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October 2025 Product Roundup: Sensors and Machine Safety

From AutomationDirect to Pepperl+Fuchs, explore sensing and machine safety products from top automation suppliers.
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Sensor identifies sodium nitrite in drinks using laser-modified cork

A team of researchers from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, has developed a sensor that can identify sodium nitrite (NaNO 2) in various beverages, ...
IEEE

HFR-Video-Based 3-D Software Sensor for Bridge Displacement Monitoring

Abstract: In this letter, we propose a novel vision-based 3-D software sensor using high-frame-rate (HFR) videos for bridge measurement that can realize noncontact full-view 3-D dynamic analysis, ...
IEEE

High Sensitivity Fiber Bragg Grating Humidity Sensors Made With Through-the-Coating Femtosecond Laser Writing and Polyimide Coating Thickening

Abstract: Durable fiber Bragg grating (FBG) relative humidity (RH) sensors are fabricated in commercially available polyimide (PI) coated 50-µm diameter Ge-doped silica optical fibers using an ...
C&EN

Flexible Laser-Induced Graphene Microelectrochemical Sensor on Sustainable Cellulosic Paper Substrate for Sensitive Detection of Uric Acid and Tyrosine in Sweat

Smart Micro/Nano Electromechanical Systems (SMNEMS) Laboratory, School of Advanced Technologies, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 168449-1314, Iran ...