http://sensors.industrysearch.com sensors temperature digital sensors analog sensors sensors pressure sensors acceleration sensors proximity sensors image sensor photoelectric sensors optical sensors sensor instrumentation motion COLUMBUS – Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, Chair of the Ohio Third Frontier Commission, today announced that the Commission recommended nearly $23 million in funding through the Ohio Biomedical Research Commercialization Program for six Ohio projects that target research and development in areas including improved prosthetic limbs, better treatment of asthma and cystic fibrosis, and expanded programs for burn care and nerve repair. The awards are contingent upon State Controlling Board approval. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14604%2etxt Elk Grove Village, IL – (June 16, 2008) The high-powered, ruggedly built Niigata HN80D Horizontal Machining Center from SNK America, Inc. efficiently and reliably machines medium to large parts in a wide range of materials. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14560%2etxt SOUTH BEND, Ind. (June 4, 2008) - EmNet LLC, a startup designer of wastewater control systems, announced today it has completed a pilot project here that could protect municipalities around the world millions in infrastructure improvement costs and prevent combined sewer overflows. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14518%2etxt Erlanger, KY - For reliable detection of short-term gas hazards, Crowcon’s Detective + offers wide-area coverage and long battery life, allowing shutdown maintenance work in plants and refineries to be completed safely and quickly. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14491%2etxt LIVONIA, Mich., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TRW) subsidiary, TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, has developed a scalable airbag control unit (ACU) designed for the growing low-cost vehicle markets. The intelligent solution allows the ACU to be adapted within a platform to offer two options - standard and enhanced - for models sold within emerging territories and for those exported to developed markets. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14463%2etxt Cleveland, Ohio -- EMX Industries Inc., a manufacturer of sensors for automation, announces the ColorMax P version color sensor, the highest resolution and fastest RGB sensor on the market. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14353%2etxt SOMERSET, KY. - Local leaders joined Fifth District Congressman Hal Rogers to dedicate the newest building in Valley Oak Technology Complex and welcome its two new high-tech tenants to the region. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14318%2etxt LMI Technologies, Inc. has developed a complete modular vision sensor platform of hardware and software components under its FireSync™ brand. The system allows fast and easy integration of components into a scalable machine vision system along with microsecond synchronization. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14168%2etxt MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., Magnetic Analysis Corp. (MAC) introduces MultiMac™, a new Windows® based, multi-mode eddy current tester that operates with encircling/sector test coils (to detect short-surface defects) and/or rotary test probes (to identify long, seam-type surface defects). The new multi-mode capability incorporates all of the best features of MAC’s individual encircling coil and rotary probe instruments into one unit. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14057%2etxt Bringing highest laser cutting productivity to a vast range of flat stock applications, the Cincinnati CL-850 laser cutting center makes fast work of thick and thin material with powerful 5000W GE Fanuc laser resonator, advanced cutting head, innovative optics and third-generation linear-motor-drive system. Designed for high throughput, all-around material versatility, and cutting precision, the CL-850 delivers 1000 ipm cutting on 18 ga. steel, and up to 1-1/8" processing range on mild steel. American-made, the CL-850 is available in 5 x 10 and 6 x 12 ft. (2M x 4M) cutting table models, each featuring dual quick-change pallets. Pallets move simultaneously, so changes take just seconds and cutting is virtually continuous. Full guarding and frame-mounted resonator conserves shop space over other lasers. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14048%2etxt Eugene, Oregon, Datalogic Scanning Inc. is pleased to announce the release of the PowerScan® 8000 Series of rugged industrial-strength handheld readers, which are designed and constructed to withstand the toughest environmental conditions and deliver performance to satisfy the most demanding applications. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14043%2etxt Elkhart, IN…CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS) has been recognized by Honda Motor Corporation with a “Supplier of Excellence Award for Product Development.” Honda honored CTS recently at their headquarters in Tokyo, Japan for developing “a compact and low power consumption accelerator pedal with an integrated sensor.” CTS’ accelerator pedal module will be on display for one year in the Exhibition Area in Honda’s Aoyama headquarters. Production for these accelerator pedal modules was launched at CTS’ new Zhongshan, China facility in 2007. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13962%2etxt Transducers Direct creates a double breakthrough — industry's smallest programmable meter for analog sensors/transducers with first-ever integrated diagnostics for both input and output. U.S. made, the TDRO-10 meter features simple two-button English programming and fast 67 msec. update rate. It measures just 3.78" wide x 1.89" high x 1.0" depth http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13925%2etxt Elkhart, IN…CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS) has announced that CTS Automotive Products was awarded a new production program for a smart actuator by a global diesel engine manufacturer. The smart actuator is used as a key part of a turbocharger system. This initial application will be used on diesel engines for light duty diesel trucks sold in the North American market with production beginning late 2009. Total revenues over the life of this six-year program are expected to be approximately $75 million. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13861%2etxt St. Mary¡¯s, PA – Spectrum Sensors and Controls introduces a general purpose temperature sensor that combines excellent thermal response, high accuracy and rugged construction in a low cost package. This sensor assembly is easy to use to monitor air temperatures or it can be installed in a thermowell for liquid sensing which makes it ideal for standard controllers or data loggers. http://sensors.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13824%2etxt