The researchers have developed a small array
of flexible sensors, which accurately detect compounds in breath samples that are specific to ovarian cancer.
Not exact matches
These «fish» are designed to give submarine commanders a
flexible tool that can be used to destroy enemy vessels, or serve as remote
sensors, extending the operational capabilities
of submarines far beyond what they're inherently able to do while on patrol.
Sixgill enables the governance
of connected assets — people, places and things — with our universal
sensor data services platform for easier, faster, and more
flexible IoE application development.
With this commercial grade, DPM targets the market
of flexible thermoplastic - Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) tubes and Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR)
sensor tubes.
Safety systems from SICK are made up
of a combination
of rugged
sensors with a
flexible safety controller and are particularly suited to applications with high personal protection requirements.
Beyond HPC system - software development, additional applications for the Pi Cluster Modules include better simulation
of large - scale
sensor networks, with
flexible I / O to connect the actual
sensor devices; HPC network topology research, to improve production performance; and the internet
of things.
Such
flexible, biofriendly and transparent energy sources could someday energize implanted health
sensors, insulin pumps or high - tech contact lenses that project virtual displays onto the wearer's line
of sight.
The
flexible sensors mean that you hardly notice that you are wearing the glove, says Timothy O'Connor who is working on the technology at the University
of California, San Diego.
The device consists
of a standard sports glove kitted out with nine
flexible strain
sensors that are placed over different knuckles.
It could also create a new area
of soft robotics, and enable new applications in
flexible sensors and actuators, biomedical devices and platforms or scaffolds for cells to grow, Lee said.
New types
of solar cells and
flexible transistors are also in the works, as well as pressure and temperature
sensors that could be built into electronic skin for robotic or bionic applications.
Versatile, light - weight materials that are both strong and resilient are crucial for the development
of flexible electronics, such as bendable tablets and wearable
sensors.
«The self - healing
sensor raises expectations that
flexible devices might someday be self - administered, which increases their reliability,» explained co-developer Dr. Tan - Phat Huynh, also
of the Technion, whose work focuses on the development
of self - healing electronic skin.
In a paper published in the journal Materials and Design, engineers from FSU's High - Performance Materials Institute, in collaboration with scientists from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, France, detail the impressive properties and cost - effective manufacturing process
of an advanced series
of motion
sensors made using buckypaper — razor thin,
flexible sheets
of pure, exceptionally durable carbon nanotubes.
The result is a kind
of perfect Goldilocks
sensor: not as insensitive as common,
flexible metallic
sensors, but not as rigid or cumbersome as popular, more sensitive semi-conductor
sensors.
The
sensor is an amazing piece
of hardware - software synergy, and luckily, it's actually a pretty
flexible device.
For more near - term applications, the researchers are aiming to fabricate customized
sensors, in the form
of flexible patches and stickers that could be engineered to detect a variety
of chemical and molecular compounds.
Most compensate with complex systems
of sensors and controls, but this design relies entirely on soft materials and a
flexible framework to adapt to breakable objects
of varying shape and size.
Ideally, the electronic components
of these garments —
sensors, antennas to transmit data and batteries to supply power — will be small,
flexible and largely unnoticed by their wearers.
The array
of possible applications ranges from transistors and
sensors to mechanically
flexible semiconductor devices.
Scientists are developing
flexible, stretchable and wearable optoelectronic devices, such as body
sensors that could provide continuous monitoring
of a person's blood pressure.
Dr Bhaskaran said the
sensors are cheap and durable — attributes which will see
flexible electronics and
sensors become an integral part
of everyday life.
Scientists will be able to use the powerful and
flexible technique to build metamaterials — materials not found in nature — for a range
of applications including
sensors for medical and environmental uses.
Dr. Jeroen van den Brand, Program Manager at Holst Centre / TNO adds to this, «Our research focusses on integrating
sensors and electronics into
flexible materials, without compromising the characteristics
of these materials.
Using a two - ply
of flexible, thin plastic, scientists have created novel electronic
sensors that send signals to the brain tissue
of mice that closely mimic the nerve messages
of touch
sensors in human skin.
