Sensor Expo shows state-of-the-art in MEMS, e-harvesting, wireless nets

Sensor Expo shows state-of-the-art in MEMS, e-harvesting, wireless nets

With over 125 exhibiting companies to date, including over 20 companies that haven’t previously exhibited, this year’s Sensors Expo will focus on a host of state-of-the-art sensor technologies, including MEMS, energy harvesting, and wireless solutions for networking sensors. The conference, which will be co-located with the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Chicago, runs from Monday, June 6 to Wednesday, June 8.

The all-day pre-conference symposia on Monday will cover MEMS commercialization, energy harvesting and storage, and performance-based sensor selection. The conference formally commences at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday when Hugh Herr, biomechatronics researcher at MIT Media Labs delivers his keynote address, “The New Era of Human 2.0: New Minds, New Bodies, New Identities.” Herr describes Human 2.0 as an era in which technology merges with our bodies and minds to forever change our concept of human capability. His biomechatronic experience is not only academic but also firsthand; in a recent interview in Forbes magazine, he said, “The fact that I’m missing lower limbs is an opportunity. Between my residual limb and the ground, I can create anything I want. The only limits are physical laws and my imagination.”

Conference sessions will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Sessions include new tracks on mobile sensing, cutting-edge technologies, and novel approaches to measurement and detection. The Expo Hall will be open to all attendees on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Additional highlights of the 2011 event include a MEMS Pavilion featuring a MEMS innovation area, an Energy Harvesting Pavilion, a Technology Update Theater, and the Best of Sensors Expo Awards.

Richard Comerford

The Sensors Expo & Conference will be held Monday, June 6 through Wednesday, June 8 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. For information about attending, visit www.sensorsmag.com/sensors-expo.