time and spatially resolved chemical species and odours.
An acoustic wave biosensor to sample a droplet of your saliva to reveal within seconds whether your infection is bacterial or viral has been developed. Just three of these biosensors, developed by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and Sandia National Laboratories, exist at the moment. But the invention has been licensed for development, garnering enough buzz to have made R&D Magazine’s Top 100 list for 2010.
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Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors and Biotechnology, by Perena Gouma (2009). Free download
Acoustic Wave Sensors: Theory, Design, & Physico-Chemical Applications. Free Download
There are a lot of free eBooks appearing on the Internet, usually a re-issue of quite an old book. Is there interest in seeing these, or newly published books? Views to info@sensor100.com
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Job vacancies are starting to appear post-recession:
Scientist for Chemical Sensors/Devices, South USA
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In which we try to bring you the more unusual sensor related news items of the month.
Noam Sobel of the Weizmann Institute of Science report that a chemical signal in women's tears is a turn off for men. Apparently male noses contain sensors which can detect a chemical signal for sadness, although there is no detectable odour.
For those of you in the UK with an interest in the Sensor Innovation Centre story, we held an informal meeting on 12 January with representatives from the Universities of Cambridge, Cranfield and West of England (IBST) as well as Imperial College; industry reps included Alphasense, GE Healthcare, and Rolls Royce; Sensors KTN represented the public sector. After lots of discussion, it was decided to submit an expression of interest to the TSB, as well as survey sensor related SMEs to find what resources they felt most in need of (money?). More later as the story evolves.
Lots of news this month, perhaps a good sign for 2011? Happy New Year to everyone.
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