Automotive industry demand for active speed and position sensors is growing at a compound annual rate of 17% but passive sensors may make a comeback, according to a new study of the technologies by ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. — The next generation of car automation will combine passivemicroelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors with active actuators that willincreasingly “drive” cars in hazardous ...

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The same material that makes the theft detectors go off in a department store when the salesperson forgets to remove the anti-theft tag, may make inexpensive, passive temperature and stress sensors ...

Farsens, a technology startup founded by a group of scientists from the CEIT research center, is offering a portfolio of sensors integrated with passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags that enable ...

Scientists have developed a transistor-type active-matrix pressure sensor using foldable substrate and air-dielectric layer. A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has created a three-dimensional, ...

Staff Sgt. Jacob Rascon, right, and Sgt. David Hendrixson, both assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), analyze prototyped cyber field equipment during Cyber Quest ...

A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic sensor that measures infrared (IR) light radiating from objects in its field of view. They are most often used in PIR-based motion detectors.

Tempe, Arizona - Southwest Microwave, a leading global supplier of perimeter intrusion detection systems, has announced the introduction of the advanced Model 420 Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensor for ...