Research > Sensors

Network sensing project to enable real-time flood intelligence

12 April, 2024

The NSW Government is funding a breakthrough technology trial harnessing artificial intelligence and the mobile phone network to predict the possible impacts of flooding.


Digital sensor network to monitor air traffic at vertiports

11 March, 2024

An entirely digital sensor network, including a radar sensor, will in future be able to closely monitor air traffic at so-called 'vertiports' (landing sites for drones and air taxis).


STMicroelectronics VL53L8CX multizone time-of-flight sensor

23 January, 2024

The sensor projects a wide square field of view of 45° x 45° (65° diagonal) and receives reflected light to calculate the distance of objects up to 400 cm away.


Lightning-strike sensors help stop bushfires before they start

13 December, 2023

A new collaborative project is aiming to provide the earliest possible warning and accurate location of lightning strikes at the greatest risk of starting a fire.


IoT in vehicles raises safety and efficiency for emergency services

01 July, 2023 by Jodi Favaloro, Consulting Sales Engineer Asia Pacific, Cradlepoint*

IoT technology using 5G and LTE for vehicles has raised the bar for safety and operational standards across enterprise fleets that want to see their investments go further.


R&S NRP90S and NRP90SN diode power sensors

18 November, 2022

The diode technology enables fast power measurements with high sensitivity from a compact and lightweight portable instrument.


Strength in numbers when it comes to inertial sensors

17 October, 2022

Researchers working in navigation have developed a method that allows several low-cost inertial sensors working in combination to replace a single expensive sensor.


Dytran model 3184F rugged industrial accelerometer

11 October, 2022

The Dytran model 3184F is a rugged IEPE piezoelectric accelerometer with a built-in Faraday shield for electrostatic noise immunity, a sensitivity of 100 mV/g and a good low-frequency response.


Tiny copper 'headphones' boost atomic radio reception

05 September, 2022

Researchers boosted the sensitivity of their atomic radio receiver 100-fold by enclosing the small glass cylinder of cesium atoms inside what looks like custom copper 'headphones'.


Dytran 3115AH miniature, high-temperature IEPE accelerometer

19 August, 2022

Dytran's 3115AH is a miniature, high-temperature IEPE accelerometer with an overall weight of 2 g. It was created for embedded shock monitoring of drilling tools.


Use cases and benefits of location services

08 February, 2022 by Fabio Belloni, Chief Growth Officer, Quuppa

Location services can be used in any indoor environment, from factory to warehouse, hospital to care home, mall to store or museum to sports arena.


Measuring firefighters' personal exposures to air toxins during bushfires

02 September, 2020

In order to develop control strategies to minimise firefighters' exposure to air toxins, it is essential to measure and evaluate their exposures.


Advantech WISE-4210 series IoT wireless sensor devices

01 February, 2019

Advantech's WISE-4210 series of IoT wireless sensor devices includes a wireless LPWAN-to-Ethernet AP and three wireless sensor nodes.


Rohde & Schwarz R&S NRP-Z58 coaxial power sensor

15 March, 2013

Rohde & Schwarz says its R&S NRP-Z58 is the world’s first power sensor to continuously cover the frequency range from DC to 110 GHz.


Infineon Technologies single-chip radar solutions for industrial and commercial sensing

18 February, 2013

Infineon Technologies has introduced its first single-chip radar solutions for applications in industrial and commercial sensing.


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