Description

The Sensor Technology Opportunity Engine for November 2020 comprises of innovations in electronic skin, wearable sensors, chemical detection sensors, and natural gas sensors. Some of the key innovations profiled include electronic skin sensors with reduced hysteresis, printed wearable sensors, chemical detectors for first responders, resilient wearable gas sensors, farm water monitoring, proximity sensors, and humidity sensors among others.

Sensor Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global sensor-related innovations and developments on a monthly basis. Innovations are directed toward developing smart and intelligent sensors with functionalities beyond sensing. Research focus areas include: low power sensors (energy harvesting), industrial automation sensors (M2M, vision sensor), ubiquitous sensor (WSN, sensor fusion), smart sensors (wearables, quantified self), high sensitivity and smaller size (MEMS, nanosensors), and improved security (CBRNE, terahertz). The need for low power, smaller, lighter sensors with enhanced performance attributes and minimal false alarms is driving innovations in the sensors space.

The Sensors and Instrumentation cluster covers innovations pertaining to technologies such as wireless sensors and networks, energy harvesting, haptics and touch, MEMS and nanosensors, Terahertz, ubiquitous/smart sensors, CBRNE, quantified-self, sensor fusion, M2M communications, and drones.

Keywords: Electronic skin, wearable sensor, chemical sensor, chemical detection, CBRN, natural gas sensor, wearables, proximity sensor, humidity sensor, temperature sensor