Description

This issue of Sensor TechVision Opportunity Engine profiles advancements in color sensors, 3D image sensors, laser sensing, 3D ultrasound touch sensors, and electronic skin, solid-state LiDAR, and sweat detecting stress sensors. It also focuses on sensor detecting freshness of food and plants, vision-based tactile sensor, and time-of-flight image sensor.

Sensor TechVision 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: Image sensor, graphene sensor, skin sensor, electronics skin, color sensor, 3D sensor, tactile sensor, LiDAR, Solid-state LiDAR, touch sensor, ultrasound sensor