Science news articles about 'pressure sensors'

  • Wearable blood pressure sensor

    High blood pressure is a common risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and aneurysms, so ... . MIT engineers have built a wearable blood pressure sensor that can provide continuous, 24-hour ...
  • No-sweat pressure sensors

    ... temperatures. In addition, the researchers are analyzing the prototypes of the pressure sensors in endurance tests. There is a broad range ... applications, with engineers hoping to use the high-temperature pressure sensors not only in the petrochemical environment, but also in automobile engines ...
  • Pressure sensors on alert

    ... IMS in Duisburg have developed a tiny pressure sensor. »The pressure sensor is placed in a recess inside ... blood or eye pressure. It has now been developed further for the construction sector. »The sensor is presently at the prototype ...
  • Pressure sensors on alert

    ... panels are particularly good for insulating buildings -- as long as the vacuum does not leak. A tiny pressure sensor can now constantly check the condition ...
  • Epson Toyocom develops new absolute pressure sensor

    Japanese Epson Toyocom Corp. today announced it has developed an extremely small absolute pressure sensor that provides excellent accuracy and resolution.
  • CMOS integrated poly-SiGe piezoresistive pressure sensor demonstrated

    ... integrated poly-SiGe-based piezoresistive pressure sensor has been directly fabricated above 0 ... . This represents not only the first integrated poly-SiGe pressure sensor directly fabricated above its readout ...
  • Miniature pressure sensors for medical touch

    ... new kind of flexible, transparent pressure sensor, developed at the University of California, Davis, for use in medical ... , and in "smart contact lenses," to monitor intraocular pressure without affecting vision. Pan's research ...
  • Nanowires have superior electrical, mechanical properties and can be put to good use in pressure sensors

    Miniaturized pressure sensors are widely used in mechanical and biomedical applications, for example, in gauging fuel pressure ... a nanowire-based sensor that is so sensitive it can detect even very low pressure changes ...
  • Pressure sensor array made with polyamino acid

    ... attention. There is an expectation that a system will be developed in which unobtrusive sensors will provide the necessary information, such as movement of people ... variety of uses, affordable, and mass-producible. Existing pressure sensors are very expensive and often not suitable ...
  • You just move like a mouse, or do so abnormally like a mutant mouse

    ... of the mouse has been monitored in a way comparable with that of monitoring humans. Every move of the animal is recorded by pressure sensors under the cage, and this information is collected ...
  • Goodbye to batteries and power sockets

    ... the energy for this workpiece detector. Another example are pressure sensors which monitor the work of the vacuum gripper ... to the central control unit. The sensor thus draws its power from pressurized air that is present anyway ...
  • Smart contact lenses

    ... , and show that it could function as a simple pressure sensor. Glaucoma, a build-up of pressure in the eye, is a leading cause ... worldwide. A contact lens that could continuously measure pressure within the eye and relay the data to a computer ...
  • New implant device remotely monitors heart failure patients at Northwestern Memorial

    ... Chicago's first researchers using a new wireless pressure sensor technology that allows them to track ... on frequent trips to the emergency room." The implanted pressure sensor is about the size of a standard paperclip. It is implanted ...
  • Asthma monitoring on the Web

    ... is being effective. The team has developed the device as a low-cost, portable spirometer built around a pressure sensor for detecting airflow. The sensor is fabricated using technology similar ...
  • Operate a piano pedal with the mouth

    ... splint over almost two years with a pressure-sensitive sensor that the pianist can hold in his mouth ... his innovation. This uses a highly sensitive strength or pressure sensor, which is embed-ded in the chewing surface ...

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