Droid Sensors, Mobile Sensors

Glucose Meter for the iPhone

Sanofi-aventis unveiled the world's first attachment to iPhone and iPod that is a standalone medical device. The plug-in, dubbed iBGStar, was developed by Sanofi-aventis and AgaMatrix, the company we profiled last year for its efforts to develop a connectivity package for iPhone and its own glucose meters. Source: link

Miniature LCOS Laser Picoprojector Is As Big As A Matchbox

OEMed by XDM, a part of Explay in Japan, is truly something to behold. Smaller than a matchbox – it’s about an inch on each side – it pumps out an unspeckled 14 lumens image in full color at about 800 pixels on the top side. It small enough to fit in the upper corner of almost any phone and the aperture is so tiny it’s almost unnoticeable. Source: link

A headset sensor that reads your brainwaves

Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface(on base of sensors) reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.

Low-Cost Mobile Phone Eye Test for iPhone

NETRA (Near-Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment) uses a phone's LCD display(iPhone) and intelligent software to administer a quick, effective and accurate vision test that patients can perform at home. he NETRA test consists of a small plastic device clipped onto the phone's screen. The patient looks into a tiny lens, presses the phone's arrow keys to make a set of parallel green and red lines overlap, bringing view into sharp focus, and repeats this eight times for each eye as the lines appea...

Real-time control system for Humanoids (via mobile)

V-Sido For Smartphones is a real-time control system for humanoids that turns smartphones into multi-touch remote controls for those robots. For example, if the user draws the shape of a star on the phone’s screen, the humanoid in question does the same in the real world (and in real-time). Move your fingers faster, and the robot will move its arms faster, too. Yamazaki said his future plans include developing a solution of life-sized robots and commercializing V-Sido by year-end. More: link

Minput Multipoint Optical Tracking Device turns Small Devices in to Mice

Minput is a device that uses a couple of optical sensors to track movement on a device such as an MP3 player. By moving the device around, various menu functions can be accessed. By using optical sensors on a device such as an MP3 player or mobile phone, it gives you the option to use the device as its own computer mouse. Source: link

Apple Patent Application Uses Heart Rhythm to ID Users

Apple has filed a patent application that shows an interesting way the firm is looking at telling if the user holding a future iPhone is authorized to use it. The app shows an iPhone with sensors in the case that reads the users heart rhythm. Patent: link Source: link

Future iPhone Could Gain Sense Of Smell with sensor

In about a year, the Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) hopes to have prototype phones from Apple, LG, Qualcomm, and Samsung that can sense carbon monoxide and fire. On Friday, the S&T said that it has begun actively funding a project that has been in the research phase since 2007 to develop cell phones equipped with sensors capable to detecting dangerous chemicals. More: link

Medical Sensor for Asthmatics – Breathe In, Breathe Out

Asthmatics should regularly monitor their airways to determine if there’s any deterioration, but checking in to see a doctor that frequently is time consuming so designer Felix created Blue Flow. The system combines a peak flow monitor with mobile phone software. Information is wirelessly transmitted to the phone for your doctor to monitor. The information gathered can be used to determine the best course of action since the condition is finicky and changes based on a number of health and env...

Plastic sensor monitor body functions

The German research organization(the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Munich) has announced that they are working on a chip that can detect deep vein thrombosis using only a single drop of blood, as well as a compact wristband that measures temperature, skin moisture and more. More: link