http://www.tempsensornews.com TempSensorNEWS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:44:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/generic-temp-sensors/fts-launches-unique-sdi-12-temp-sensor/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/generic-temp-sensors/fts-launches-unique-sdi-12-temp-sensor/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:50:48 +0000 FTSHydrology http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8698 Digital submersible sensor for use in water or soil Victoria, BC CANADA –  FTS has launched DigiTemp, a new digital submersible temperature sensor. DigiTempis a simple but effective digital temperature sensor for use in water or soil, and its use of SDI-12 interface makes it unique in the marketplace. The sensor has been tested and [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/generic-temp-sensors/fts-launches-unique-sdi-12-temp-sensor/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/smos-detects-freezing-soil-as-winter-takes-grip/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/smos-detects-freezing-soil-as-winter-takes-grip/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:39:29 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8438 ESA’s SMOS satellite is designed to observe soil moisture and ocean salinity, but this innovative mission is showing that it can also offer new insight into Earth’s carbon and methane cycles by mapping soil as it freezes and thaws.  The launch of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission in November 2009 opened up [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/smos-detects-freezing-soil-as-winter-takes-grip/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/advanced-ir-environmental-control-system/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/advanced-ir-environmental-control-system/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:00:06 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7834 To Help Offset Growing World Food Shortages. Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont IL, USA – A fully integrated, infrared Detect and Manage environmental control system to multiply greenhouse productivity was unveiled at this Summer’s Sensors Expo and Conference by Dexter Research. Supporting the trend toward greenhouse automation, the Dexter Research IR Detect and Manage [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/advanced-ir-environmental-control-system/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:30:07 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7718 A Quick Way… By Don Comis  August 18, 2011 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at the biorefinery’s loading dock. That future has been made possible by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, including Ken Vogel, Rob Mitchell, and Steve [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/new-wireless-sensor-board-from-libelium-enables-extreme-precision-agriculture-in-vineyards-and-greenhouses/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/new-wireless-sensor-board-from-libelium-enables-extreme-precision-agriculture-in-vineyards-and-greenhouses/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:39:08 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4804 New Wireless Sensor Board Zaragoza, Spain –  Libelium announces a new Agriculture Sensor board for its Waspmote platform. The new board enables up to fourteen environmental parameters to be monitored in a wireless sensor network. This sophisticated monitoring brings extreme precision to crop growing in vineyards and greenhouses by enabling irrigation and climate control to [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/new-wireless-sensor-board-from-libelium-enables-extreme-precision-agriculture-in-vineyards-and-greenhouses/feed/ 2 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/nasa-noaa-make-a-fast-forward-movie-of-hurricane-in-09/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/nasa-noaa-make-a-fast-forward-movie-of-hurricane-in-09/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:00:36 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4775 Available online as both agencies prepare for the 2010 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season Preview version NASA Goddard, USA –  NASA technology and satellite data coupled with data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operated satellites, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) were combined to create a six minute animation of all of 2009′s Atlantic [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/nasa-noaa-make-a-fast-forward-movie-of-hurricane-in-09/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/ir-leaf-temp-sensor/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/ir-leaf-temp-sensor/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:04:42 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4771 Precise canopy temperature measurements are required for CWSI* Logan UT, USA — Apogee Instruments offers The Infrared Radiometer that measures remote surface temperatures to within 0.2 °C. Measurement of surface temperature is a crucial component of plant energy transfer. Accurate measurement of the leaf-to-air temperature gradient is essential to the determination of transpiration rate and [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/ir-leaf-temp-sensor/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/soil-moisture-and-temperature-sensor/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/soil-moisture-and-temperature-sensor/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 12:32:50 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4615 New! SM300 Sensor measures soil moisture AND temperature Cambridge, UK –  The new SM300 from Delta-T Devices Ltd offers outstanding performance in both normal and saline soil conditions, and is stable across wide ranges of temperature and salinity. Its construction uses industrial grade connectors and