Detection

The ONUSblue alcohol detection patch tells you when you've reached the legal threshold and has the potential to save millions of lives. The company's product roadmap is even more interesting with the detection of marijuana, methamphetime and a range of illegal recreational substances to follow.

A new robot-mountable, sensor system allows authorities to scan abandoned luggage and get an accurate image of its contents. The contact-free detection system can not only potentially help bomb specialists assess danger quickly, but it could also help them obtain vital evidence.

BAE Systems is in the process of developing and testing a next-generation radar system for the Eurofighter Typhoon. The Captor E-Scan boasts a number of improvements over more traditional radar systems, including a wider field of regard, and the provision of advanced electronic warfare protection.

Australia's CSIRO has developed a prototype tool called HeatWave that is a lightweight, high-resolution 3D scanner that is claimed to be not only easy to carry, but easy to use as well.

A new object-detection software system from Fujitsu for use with on-board vehicle cameras could help enhance driver awareness by improving recognition of potential hazards, including pedestrians and moving vehicles.

Ever experienced road rage? What if an onboard emotion detection system could tell that you were getting annoyed and intervene? PSA Peugeot Citroen has teamed up with EPFL to develop an emotion detection system designed to recognize signs of irritation and fatigue in a driver’s facial expressions.

Leddar, short for LED Detection and Ranging, is a new type of detection and ranging sensor that uses LEDs to detect objects and determine their distance. While the Leddar is low resolution, it is also low cost, and it may find new applications in vehicles, traffic management, robotics and safety.

Gizmag visited Volvo's test facilities in Gothenburg to see its self-parking and autonomous driving capabilities first hand.

Using a collection of sensors placed all over the body, the SpiderSense suit detects objects in the environment and warns the wearer when anything gets too close.

Physicists at the University of Rochester have developed a quantum-enhanced radar that cannot be fooled by active countermeasures.

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have developed a new sensor that uses high-temperature planar gradiometers to seek out explosives in the sea.

Researchers from Nagoya University and Fujitsu are set to begin field trials of an automated detection system that alerts a call recipient to possible phone phishing scams.