Sensor Review: Volume 28 Issue 4

Environmental sensing: strategies, technologies and applications

The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of environmental sensing technologies and applications and to consider briefly the research effort.

Modelling climate change on a million home computers

The purpose of this paper is to describe a climate modelling experiment that takes advantage of the spare capacity of home computers to extend computational resources.

Oil exploration in challenging environments

The purpose of this paper is to examine the technologies currently used in geological exploration for oil and gas.

Gas sensing and particle detection

The purpose of this paper is to explore various techniques for detecting gases and particles, with particular application to environmental measurements.

Automatic digital terrain model generation using Cartosat‐1 stereo images

Cartosat‐1 is the first Indian Remote Sensing satellite, developed for topographic mapping, able to collect in‐track high‐resolution stereo images with a 2.5 m pixel size. In the…

Sensing in nature: using biomimetics for design of sensors

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how biomimetics can be applied in sensor design. Biomimetics is an engineering discipline that uses nature as an inspiration source for…

Noise modelling of improved detection scheme for displacement optic sensors

The purpose of this paper is to propose modelling of the noise of an improved method for the measurement of small displacement and vibrations. It is based on a novel method for…

Design and optimization of eddy current sensor for instrumented pipeline inspection gauge

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an in line non‐destructive inspection tool instrumented pipeline inspection gauge (IPIG) and the need for secondary sensors in it; and to…

A self‐healing mobile wireless sensor network using predictive reasoning

The paper aims to investigate performance benefits associated with adopting a mobile wireless sensor network (WSN). Sensor nodes are generally energy constrained due to the latter…

A paradigm shift for inspection: complementing traditional CMM with DSSP innovation

Advances in non‐contact measurement technology, processes and techniques have created momentum in the application of digital shape sampling and processing (DSSP) for driving a…

Body Sensor Networks

JENCOLOR True-Color color sensors – temperature-stable and uniquely precise

New Mini CORI-FLOW is smallest Coriolis instrumentation yet

Diary

Patent abstracts

Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors

SI guide to international language of measurement

Sensing in myspace

Vision technology replaces manual sampling in volume biscuit production

BMW to use automatic surface defect inspection system for sprayed car parts

Colibrys extended bandwidth capacitive vibration sensors to displace piezoresistive technology for HUMS applications

e2v announces a new high performance, global shutter, custom CMOS imaging solution, that sets new standards in custom imaging

UK scientists demonstrate ultra-sensitive graphene-based gas sensor

First European home control summit of the Z-Wave Alliance reflects high market momentum in energy conservation

Environmental sensors and networks of sensors

Web sites

3D X-ray inspection of automotive components: 100 per cent inspection and verification

New patented bearing fault detector senses rolling impacts