Detecting people and animals have very similar technical application requirements. People wear clothes in various colours or with varying structures, animals may have long or short fur or feathers; they can also be dirty or wet.
PCB Piezotronics has introduced a triax MEMS accelerometer capable of measuring shock events of up to 60,000g.
Micro-Epsilon has introduced a cost effective inductive LVDT gauging sensor (probe) that is ideal for medium-to-high volume OEM production environments.
Omega has introduced a new line of compact thermal imagers powered by FLIR. The OSXL-I series (FLIR I Series) is a compact, lightweight, point-and-shoot camera with an easy-to-use focus-free lens.
Micro-Epsilon has introduced a non-contact laser line displacement sensor for the high speed measurement of shiny metallic and rapidly changing, rough or other difficult-to-measure surfaces.