Sensors

This presentation was given by IDTechEx Technology Analyst Sam Dale at the TechConnect 2022 event.

iRhythm are the leaders in skin patches for extended Holter monitoring and mobile cardiac telemetry.

Thursday 3 November 2022 - This webinar will break down the complex landscape of sensor types, biometrics, and form factors; highlight innovations in electrode integration; discuss optical sensing advancements; and overview opportunities and challenges for microneedles as wearable sensors

Brain activity has traditionally been assessed using large and often expensive technology that has limited its use to specific clinical settings. Small wearable devices that can assess brain activity are hoped to improve the diagnosis and monitoring of brain diseases like dementia or depression.

Electrification and automation are two of the most important trends in automotive industry. This premium article gives an introduction to autonomous vehicles for the background of lidar discussion.

The HCL is based within the University of Cambridge and is developing silicon-based quantum computing hardware.

Sensor laden wearable systems hold great promise for wide range of applications including health monitoring, rehabilitation, electronic skin in robotics, environment monitoring, Internet of Things etc. Often these applications, require cost-effective disposable sensors either for short-term or for single measurements. Single use sensors in wearables could also help overcome the typical challenges related to washability.

IDUN Technologies is a Zürich-based company incorporating neurotechnology into wearable devices.

XeedQ is developing a room-temperature and mobile quantum processor based on diamond-defect qubits. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed Co-founder and CEO Dr Gopi Balasubramanian.

Aegiq is developing quantum photonic technology, primarily single-photon light sources with applications in quantum communications, computing, and sensing. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed CEO Dr Max Sich to learn more about the company.

PragmatIC is a UK-based company developing flexible integrated circuits on polymer substrates. It has received a total of ~US$150 million in funding and is focused on scaling up its technology, which is already commercially available at a low cost.

Researchers have designed a food-grade device from edible materials, including table salt, red cabbage and beeswax that provides a color readout when frozen food has warmed above a specific temperature, which is tunable from -58 F to 32 F.

Cosinuss develops in-ear vital sign monitoring devices.

Researchers have succeeded in developing the world's first ultrathin and breathable nanomesh organic field-effect transistor that can be applied to electronic skin devices. Nanomesh OFET, in combination with various sensors, is expected to enable direct measurement of physiological data from the skin surface and optimize data processing.

The latest wearable sensors report from IDTechEx, "Wearable Sensors 2023-2033", breaks down the complex landscape of sensor types, biometrics, and form factors. IDTechEx highlights the key opportunities and challenges for each sensor type to achieve commercial success across the next ten years.

Wednesday 19 October 2022 - Augmented and virtual reality devices are becoming established commercial products, but they have yet to meet their full promise of revolutionizing how we interact with computing. For this to happen, substantial hardware development needs to take place: but what are the key bottlenecks here?

Scientists have developed a low-cost device that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze and store it as electricity.

Chemists are now a step closer to their goal of developing a handheld tool similar to an alcohol Breathalyzer that can detect THC on a person's breath after they've smoked marijuana.

On September 30th 2022, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke to Dutch news outlet Bright about the future of augmented reality (AR) and the metaverse. On AR, Cook was bullish, stating that it "won't be that long" until we look at life without AR as we now look back to a life before the internet or smartphone.

Human-centric manufacturing puts a high requirement for safety in production because machines work closely with human operators.