News tagged with metal oxide sensor
3-D, after-the-fact focus image sensors invented
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the heart of digital photography is a chip called an image sensor that captures a map of the intensity of the light as it comes through the lens and converts it to an electronic signal.
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Nanowire-based sensors offer improved detection of volatile organic compounds
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Mason University and the University of Maryland has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Solar-powered nano sensor targets gases more polluting than carbon
(PhysOrg.com) -- A solar-powered sensor station to monitor in real time the concentration of gases that are key culprits in climate change and air pollution has been installed on a QUT Gardens Point roof as ...
May 30, 2011 |
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Image sensors for extreme temperatures
Image sensors which are used as electronic parking aids in cars or for quality control in production systems have to be able to withstand the often very high temperatures that prevail in these environments. ...
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Novel temperature calibration improves NIST microhotplate technology
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new calibration technique that will improve the reliability and stability of one of NIST's most versatile technologies, the ...
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Ripe pineapple and delicious pork
Customers want fresh food, which is neither unripe nor spoiled. A new system based on metal oxide sensors could check the safety and quality of foods reliably, quickly and economically -- such as how ripe ...
Aug 03, 2009 |
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E-Noses: Testing their mettle against fly noses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from CSIRO's Food Futures Flagship have made a breakthrough in efforts to extend the sensory range of 'electronic noses' (e-noses) by developing a system for comparing their performance ...
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Super Sensitive Gas Detector Goes Down the Nanotubes
When cells are under stress, they blow off steam by releasing minute amounts of nitrogen oxides and other toxic gases. In a recent paper,* researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2009 |
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