Need of Sensors

Need of Sensors

Seismic monitors provide an early warning system for earthquakes.

The latest sensor equipment includes heart rate, electrical voltage, gas, light, sound, temperature, and distance sensors. Data is collected via the sensors and then transmitted to the computer. Up to date software is used to collect, display and store the experimental data. The computer software can then display this data in different formats - such as graphs, tables or meter readings, which make it easy for students to understand the process and bring science to life.

The significance of sensor technology is constantly growing. Sensors allow us to monitor our surroundings in ways we could barely imagine a few years ago. New sensor applications are being identified everyday which broadens the scope of the technology and expands its impact on everyday life.

In Industry

On the factory floor, networked vibration sensors warn that a bearing is beginning to fail. Mechanics schedule overnight maintenance, preventing an expensive unplanned shutdown. Inside a refrigerated grocery truck, temperature and humidity sensors monitor individual containers, reducing spoilage in fragile fish or produce.

In the Environment

Networks of wireless humidity sensors monitor fire danger in remote forests. Nitrate sensors detect industrial and agricultural runoff in rivers, streams and wells, while distributed seismic monitors provide an early warning system for earthquakes. Meanwhile built-in stress sensors report on the structural integrity of bridges, buildings and roadways, and other man-made structures.

For Safety and Security

Fire fighters scatter wireless sensors throughout a burning building to map hot spots and flare-ups. Simultaneously, the sensors provide an emergency communications network.

Miniature chemical and biological sensors in hospitals, post offices, and transportation centres raise an alarm at the first sign of anthrax, smallpox or other terror agents.