A team
of scientists from the National University
of Singapore (NUS) Faculty
of Engineering has developed a wearable liquid - based microfluidic tactile
sensor that is small, thin, highly
flexible and durable.
Although the teams used different technologies for their devices, each produced a
flexible grid
of sensors capable
of registering pressures
of just a few kilopascals, corresponding to a light touch on human skin.
For example, by removing some
of the oxygen from graphene oxide, the electrically insulating material can be rendered conductive, opening up prospects for use in
flexible electronics,
sensors, solar cells and biomedical devices.
Published today in the journal 2D Materials, the study from Tsinghua University in Beijing, employed
flexible electronics made from graphene, in the form
of a highly - sensitive resistive strain
sensor, combined with a stretchable organic electrochromic device.
That may not be so far away — a team
of researchers at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea has developed a
flexible, wearable 20 mm x 20 mm polymer
sensor that can directly measure the degree and occurrence on the skin
of goose bumps (technically known as «piloerection»), which is caused by sudden changes in body temperature or emotional states.
Ordonez, Hayashi, and a team
of researchers from SSC Pacific, in collaboration with the University
of Hawai ′ i at Mānoa, have been developing novel graphene devices as part
of a Navy Innovative Science and Engineering (NISE)- funded effort to imbue the Navy with inexpensive, lightweight,
flexible graphene - based devices that can be used as next - generation
sensors and wearable devices.
Another example
of the potential areas
of application is integration
of flexible electronics (for example,
sensors and actuators) in the design
of metamaterials.
Q - Sense E1 is a
flexible, single -
sensor microbalance system that enables accurate QCM - D measurements
of real - time molecular interactions.
Now researchers from the University
of Surrey and Trinity College Dublin have for the first time treated common elastic bands with graphene, to create a
flexible sensor that is sensitive enough for medical use and can be made cheaply.
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With the integrated hands on / off
sensor and
flexible positioning
of the wheel, the driver can choose whether to drive the vehicle himself, pass control
of the vehicle to the front passenger, or have the vehicle drive itself in automated mode.
Plastic Logic, the leader in the development and industrialisation
of flexible organic electronics, and ISORG, the pioneer in organic photodetectors and large area image
sensors in printed electronics, won the award for their revolutionary large area
flexible image
sensor.
The result, a
flexible, transmissive backplane, represents a significant breakthrough in the manufacture
of new large area image
sensors and demonstrates the potential use
of Plastic Logic's unique
flexible transistor technology beyond plastic displays.
The collaboration is based on the deposition
of organic printed photodetectors (OPD), pioneered by ISORG, onto a plastic organic thin - film transistor (OTFT) backplane, developed by Plastic Logic, to create a
flexible sensor array.
Combined with ISORG's unique organic photodetector technology, it allows the creation
of conformable, large area image
sensors, which are thinner, lighter,
flexible and more robust than traditional approaches.
If your e-reader has a capacitive
sensor screen, then the display has a
flexible ribbon cable
of the
sensor (3).
Flexible electronic
sensors based on paper — an inexpensive material — have the potential to some day cut the price
of a wide range
of medical tools, from helpful robots to diagnostic tests.
Adapting cars to pure ethanol can be done relatively inexpensively by adding a fuel
sensor and corrosion - resistant hoses, but there are only about 4 million
flexible - fuel cars on U.S. roads out
of more than 200 million.
It's one
of the most
flexible heart rate monitors which operate with two
sensors.
In fact, Google owns two patents already for such «smart contact lenses» having
sensors and
flexible electronics, which read the proportion
of chemical in the eyes
of the wearer to determine their blood sugar levels.
Limiting the light entering the
sensor with a second smaller aperture setting is a more
flexible solution which enables the best
of both worlds.
The end result is a
flexible piece
of open source software that can connect to everything from servers to
sensors.
Driven by customer - centricity and excellence, Goodix has also endeavored with the supply - chain to perfect the lamination technique
of flexible OLED display and the fingerprint
sensor to ensure proficiency
of mass production.
Without getting into the technical details
of the Clear ID FS9500 (the first in the Synaptics Clear ID product family), it is worth stressing that the
sensor is designed to work with as many devices as possible, whether they have
flexible or rigid displays.