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Citizen Sensor is DIY, wearable, reconfigurable sensor pack and data contextualization system that allows users to collect, share, and understand data using sensors recording environmental conditions such as carbon monoxide, light, noise pollution, and methane gas exposure among others. Users choose what to sense, and then connect with others around the world to share knowledge and experience. We want to empower the general public to learn more about their own personal space and measure where we live and play on a daily basis.
Posts tagged "sensors"
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Source smarterplanet
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Innovation promises expanded roles for microsensors →
Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating microcantilevers to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security to food processing.
The microcantilevers - slivers of silicon shaped like small diving boards - vibrate at their natural, or “resonant,” frequency. Analyzing the frequency change when a particle lands on the microcantilever reveals the particle’s presence and potentially its mass and composition.
The sensors are now used to research fundamental scientific questions. However, recent advances may allow for reliable sensing with portable devices, opening up a range of potential applications, said Jeffrey Rhoads, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University.
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Technological Healing →
Nanosensors patrolling your bloodstream for the first sign of an imminent stroke or heart attack, releasing anticlotting or anti-inflammatory drugs to stop it in its tracks. Cell phones that display your vital signs and take ultrasound images of your heart or abdomen. Genetic scans of malignant cells that match your cancer to the most effective treatment.
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Home's electrical wiring acts as antenna to receive low-power sensor data →
If these walls had ears, they might tell a homeowner some interesting things. Like when water is dripping into an attic crawl space, or where an open window is letting hot air escape during winter.
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Mobile phone sensing is the next big thing.
Sensor enabled mobile phones (aka smartphones) are poised to be at the center of a next revolution in social networks, green applications, global environmental monitoring, personal and community healthcare, sensor augmented gaming, virtual reality and smart transportation systems.Source youtube.com -
Activity sensing with software sensors →
A computer science researcher at the University of Leicester has investigated a technique which senses the activity of the user with the help of computer software systems. The doctoral study by a Pakistani student aims to deliver the systems which change according to the situation of the user by using Software Sensors that scan the context of the user.
Source eurekalert.org
