Sensor Review: Volume 21 Issue 2
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The international journal of sensing for industryTable of contents
Self‐powered systems: a review of energy sources
P. Glynne‐Jones, N.M. WhiteA range of self‐power technologies is reviewed. Self‐powered systems are defined as those that operate by harnessing ambient energy present within the environment of the system…
The UK gas sensor industry
Robert BogueReviews the state of the UK gas sensor industry. Considers the nature and scale of university research and the extent to which this has been exploited by UK gas sensor companies…
Autonomous radio sensor points to new applications
Jack HollingumA Siemens research team has developed a sensor that remains passive unless an event such as a pressure change occurs, in which case it generates its own power and transmits a…
Award‐winning shape acquisition speeds up prototype production
Ian AlcockA consortium of UK companies has developed a high speed, high accuracy 3D shape acquisition system called Photoform that can dramatically speed up prototype production in a whole…
Space technology comes down to earth
Jack HollingumSpace satellites have for years used solar cells for their source of electricity. However, the technology has been expensive and relatively inefficient in comparison with other…
PVDF piezoelectric polymer
Pierre UeberschlagPVDF piezo polymers are new, valuable materials for sensing and actuating applications. These materials are strong candidates for new sensors that cannot be realised with…
Autonomous current sensing for high voltage systems with auxiliary optical energisation
E.F. Donaldson, P.A. Calton, J.R. Gibson, G.R. Jones, N.A. Pilling, B.T. TaylorAn autonomous sensing system is described for deployment on high voltage power lines and to provide an economical method for monitoring current on such lines. The autonomy is…
Thermal sensor using the differential thermal analysis for the detection of relative humidity
B. Sorli, F. Pascal‐Delannoy, A. Foucaran, A. Giani, A. BoyerThis article describes a new humidity sensor using the technique of differential thermal analysis (DTA). The energy of water vaporisation is estimated via the measurement of the…
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- Professor Kean C. Aw