Patients who remain in bed for long periods of time may develop pressure sores, which can in turn become potentially life-threatening chronic skin ulcers. A new sensor could help keep that from ...

A new fiber-optic sensor made from stretchy rubber rather than glass can be integrated into wearable electronics and measure movement. The sensors can also quantify the force of stretching, bending, ...

New research describes a fiber optic smart pant that can monitor movement and health. The pants can be used to detect activities such as sitting, squatting, walking or kicking without inhibiting ...

The recent development in the utilization of flexible optical fiber sensors and the prospective application scenarios were then summarized, which encompass human activity monitoring and healthcare, ...

Scientists at Oxford University have developed a novel sensor made of incredibly thin strands of sapphire that can withstand extreme heat and radiation. The breakthrough is billed as a solution to a ...

The prospect of exploiting spider silk's combination of optical and mechanical properties has been an attractive proposition to designers for some time. Back in 2008 a project at Tufts University ...

Las Vegas, NV – 02/05/2024 – RBtec Perimeter Security Systems, a leader in innovative security solutions, is proud to announce the unveiling of its latest advancement, the RaySense AI DAS Perimeter ...

Start-up Senergetics has developed a sensor system that can identify corrosion of industrial piping as it starts to happen, even if buried under a thick layer of insulation. Its Dutch developers say, ...

Electrochemical surface-plasmon-resonance sensing principle and experimental demonstration with a gold-coated TFBG optical fiber sensor. (a) Experimental setup of a plasmonic fiber-optic sensing ...