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2D Shape Sensing of Bored Tunnel Soil Settlement
This article appears in Civil + Structural Engineer Magazine The world’s underground infrastructure is ever growing. Subway and underground train networks are expanding. Mining, drilling, and…
Four Keys to Implementing Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing
Optical fiber can be installed in environments where alternative sensors cannot operate. Ryan Scurlock This article appears in Aerospace Manufacturing & Design Magazine For many industrial and…
Sensuron enables real-time structural health monitoring onboard NASA’s X-56 UAV
This article appears in Aerospace & Defense Technology Magazine. In contrast to the stiff, rigid wings found on most commercial aircraft, flexible wing technology is considered essential to next…
Fiber Optic Multi-Sensing Platforms
Aerospace and Defense Technology, October 2016, Michael Heflin, CEO, Sensuron Eventually, technology advances to the point where solutions that have been “good enough” for decades are no longer…
In the human body, the nervous system collects continuous streams of sensory data and transmits the information to the brain to be processed. It helps coordinate actions throughout the body, efficiently…
Five Minutes With Michael Heflin, CEO, Sensuron
Rich Nass with Embedded Computing Design talked with our CEO, Michael Heflin about Sensuron’s origins. Listen to the recording below: For more information about fiber optic sensing applications visit…
Look Inside Fiber Optic Sensing
01/27/2016 By Alex Tongue, Optical Sensing R&D and Application Engineer, Sensuron New technologies can often be intimidating to implement for a number of reasons, but one of the most common hurdles is…
Don’t Stress Out: How to Pick the Best Tool for Strain Measurements
Michael Heflin, CEO of Sensuron, explains the differences between modern strain measurement tools and for which applications they are best suited. Strain measurement is imperative during prototype design…
New Materials Push the Embedded Tech Envelope
02/29/2016 By Jeff Kerns, Technical Editor, Machine Design Research in materials science and embedded sensors have led to advances like rubber-bound metal nano blobs to increase conductivity and machines…
Fiber optic sensing: The past, present, and exciting future
02/12/2016 By Michael Heflin, CEO, Sensuron. This article is originally appeared on EDN. Over the past 60 years, fiber optic sensing (FOS) has been used to enhance and test the integrity, efficiency,…
Using Fiber Optics for the Next Generation of Sensors
02/09/2016 By Megan Crouse, Real-Time Digital Reporter, Product Design & Development @abmdigi Fiber optic sensors can provide many more points of data than…
1000 sensors, one line, using optical fiber
01/27/2016 By Richard Quinell, Editor, EDN Adding sensors to systems for purposes such as predictive maintenance is an application of growing interest in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. But if wireless…
With Fiber Comes Miles-Long and Multiplexed Sensors
12/04/2015 By Hank Hogan, Contributing Editor, Photonics Spectra. Fiber sensors can bring light into otherwise inaccessible places, and measure parameters such as vibration and strain. They can do so in a…
Interview: FOS—A Game Changer in Data Testing
09/30/2015 By Carlos Gonzalez, Technical Editor for the Design, Engineering & Sourcing Group, Machine Design. Michael Heflin, CEO of Sensuron, discusses the ways fiber-optic sensing will change…
Fiber Optic Sensing Improves Medical Measurements and More
09/23/2015 By Randy Frank, Senior Editor, Sensor Tips. Unlike strain gages, thermocouples, liquid level and other sensors that only measure critical points, distributed fiber optic sensing (FOS) can…
Press release: R&D Editors Announce 2015 R&D 100 Award Finalists The 2015 R&D 100 Award Finalists are listed below in alphabetical order by the name of the primary developer company and…
Partnership with Technobis offers fast and affordable, miniature measurement solutions based on integrated photonics for high performance market segments such as aerospace, medical, energy, mobility, high-tech…
Sensors Magazine Names 2016 “Best of Sensors Expo” Award Winners
16 Companies Recognized for Their Industry-Leading Innovation at the 31st Annual Sensors Expo & Conference NEWTON, MA–(Marketwired – Jun 23, 2016) – Sensors Expo & Conference (#Sensors16), the…
Sensuron Expands Globally with Strategic Partnership with OgMentum
AUSTIN, TX, April 4, 2016–Sensuron, a global provider of compact fiber optic sensing (FOS) systems, today announced a new strategic partnership with OgMentum, a leader in global sales and channel management…
New cost-effective fiber optic sensing platform gives real-time access to data allowing engineers to detect design flaws earlier AUSTIN, TX, March 8, 2016 – Sensuron, a global provider of compact…
Sensuron Recognized as 2015 R&D 100 Award Finalist
Sensuron’s RTS 125 compact fiber optic sensing system selected as finalist in collaboration with NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Austin, TX – August 24, 2015 – Today, Sensuron, a global provider…
4DSP’s Sensuron Unit Announces Revolutionary 3D Shape Sensing for Medical Applications
2020 update: 3D Shape Sensing technology has been spun out and is now available from The Shape Sensing Company. January 28, 2015 AUSTIN, TX – 4DSP announces the release of groundbreaking 3D shape sensing…
4DSP Brings Fiber Optic Sensing Technology to an Unprecedented Level of Performance with the RTS125
June 27, 2014 AUSTIN, TX – The RTS125 is an off-the-shelf, distributed Fiber Optic Sensing solution. With tens of thousands of strain or temperature sensors simultaneously monitored up to 100 times per…
4DSP LLC Announces Strategic Partnership with FBGS
December 11, 2013, AUSTIN, TX, USA – 4DSP LLC, a leading global developer of fiber optic strain, temperature and 3D shape sensing technology today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with…
October 22, 2013, AUSTIN, TX, USA – 4DSP, a leading global developer of fiber optic strain, temperature and 3D shape sensing technology, today announced they have won the prestigious 2013 R&D 100 Award in…
3D shape rendering and strain measurement demonstrations of licensed NASA fiber optic technology could radically enhance endoscopic surgery, aerospace safety, Oil & Gas exploration and much more. August…