Analog Devices has released the ADXL32x family of MEMS accelerometers. They are available with two measurement axes in a package that is 4mm x 4mm x 1.45mm. They are claimed to be the smallest accelerometer form factor available today.
Read more on the Analog Devices web site.
The Mechatronics 2004 conference will be held in Sydney, Australia on September 6-8, 2004.
See the Mechatronics 2004 conference web site for more details.
The new Star City bridge over the Monongahela River in West Virginia has 770 sensors and 28 data loggers attached to it to monitor the condition of the bridge.
Read more about the project on the West Virginia University web site.
A Korean company U-BEAT has released a speaker system that can be worn around your shoulders and also generates vibration to give the listener an added kick. The company’s home page is written in Korean, but you can read more about it on the Boys Stuff web site.
Analog Device has released its third generation of their SHARC digital signal processors that are designed specifically for sound processing in vehicle and consumer electronics.
Read the press release on the Analog Devices web site.
An Israeli company called Phone-Or is making optical microphones. Light is reflected off a vibrating membrane and is used to measure the vibration amplitude. These devices are well suited to environments where there are strong radio or magnetic fields, where conventional microphones will not work.
The Eleventh International Congress on Sound and Vibration will be held in the Hotel Pribaltiyskaya, in St. Petersburg, Russia, 5-8 July, 2004. Abstracts for the conference should be submitted no later than 31 December, 2003.
Read more on the ICSV11 web site.
The ANSYS 2004 conference will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., between May 24-26, 2004. Technical paper topics address the complete spectrum of engineering applications from biomedical to aerospace with suggested topics that include accuracy in FEA, coupled-field analysis, fluid structure interaction, MEMS simulation, and probabilistic design.
Read more on the ANSYS web site.
The Active 2004 conference will be held in Williamsburg, Virginia USA, between 20-22 September 2004.
See the announcement on the INCE – USA web site.
A Japanese engineer has invented a wrist watch cell phone called “Whisper”, where the user places her finger in her ear canal to hear, and speaks into a microphone on the wrist band.
Read the journal paper at ACM Digital Library. Read a news release at Indiana University.