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The thermometer can take 50,000 measurements per second up to 3000 K (2727 °C).
JOURNAL OF SENSORS devotes special issue on 'Fiber and Integrated Waveguide-Based Optical Sensors'
Fledgling technology company North Sensor is developing lightning sensor products which provide detailed measurement information of lightning strikes.
Patent highlight: US2008232425
Miniaturized fiber inline Fabry-Perot interferometer fabricated with a femtosecond laser allows high temperature measurements.
Magnetic resonance scans will be safer for children and other patients needing anaesthesia, thanks to new kinds of optical sensors.
A European project named PHOSFOS (Photonic Skins For Optical Sensing) has just kicked off with the aim to develop a unique sensor system.
The Opticalfibersensors.org platform will become officially launched during the Optical fiber sensors workshop at ECOC2008.

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