Automotive industry demand for active speed and position sensors is growing at a compound annual rate of 17% but passive sensors may make a comeback, according to a new study of the technologies by ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The next generation of car automation will combine passivemicroelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors with active actuators that willincreasingly “drive” cars in hazardous ...

Sensor-based passive RFID tags have been on the market for just a few years, but according to U.K.-based market-research firm IDTechEx, they have accomplished sufficient growth in niche markets that ...

Smartrac has announced a partnership with RFMicron to create passive radio frequency identification tags with low-cost and simple, built-in sensors using what RFMicron calls its Chameleon technology.

The same material that makes the theft detectors go off in a department store when the salesperson forgets to remove the anti-theft tag, may make inexpensive, passive temperature and stress sensors ...

Passive InfraRed sensors (PIRs) are electronic devices which are used in some security alarm systems to detect motion of an infrared emitting source, usually a human body. All objects, living or not, ...

Below are the finalists for the Passive components, sensors, indicators, and interconnects category of the 2012 ACE Awards Ultimate Products. After reviewing the finalists, cast your vote here. The ...