high specification materials throughout to produce a soil moisture sensor [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/soil-moisture-and-temperature-sensor/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/wireless-soil-monitor-at-world-ag-expo/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/wireless-soil-monitor-at-world-ag-expo/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:48:14 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4161 AquaMon Wireless Soil Monitoring System Promises High Crop Yields with Less Water MILPITAS CA, USA — /PRNewswire/ — Cermetek Microelectronics presented a preview of its AquaMon wireless soil monitoring system at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, February 9th to 11th. The preview provided a live demonstration of AquaMon capabilities including transmission of real-time [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/wireless-soil-monitor-at-world-ag-expo/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/new-wr2-wireless-rain-and-rainfreeze-sensors/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/new-wr2-wireless-rain-and-rainfreeze-sensors/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:41:42 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3866 Affordable, revolutionary sensors install quickly and easily to save time, money & water Azusa CA, USA — (PR.com) — Using smart, weather-based irrigation technology is a very efficient way to maintain a healthy, beautiful landscape. As smart technology continues to emerge as a must-have for irrigation systems, more customers are asking contractors for options that [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/new-wr2-wireless-rain-and-rainfreeze-sensors/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/food-safety/the-revolutionary-itag-temperature-label-data-logger/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/food-safety/the-revolutionary-itag-temperature-label-data-logger/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:04:12 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3434 A label that records temperature data! Bournemouth, UK — The ITAG is a unique temperature monitoring hybrid, bringing together the traceability offered by a data logger, namely time versus temperature data, the visibility and financial practicalities of a chemical time temperature indicator (TTI) with the same simplicity of operation. If you are operating in the [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/food-safety/the-revolutionary-itag-temperature-label-data-logger/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/biomed/foodsafety-gov/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/biomed/foodsafety-gov/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:07:34 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3123 It’s happened very nicely, in our view. The US Government has launched a new website devoted to the topic of Food Safety , FoodSafety.gov, complete with widget. Food Safety Widget. Flash Player 9 is required. While our technical interests are in the area of proper temperature measurements, we applaud this remarkable new work that will [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/biomed/foodsafety-gov/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/control/gary-player-unwraps-asts-ugmotm/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/control/gary-player-unwraps-asts-ugmotm/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:33:11 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/2/?p=1597 AST’s Patented Wireless Soil Sensors & Analytic Software Put Water Conservation, Environmental Information at Industry’s Fingertips]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/control/gary-player-unwraps-asts-ugmotm/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/porter-family-vineyards-inaugural-wine-featured-in-wine-spectator/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/porter-family-vineyards-inaugural-wine-featured-in-wine-spectator/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:40:40 +0000 Editor Crossbow eKo Customer Delivers Award-Winning Wine San Jose CA, USA – – The Porter Family Vineyards earned a place in 2008 in the September issue of Wine Spectator’s “Short List” for the Porter Family Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2005. This is a rare honor because it was the Porter Family’s inaugural vintage. The Porter Family [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/porter-family-vineyards-inaugural-wine-featured-in-wine-spectator/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/easybloomtm-plant-sensor-free-plant-library/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/easybloomtm-plant-sensor-free-plant-library/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0000 Editor New Internet-Connected Device Will Help Ensure Plants Thrive SAN FRANCISCO CA, USA – PlantSense, a pioneer in Internet-enabled gardening tools, has received $3.5 million in Series A funding from Gabriel Ventures and independent investors. Working in combination with its free Internet service, the PlantSense tool recommends which plants will thrive in a specific location and [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/easybloomtm-plant-sensor-free-plant-library/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/everest-interscience-at-asabe-annual-meeting/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/everest-interscience-at-asabe-annual-meeting/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:00:00 +0000 Editor IR temperatures can have errors up to 2.4 °C in Ag measurements without SkySpy Tucson AZ, USA — Plant leaves reflect approximately 2-4% of incident infrared radiation; normally this is a minor amount unless the radiative object is extremely cold, such as with sky conditions. Everest’s Sky-Spy (U. S. Patent No. 4,420,265) corrects for errors [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/everest-interscience-at-asabe-annual-meeting/feed/ 0