A new clue to how the body detects physical force

Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical force into an electrical signal ...

You can’t see this tiny sensor with your eyes, but it can solve processor heating woes

Researchers developed a super tiny thermometer that sits directly on a chip could monitor temperature changes and potentially improve processor performance.
CNET

Motorola's Project Maxwell Pendant Is Just the Start of Its Experimental Wearables Journey

Perhaps it's my refusal to uncritically buy into the idea that everyone will be a specs wearer in the future, but I always ...
Tech Xplore

Tiny thermometers offer on-chip temperature monitoring for processors

The semiconductor chips driving modern-day computer processors are covered in billions of individual transistors, each of ...
Hackaday

Building A Heading Sensor Resistant To Magnetic Disturbances

Light aircraft often use a heading indicator as a way to know where they’re going. Retired instrumentation engineer [Don Welch] recreated a heading indicator of his own, using cheap ...
CNX Software

DFRobot launches low-power, low-cost Fermion: BMV080 air quality sensor module

BMV080 is a low-power, low-cost PM1, PM2.5, and PM10 sensor module with I2C and SPI interfaces that sells for just $29.90.
Yahoo Finance

Germany's Infineon to purchase part of sensor business of ams Osram

German tech firm Infineon is purchasing part of the sensor business of German-Austrian company ams Osram for approximately €570 million ($673 million), the companies announced on Tuesday. Infineon ...
Newsweek

Wearable Sensor Will Improve Bipolar Disorder Treatment

A wearable sensor could make tracking medication levels much easier for people living with bipolar disorder, eliminating the need for blood draws and lab analyses. The first-of-its-kind device could ...
Business Times

STMicro to acquire part of NXP Semiconductors’ sensor business for US$950 million

[SINGAPORE] STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has entered into an agreement to buy part of Dutch-based NXP Semiconductors’ sensor business for up to US$950 million. The deal would expand STMicro’s ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

STMicro to buy part of NXP Semiconductors' sensor business for up to $950 million

French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics said on Thursday it would acquire part of NXP Semiconductors' sensor unit for up to $950 million in cash. The deal would expand STMicro's portfolio of ...
Reuters

STMicro to buy part of NXP Semiconductors' sensor business for up to $950 million

July 24 (Reuters) - French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA), opens new tab said on Thursday it would acquire part of NXP Semiconductors' (NXPI.O), opens new tab sensor unit for up to ...
SlashGear

This One Dirty Sensor Could Be Ruining Your Car's Performance (But It's Easy To Clean)

Your engine needs a steady stream of clean air to function properly, and it's the job of the mass air flow (MAF) sensor to measure and regulate the amount of clean air entering the intake. The engine ...