It is being reclaimed from the desert, so water production and conservation alone requires many sophisticated sensors. Let us look closer at those leading patentors. What types do they lead in? Below are their places in the league table by parameter measured.
An interesting first observation is that many of the leaders are patenting sensors to protect the equipment they put those sensors in, not because they wish to sell individual sensors. Leading sensors patentors. Source: IDTechEx. The Toyota activity may be consistent with its declared determination to put combustion engines in vehicles for longer than much of its competition. Its projections for its future battery electric vehicle sales are a long way behind leading developers such as Tesla and Volkswagen.
However, Tesla has few patents, yet its market value dwarfs that of all other automotive manufacturers showing that patents are only part of the story. There are two definitions of biosensor, and here we use that relating to the use of biological mechanisms to perform sensing.
We do not mean any parameter measured on a living thing. Leading sensors patentors in up-and-coming sensor types. Samsung is clearly expanding strongly into healthcare because the biosensor principle is particularly favored in the medical industry. Of course, a part of that is the mobile phone becoming a medical device. Samsung intends to remain a leader in mobile phones. Now here is a surprise. Welcome, Cyborg. It's already happening.
We humans are gradually merging with the digital world. I'll bet that you know where your phone is at all times. Probably more so than where your children are.
It's astounding that in 10 years we have come to cherish and never part with a small piece of technology that now links us to the entire world. It's not yet embedded under the skin or in our cerebral cortex , but anything is possible. Add as evidence the rapid uptake of wearables. If you have a Fitbit or Apple Watch on your wrist, you're already strapped with sensors.
The output of your phone's sensors and wearables often ends up in the cloud, where the data can be mined not only to your own benefit, but to others' as well.
Companies, nonprofits, government agencies and institutions of learning are all generating huge quantities of sensor information , with no signs of slowing. In fact, the opportunities that lie in capturing that data and cross-correlating it with other inputs will undoubtedly lead to entirely new applications, companies and probably industries. As an example, look at ride sharing: Until enough of us started carrying smartphones, and the phones included built-in GPS chipsets, and wireless data became widely practical in terms of both coverage and rate plans, you couldn't offer Lyft or Uber in a cost-efficient, user-friendly way.
The same will happen, arguably at a far greater scale, with the ubiquitous integration of inexpensive sensors in and across virtually every area of our lives. While all of this is amazing and exciting to contemplate, there are a few big elephants in the room: Look for future postings on issues including rights management and chains of liability for personal and commercially generated sensor data, and of course, privacy.
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Sensors are already well established in the world of medicine, where they are used daily in many hospitals to monitor information critical to equipment operation and patient care.
Sensors are also part of a larger trend of moving health care into the home, in part because nearly 13 million seniors live alone in the United States, according to ClearCare, a San Francisco-based maker of software for home care agencies. Medical companies hope these sensor-based devices will allow the elderly to maintain their independence longer, reducing the costs associated with professional caretakers.
This critical info will be relayed back to a clinician who can respond if something does not seem quite right. Similar monitoring can be done on the fly for anything from blood pressure to glucose level, heading off potentially damaging or fatal events. Other sensor-driven products may also play a part in improving mental health. Designer and maker Chloe Meineck has created the Music Memory Box, a device to help people living with dementia.
Users attach RFID tags to familiar objects, such as an old award or a small gift that was received. When an object is placed in the center of the Music Memory Box , a reader picks up the individual RFID number and plays the appropriate music or sounds, perhaps stirring otherwise inaccessible memories in the patient.
The autonomous self-driving car is sexy, no question. Lidar has a much shorter range than radar, but the shorter wavelengths result in a massive increase in resolution. Many autonomous cars use a lidar sensor that scans 2. In the case of autonomous vehicles, wireless communication connects vehicles to one another and allows monitoring of surroundings, including pedestrians and bicyclists. The result: improved safety. Cities can be a tough place to live.
Sensors are making big inroads in health and stress reduction in urban environments.
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