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Arch Rock and Cisco Chair New Internet Engineering Task Force
The group has been chartered to bring interoperable IP routing to low-power wireless networks used to connect large numbers of sensors and other embedded assets.
Augusta Systems Releases EdgeFrontier 4.0
The middleware enables the creation and management of intelligent enterprise networks, featuring data from sensors and other edge assets. The enhancements in the software's latest version include additional data-integration options and more robust event-processing capabilities.
World’s Smallest Java-Based Computers to Debut at JavaOne
Sentilla's Perk Kit pervasive computing kit allows developers to create Java applications for tiny wireless computers used for low-power, large-scale wireless networks.
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
Fiber-Optic Sensors for Corrosion Monitoring
By using fiber-optic sensors to measure wall thickness, gas pipeline operators can track and monitor how quickly pipelines are corroding. Linking the sensors to networked monitoring instrumentation allows them to do this remotely.
Monitoring Industrial-Machinery Lubricants
By keeping tabs on your equipment's lubricating fluids, you can prolong the operating life of your machinery and reduce the cost of ownership.
Keeping Cool
If you've ever worked while resting a laptop computer on your lap, you know that computers emit heat, and the more powerful the computer, the greater the heat produced. This is a problem because electronics really don't enjoy elevated temperatures. A hot computer is a slow computer or, worse, a computer that will cease functioning.
PROCESS AUTOMATION
Corning Extends Fusion Process to Touch-Screen Applications
Scratch-resistant Gorilla glass provides an ultra-durable screen for handheld devices without compromising image quality.
Optimizing Motion Control—Getting the Most from Resolvers
To take full advantage of the resolver's potential, you have to compensate for error sources. Simulating resolver and cable functions go a long way toward helping you achieve this goal.
Advances in IR Temperature Measurement
The latest developments in IR sensors not only help you optimize your manufacturing processes and business operations but also enable you to meet industry standards for final product quality and reliability.
FLOW SENSING
Improving Doppler-Based Sensing Systems
By incorporating high-performance digital signal controllers (DSCs), with their integrated architectures and small footprints, designers can simplify Doppler-based sensing systems, enhance their performance, and reduce development cycles.
Measuring Viscosity with a Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor
Viscosity, the resistance of a liquid to flow, is an important measurement requirement in industrial process control and OEM applications. Viscosity describes the retarding force that is proportional to the rate of deformation. This so-called shear rate has units of s?1 and describes the cross-stream gradient of the flow speed.
LEVEL & LEAK DETECTION
A Novel Fiber-Optic Fluid Interface Sensor
This article presents the proof-of-principle of a new sensor capable of detecting the position of the interface between two fluids.
Fiber-Optic Sensors for Corrosion Monitoring
By using fiber-optic sensors to measure wall thickness, gas pipeline operators can track and monitor how quickly pipelines are corroding. Linking the sensors to networked monitoring instrumentation allows them to do this remotely.
A New Breed of Tilt Sensors
High accuracy at a low cost over a wide temperature range makes thermal MEMS accelerometers the hot choice in tilt sensing. Find out whether they're right for your application.
FEATURED ARTICLES
A Novel Fiber-Optic Fluid Interface Sensor
This article presents the proof-of-principle of a new sensor capable of detecting the position of the interface between two fluids.
Fiber Optics For Environmental Sensing
A staple of the oil industry, distributed temperature sensing (DTS)—capable of measuring temperature along a length of fiber-optic cable—is finding utility in environmental monitoring, helping researchers to tease out the hydrology of streams, air flow in valleys, and health of glaciers.
Finding the Right Pressure Switch
Selecting a pressure switch that is well suited for a particular application is a multi-faceted process. The trick is to know what questions to ask to optimize your application.
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