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This monthly e-newsletter, written by the editors of Sensors & Transducers Magazine (ISSN 1726-5479), delivers the product and research news you asked for, and updates you on happenings in the sensor science and industry. Who should read this Newsletter ? All who are interested in the newest information and trends in sensors, transducers, MEMS and sensor instrumentation, including DAQ.

IFSA Newsletter (ISSN 1726-6017), No.8, August 2005

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In this issue:

1.   Sensors & Transducers Magazine (e-Digest), No.8, August 2005

2.   Sensors & Transducers Magazine, Special Issue on Multisensor Data and Information Processing, August 2005

3.   Sensors Web Portal Up-dates Briefs

4.   New Sensors Books

5.   Gas Sensors and Gas Metering: Applications and Markets

6.   Sensors Related Conference (2006) and Seminar (2005)

7.   Subscriber services

8.   Additional Information

Plus lots more information to be found on Sensors Web Portal: http://www.sensorsportal.com

Sensors & Transducers e-Digest (ISSN 1726-5479), Vol. 58, No. 8, August 2005

The deadline for articles, press releases and sponsored White Papers for the next  issue of S&T e-Digest No.9, Vol.59, September 2005 is
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Sensors & Transducers e-Digest (ISSN 1726-5479), Special Issue, August 2005

     Multisensor Data and Information Processing

Sensors Web Portal Up-Date Briefs

News:

• New issue of Sensors & Transducers e-Digest, Vol.58, Issue 8, August 2005 is in the DIGEST section with products news

• Special Issue of Sensors & Transducers e-Digest (August 2005) on Multisensors Data and Information Processing

• Wireless Sensor Network Systems: A Systems Perspective - new book description (publication date: 31 July 2005)

Up-date:

• Sensor Industry News subsection in NEWS section

• Sensor Industry News Archive section

• Sensor Industry News Syndication page (an opportunity to put latest Sensors Industry news feeds in your own blog or web site)

• Measuring and Control News page

• Biosensors section

• Pressure Sensors section

• Nanosensors section

• Flow Sensors section

• Ultrasonic Sensors section

• TEDS (Plug-and-Play) Smart Sensors section

• The following Lists of Manufactures were up-dated:

• Accelerometers manufacturers

• Pressure Sensors manufacturers

• Humidity Sensors manufacturers

• Position Sensors manufacturers

• pH Sensors manufacturers

• Training Courses with new courses

• Links Section with coming sensor related events in 2006

• Archive 6 (Ph.D. and D.Sc. Theses) with new links to theses available online

• Sensors Wish List with new requests and proposal for funding

• New contents of 'Sensors and Actuators'  A: Physical:

• Vol. 122, Issue 1 (SSSAMW' 04 - Special Section of the Micromechanics Section of Sensors and Actuators based on contributions revised from the Technical Digest of the 2004 Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop)

• Vol. 122, Issue 2 (26 August 2005)

• New contents of 'Sensors and Actuators'  B: Chemical:

• Vol. 109, Issue 1 (E-MRS Fall Meeting - Nanostructured materials and nanotechnologies for new chemical sensors and alternative energy devices)

• Vol. 109, Issue 2 (14 September 2005)

• Vol. 110, Issue 1 (30 September 2005)

• New contents of "Sensors & Systems'' journal:

• No.7, July 2005

• No.8, August 2005

New Books

The global market for gas sensors and gas metering equipment including secondary instrumentation is estimated at $2.8 billion in 2004 and expected to rise at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 5.9% to $3.8 billion in 2009.

Sensors and monitors represent the largest and second highest growing segment, rising at an AAGR of 6.3% from $1.3 billion in 2004 to nearly $1.8 billion in 2009.

The smallest segment, secondary instrumentation, also is the fastest growing and expected to reach $512 million in 2009, rising at an AAGR of 7.2%.

For more details please see: http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?productid=1170140&g=1

Sensors Related Conference and Seminar

1) IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium 2006, 7-9 February 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana

The new IEEE Sensors and Applications Symposium 2006 brings together the sensor user and developer community to address novel and emergent applications in biology, homeland security, system health management and related areas. The symposium offers a variety of formats designed to maximize the exchange of information and provide opportunities for visioning.

Sensor Topics: Biosensors, Nanosensors, Wireless and Networked Sensors, Smart Sensors and Standards (IEEE 1451.X), Virtual Sensors.

Application Topics: Homeland security, Integrated System Health Management, Nondestructive Evaluation and Remote Sensing, Commercial Development

More information can be found at the symposium website: http://www.sensorapps2006.org/

Deadline for Abstract: 1 November 2005

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