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SENSOR Innovation Award 2010
The AMA Association for Sensor Technology has presented its 10,000-euro SENSOR Innovation Award. A joint development project of the CiS Forschungsinstituts für Mikrosensorik und Photovoltaik GmbH, Erfurt, Audia Akustik GmbH, Sömmerda and Helmholtz-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik der RWTH Aachen won the coveted award.
As the jury saw it, the winners submitted an especially promising team solution that convinced not only by the optical sensor technology and integration as an in-ear system, but also by the secondary data derived from the primary measuring signals: The pulse rate is determined by way of the low-frequency signal amplitude, thus saving an additional sensor.
"The record number of submissions we had last year was almost reached again, but on the average the high level of the projects was even better - due in part to the clearer requirements for the submissions," stated jury chairman Prof. Dr. Andreas Schütze about the continued great interest in the SENSOR Innovation Award. "We were gratified to see that the internationality of the submissions was again increased: 40 percent were from abroad, even from Japan and Australia," added Schütze.
Also nominated were teams from the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS) with their "Time-of-Flight 3D Distance Sensor with Integrated Pulse Emission" and Gasera Ltd. from Finland with an innovation called "Hand-Held FTIR-PAS Gas Analyzer for Detection of Toxic Chemicals in Safety and Security Applications Using a Novel Ultra-Sensitive MEMS Cantilever Sensor."
"All three nominations showed that it's often the combination of sensor and measuring technology that provides a convincing result - a trend that can be seen not only in this competition," said Dr. Thomas Simmons, managing director of the AMA Association.
The award was presented during the opening ceremony of the AMA trade fair SENSOR+TEST on 18 May 2010 in Nuremberg.
Winner:
- CiS Forschungsinstitut für Mikrosensorik und Photovoltaik GmbH (CIS Institute for Micro Sensors), Audia Akustik GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik der RWTH (Institute for Biomedical Technology) Aachen: "In-Ear Sensor System for the Acquisition of Vital Parameters"
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Nominees:
- Fraunhofer-Institute for Microelectronic Systems and Circuits (IMS): „Time-of-Flight 3-D Distance Sensor with Integrarted Pulse Process"
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- Gasera Ltd., Finnland: "Hand-Held FTIR-PAS Gas Analyzer for the Detection of Toxic Chemicals in the Safety and Security Application Utilizing the Novel Ultra-Sensitive MEMS Cantilever Sensor"
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