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IFSA Newsletter (ISSN 1726-6017), No.1, January 2006

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In this issue:

1.   Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks

2.   Quick Online Sensors Survey 2006: Sensors Materials: What do you use most ?

3.   Sensors & Transducers Magazine (e-Digest), No.1, January 2006

4.   Sensors Web Portal Up-dates Briefs

5.   New Sensors Books

6.   Subscriber services

7.   Additional Information, Comments, Suggestions

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Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks

     (1-2 February, University of Cambridge (UK))

Failure to monitor, manage and maintain infrastructure can have catastrophic results. At present, the main challenge facing engineers seeking to embed sensors within infrastructure is how to obtain the data collected. Recent advances in communications technology have opened up the possibility of embedding networks of wireless sensors in tunnels, pipelines, roads, bridges, buildings and reservoirs. These sensors are capable of transmitting high-density, multi-parameter, real time data on the infrastructures condition, and will revolutionise our ability to monitor and manage infrastructure at a lower cost.

This two-day workshop will provide an overview of the latest developments in wireless sensor technology, concentrating in particular on potential applications in civil engineering. In addition to profiling recent case studies, the workshop will also address the potential need for a generic platform for making informed engineering decisions.

The format of the workshop is designed to be interactive, allowing delegates from different fields to share their extensive knowledge and expertise. The programme includes presentations, demonstrations, round-table discussions, networking opportunities and dinner in Jesus College.

The workshop is free and will run from 2pm on 1st February until 1pm on 2nd February. Overnight accommodation can be arranged upon request.

This workshop is organised by Smart Infrastructure, a knowledge integration community funded by the Cambridge-MIT Institute. Smart Infrastructure is a community of researchers at Cambridge University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who work closely with industrial partners to develop and test innovative sensor systems.

Contact:

Tamara Roukaerts,

Press and Public Relations Officer

The Cambridge-MIT Institute Ltd.

University of Cambridge

10 Miller's Yard, Mill Lane

Cambridge CB2 1RQ

Tel: +44 (1223) 448793, fax: +44 (1223) 765891

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Sensors & Transducers e-Digest (ISSN 1726-5479), Vol. 63, No. 1, January 2006

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• New issue of Sensors & Transducers e-Digest, Vol.63, Issue 1, January 2006 is in the DIGEST section with products and business news

• Quick Online Sensors Survey 2006: Sensors Materials: what do you use most ?

• Mems/Nems Handbook - new 5-volume, 2050 pages book published at 1 January 2006

• Fluorescence Sensors and Biosensors - a new book description

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• 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

• Magnetic Sensors section

• Biosensors section

• Other Sensors section

• Other Sensors section II (Sensors Interfaces, Buses, Networks and Signal Conditioning)

• The following Lists of Manufactures were up-dated (new products and articles):

• Humidity Sensors list of manufacturers (Humidity frequency output systems)

• Temperature Sensors list of manufacturers (Temperature frequency output systems)

• Tilt Sensors list of manufacturers

• Level Sensors list of manufacturers

• Training Courses with new courses in 2006

• Links Section with sensor related events calendar for 2006

• Sensors Wish List with new requests

• New contents and abstracts of 'Sensors and Systems' Journal:

• No.12, December 2005

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

• Vol. 125, , Issue 2 (10 January 2006), complementary issue !

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

• Vol. 113, Issue  1 (17 January 2006), complementary issue !

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