News tagged with pressure sensors
Intelligent shoe performs pressure imaging
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Martin Schepers of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a new intelligent shoe. It has four sensors that measure pressure and movement during walking, giving doctors a ...
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The fluid transducer: Electricity from gas and water
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Air compression systems can be found in many manufacturing operations. If a leak occurs anywhere in the system, the air pressure drops and production comes to a halt until the source of failure has been found. ...
These shoes are made for talking ... to your phone
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May 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A startup is working on a product that can tell you exactly what it's like to walk a mile in someone else's shoes - because the insoles record every touch of pressure.
Sensor in artery measures blood pressure
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- High blood pressure can be a trial of patience for doctors and for sufferers, whose blood pressure often has to be monitored over a long time until it can be regulated. This will now be made ...
Scientists develop the world's thinnest balloon
Aug 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in New York are reporting development of the world's thinnest balloon, made of a single layer of graphite just one atom thick. This so-called graphene sealed microchamber is impermeable ...
Typhoons trigger earthquakes on Taiwan: scientists
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Surprised scientists say that typhoons which hit Taiwan unleash long, slow earthquakes, a phenomenon that may save the island from devastating temblors.
Pressure sensors in the eye
Sep 03, 2007 |
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Sensors can monitor production processes, unmask tiny cracks in aircraft hulls, and determine the amount of laundry in a washing machine. In future, they will also be used in the human body and raise the alarm ...
Watching over the water system: Engineers design sensors to monitor pipes after earthquakes
Aug 18, 2009 |
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After a big earthquake, it's key to keep the water system afloat. Water is necessary for life, and it fights the fires that often accompany such disasters.
Tiny 'gas-flow' sensor has industrial, environmental applications
Feb 02, 2007 |
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Researchers at Purdue University have shown how to create a new class of tiny sensors for applications ranging from environmental protection to pharmaceutical preservation.
New look at gravity data sheds light on ocean, climate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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A discovery about the moon made in the 1960s is helping researchers unlock secrets about Earth's ocean today.
Configure your own operating software
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Remote maintenance systems that monitor the status of facilities and machines have always had to be configured manually, a laborious task. But now a new system can be easily adapted for a range of facilities with no need ...
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