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Survey of Noteworthy Next-Generation Sensor R&D and Commercial Implications
Fuji-Keizai USA, Inc, Dec 2011, Pages: 114
Sensors are used in almost any type of electronics-based equipment, device and instrument used in any area where measuring needs are important. As technology advances make sensors easier to manufacture in quantity and easier to integrate into smaller devices, it’s possible to bring sensing capabilities to many more products in the future. In fact, sensors may be limited only by the imagination of how they can be deployed.
This report on the business/commercial implications behind sensors highlights a selection of more than 70 developers in the U.S. and other locations—at commercial companies, venture start-ups and universities—and their innovations that are being commercialized, nearing commercialization or in the proof-of-concept stage, but may one day move from laboratory research into production application.
The scope of next-generation sensor R&D is very broad, covering pressure sensors, extreme temperature sensors, MEMS accelerometers and multi-axis sensors, safety sensors, millimeter-wave radar sensors, tactile sensors, body worn and in vivo sensors, wireless sensors, among others. This overview report reveals important themes that tell us to prepare for a future where:
- Sensing devices have better measurement precision and energy efficiency.
- Sensors do double duty as energy scavengers.
- Sensors push the boundary from microscale to nanoscale dimensions.
- Flexible and conformal substrates allow the design of new wearable sensors, medically implanted sensors and integrated sensing devices.
- New generation energy storage devices, based on 3D architectures, MEMS and nanomaterials, help power future sensors.
- Improved integration technologies put multiple sensors in one package.
- Advanced localization, navigation, materials science and sensor fusion create more autonomous and intelligent sensor systems.
- Sensor nodes more easily use multiple wireless systems, with embedded connectivity for cellular to body area networks (or with reconfigurable MEMS RF in the future).
- Sensor data and operations and M2M services are accessible via the internet (cloud).
Next-generation sensors with these advanced capabilities and made of advanced materials will underpin common high-volume consumer products and higher-performance, higher-value automotive and medical products. In the next decade, any one of many possible applications, as explored through examples in this report, may come to fruition.
This report explains why:
- Sensors are increasingly found in everything from blood pressure monitors to the clothes you wear—and future sensors may be in the prescription drugs you take and even your contact lenses or hip replacement implant.
- Nano-biosensors are ready to ignite possibilities for faster, more accurate bedside assays for diagnosing cancer and other diseases and, ultimately, implantable organ sensors.
- Sensor-directed robots may help better manage healthcare and one day remotely guide doctors during even more complex surgeries.
- Advanced automotive-grade MEMS and radar sensors make driving in our cars safer.
- Subsurface sensors may make possible the next big energy discovery in underground wells.
Common Research Items:
- Current Overview: Next-Generation Sensor Technology (and Sensor Products)
- Ongoing R&D: Progress and Developer—Company R&D Center, Venture, University R&D Center, Government R&D Institute
- Major Application/Products and New Development Example
- Future Commercial Implication and Market Perspective
- Recent News
A: HEALTHCARE MONITORING
A1: Sensors Used in Medical Equipment
A2: Body Monitoring Sensors
A3: Sensor-Enabled Medical Information on Mobile Equipment
A4: Self-Operated and Controlled Robots in the Hospital Work
A5: Remote Site Medical Operation
B: NANO-BIO SENSING FOR HUMAN CELL & BODY OPERATION & MEASUREMENT
B1: Nano-Bio Magnetic Particles for In Vivo/In Vitro Biosensing
B2: Nano-Photonics Biosensing
B3: Bio-Sensing Using Sensor Jelly Technology
C: MICRO-NANO TECHNOLOGY FOR ADVANCED MEMS
C1: Harsh Environment MEMS Sensors for Geothermal Energy
C2: Utilized MEMS Sensor for Healthcare
C3: Advanced MEMS Sensors
D: MICRO-ENERGY FOR MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND SENSOR NETWORKS
D1: Energy Harvesting
D2: Next-Generation Micro-Battery
D3: Mobile Equipment/Sensor Net Systems
E: AUTOMOBILE SENSORS FOR SAFETY AND CONTROL
E1: Safety Sensors
E2: Millimeter Wave Radar-based Systems
F: UTILIZED SENSORS FOR EMERGING SERVICES
F1: M2M
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