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Finally, a self-powered wireless nanoscale sensor

Impact: Sensor Technology    June 2, 2011
Nanogenerator system……….Credit: NanoLetters, American Chemical Society One day the world may well be blanketed with sensors (metaphorically). If so, it will be the result of advances in nanotechnology. Perhaps it will be derived from the work of Zhong Lin Wang and his group of ambitious researchers at The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech, Atlanta, [...]
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A heart monitor planted in an artery

News: Body Implants    June 2, 2010
The idea of implanting electronics in the human body has its disturbing side, but if anybody had any question what will drive the use of body implants – medical uses – then here’s a confirming story. As reported on ABC World News (May 31, 2010), a device called the EndoSure Wireless AAA Pressure Management System, [...]
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Petimo: A cuddly social networking toy for kids

News: Communications    May 9, 2010
Petimo and its navigation menus. Credit: Mixed Reality Lab It’s kind of round. It’s kind of furry. It’s for kids about 6 to 10 years old. It just won a first prize at the 2010 Innovation Circus in Milan, Italy. It’s called Petimo and it’s a social networking computer interface that doesn’t look or work [...]
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Sensor technology: Tattletale pills

News: Sensor Technology    March 31, 2010
Tattletale pills, that’s what they call them at the University of Florida (Gainesville, USA) – sensors embedded in pills to indicate whether the pills have been taken or not. The announcement of this new use of technology describes the system as microscale chip and digestible antenna placed in each pill so that ingestion can be [...]
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Printable tagging with Nano-RFID

News: Nanotechnology    March 19, 2010
RFID – Radio Frequency Identification – started in the 1970’s at the edge of technological capability. The idea of ID tags that could broadcast their identification seemed useful, particularly for expensive inventory that could justify the cost. The idea was also somewhat controversial, as it was easy to envision privacy issues with tags applied to [...]
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