SONOMA, Calif. - In an effort to keep reducing wildfire ignitions, Pacific Gas & Electric has upgraded sensors that can tell it more quickly if a power line has been compromised or might spark a fire.

New technologies to monitor power lines are emerging worldwide, part of continuing efforts to harden the power grid and increase reliability and resiliency. Utilities and other operators of ...

PREMSTAETTEN, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high-performance sensor solutions, today launches the 4LS series, adding new faster and higher resolution line ...

According to Aclara, a supplier of smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) to electric, gas and water utilities worldwide, smart grid sensors and sensor-enabled analytics are powerful tools that can help ...

Ring is kicking off 2026 with some huge announcements, including a new line-up of smart home sensors, switches, monitors and ...

With the start of the 2023 hurricane season and record-breaking heat already setting up another concerning wildfire season in the Western U.S., it is hard to ignore extreme weather events and natural ...

Hypersen’s HPS-LCX1000 coaxial 3D line confocal sensor scans up to 35,000 lines/s with a point density of 2048 points/profile and Z-axis repeatability of 0.1 µm. The sensor offers precision ...

FRISCO, Texas, May 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sentient Energy, the leader in intelligent line sensors, analytics, optimization, and control for the power distribution grid, today announced new ...

Inspection productivity is improved by scanning workpieces at rates of up 700,000 points/second, with a measurement precision figure of merit (MPE(PF) as defined by ISO-10360-2) as low as 12 um, and ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CyberOptics ® Corporation (NASDAQ: CYBE), a leading global developer and manufacturer of high-precision 3D sensing technology solutions, will exhibit at SPIE Advanced ...

The FB series M18 plastic DC photoelectric sensors are 18mm sensors in diffuse, polarized reflective and through-beam models with sensing distances ranging from 70mm to eight meters. All models ...