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Ultraviolet Light Sensor for Wearable Devices

June 10, 2017

The new UV light sensor technology uses only silicon semiconductors to selectively detect and measure the light intensity of UV-A and UV-B light wavebands. (Credit: Tohoku University) Mass production technology for silicon based [more...]

[Startup] Yale spin-off Fluid-Screen Inc.

March 27, 2017

Fluid-Screen, Inc. is a startup pursuing a mission to provide safer living for millions of people globally, while building a significant, valuable company.  They are commercializing a technology developed at Yale University that can [more...]

3D-printed Heart-on-a-chip with Integrated Sensors

November 6, 2016

Harvard University researchers have made the first entirely 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensing.  Built by a fully automated, digital manufacturing procedure, the 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip can be quickly fabricated and [more...]

Detecting Emotions With Wireless Signals

September 26, 2016

Left to right: PhD student Fadel Adib, PhD student Mingmin Zhao, and Professor Dina Katabi pose with their EQ-Radio device, which can detect emotion using wireless signals (Image Photo: Jason Dorfman/MIT CSAIL) As many a relationship book [more...]

Microfluidics-Based Pressure Sensor Takes Loads, Bends

June 25, 2016

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have devised a thin and flexible pressure sensor that not only measures compression loads from a very wide range (2 kPa to 400 kPa) but can also distinguish bending or stretching loads. [more...]

Ingestible Sensor Market to Reach $678M by 2022

March 21, 2016

Image Credit: Proteus Digital Health The ingestible sensor market is expected to grow from $198 million in 2015 to $678 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 20.2% between 2016 and 2022, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets. The [more...]
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