Sensors Help Automate The Creation Of IV Bags
Everyone knows how important IV bags are to ambulances, hospitals, and other medical facilities, but where exactly do they come from? If you don’t know the answer, then you’re not alone–it’s really not something that the average person needs to …
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Water Cannons Take Night Club Fun to the Next Level
Today’s night clubs are a far cry from the disco halls of the ’70s. While there is still plenty of music and crowds dancing to their favorite tunes, the modern clubbing crowd wants interaction and over the top special effects …
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Float Switches Make Weather Stations Effective
Regardless of how advanced internet weather apps may have become, none of them can come close to providing the type of personalized data that weather stations can. Whether you garden as a hobby, or you oversee the mass production of …
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Is 2020 the Year for Hydroponic Growers?
We talk a lot on the blog about the ways sensors are used in farming. Everything from proper irrigation amounts to soil moisture levels and even aiding in quality crop production are all possible with the help of sensors. Today …
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Sensors Measure Cabin Pressure for Comfortable Flights
Airplane transportation saves time and makes it possible for millions of passengers a day to effectively travel across vast geographic areas. During air travel, the aircraft is ascended several hundreds of feet high in the air. At this altitude, air pressure …
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Load Cells Make Industrial Printing & Stamping Machines Accurate
Whether you’re working with variable printing machines or industrial packaging machines, the need for consistent legibility remains the same. From retail merchandising displays to mass mailings–the text you present to the reader must be aligned correctly and easy to read; …
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Pressure Sensors Give Trawlers Accurate Depth Levels
To operate a fishing trawler as efficiently as possible, you must have accurate sub sea pressure levels available to you. Why? Well, true commercial fishermen typically know which types of fish they want to catch. Most trawling vessels fall into …
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How Sensors are Used in Medical Surgical Devices
Robotic surgery is a procedure that is being performed more frequently by hospitals and surgeons. According to iData Research, over 693,000 robotic assisted procedures were performed throughout the United States in 2017. That’s a lot of procedures in a short …
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RF Ablation for Conquering Arrhythmia
The human heart is a precious vessel that works hard in every moment to pump blood through the veins and delivers oxygen to the brain. For the many people who suffer from arrhythmia or an irregular heartbeat, paying close attention …
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Understanding Strain Gauges in Load Cells (Thin Film vs. Bonded Foil. vs. Silicon)
Strain gauges are a type of sensor used to measure a change in force by way of tension and compression. Typically, four strain gauges are used in a Wheatstone Bridge configuration to make up a load cell (a.k.a force sensor). …
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Sensors for Enteral Feeding Pumps Prevent Malnutrition
Malnutrition is one of the world’s biggest health problems… and can be related to issues with deficiencies, imbalances or be caused by a problem with a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients into the body that is required for survival. …
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The Difference Between Pressure and Force Explained
It’s easy for some people to get pressure confused with force, and vice-versa. One of the main reasons is because pressure cannot exist without force. While they are similar in this regard, the difference between the 2 is simple: force is …
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