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 Sensors Announces Winners of the 'Best of Sensors Expo' Awards
Millennial Net gets recognized at Sensors Expo 2008 for the second year in a row.
Best of Sensors Awards were given to MeshScape® 5, a fifth generation wireless mesh sensor networking system and Wi-Stat II, a second generation wireless thermostat.
Sensors Expo & Conference 2008
ROSEMONT, IL--(Marketwire - June 10, 2008) - Questex Media Group, Inc. today announced the recipients of the Sensors 2008 "Best of Sensors Expo" Awards,
honoring the most exciting new products on display at Sensors Expo & Conference, taking place at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
in Rosemont, IL.
Melanie Martella, Executive Editor of Sensors, presented gold, silver, bronze, and honorable mention awards to 14 exhibitors in eight categories: Sensors; Sensor Components; Peripherals and Interfaces; Special materials; Data Acquisition Products; Communications & Networking Products; Control Products; and Technologies. Exhibitors submitted new product nominations and entries were judged on the basis of potential impact, application, distinctiveness, timeliness, and availability.
In addition to Martella, this year's panel of judges comprised of Deborah Lickness, John Deere, and Ed Ramsden, editorial advisory board member and sensor industry expert.
"The awards program recognizes cutting-edge solutions in the sensors marketplace," said Martella. "All of the nominations demonstrated exceptional innovation, integration, and ease-of-use. We believe this year's winners will be leaders in the sensors marketplace and offer our congratulations to the companies recognized."
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Honorable Mention |
Category: Control Products
The MeshScape 6424 Wi-Stat II Wireless Thermostat
It is designed for easy retrofitting of existing HVAC
infrastructures. It connects to existing HVAC wiring to harvest power and to control the HVAC unit and works with the
company's Wi-EMS energy management system to provide Web-based remote monitoring, control, and maintenance of building environments.
This second generation product joins a growing family of devices, based on Millennial Net's MeshScape wireless sensor network technology, utilizing standard 802.15.4 unlicensed radio band.
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Bronze Award |
Category: Communications & Networking
MeshScape 5 Wireless Mesh Sensor Networking System
It is optimized for more robust interference resistance, higher scalability in real world environments and lower power operation. New innovations include:
- Virtually-On technology to enable mesh nodes to run at low power for battery operations over several years.
- Active Frequency Hopping to avoid potential interferences for robust operation in highly noisy environments.
- Low Latency capability to reduce the end-to-end packet delivery time to below seconds within a multi-hop environment, even with battery operated mesh node.
- Highly Scalable Dynamic Addressing to ease installation and commissioning for large and complex networks.
Best of Sensors Expo award winners will be featured on the Sensors web site
at www.sensorsmag.com
Sensors
Sensors is the premier publication dedicated to sensors, supporting technologies, and their applications. Serving an audience of 195,000
spanning online and e-mail newsletters, Sensors’ integrated media offer greater access to targeted news, analysis, and technical information
surrounding sensors and related technologies. Reaching high-tech professionals in the sensing community, including product and system design
engineers, production engineers, and managers, Sensors delivers focused news, trends, and product reviews in the areas of: Process Industries;
Automotive; Electronics and Computers; Machine Manufacturing; Aerospace, Military, and Homeland Security; Specialty Markets; and Wireless and
M2M.
About Sensors Expo & Conference
Sensors Expo & Conference is the leading sensor event in North America exclusively focusing on sensors and sensor-integrated systems.
The conference program is dedicated to exploring the most up-to-date innovations in sensor technology including physical sensors, sensor
networks, biosensors, MEMS/nanotechnology, instrumentation & controls, intelligent systems, machine-to-machine communication, wireless
sensing and IT technology. Sensors Expo & Conference identifies cutting-edge trends, explores them in an information-packed conference
program and reflects those trends throughout the exhibit floor with new product announcements, application presentations, technology focused
tours, and a showcase of hundreds of products and services.
About Questex Media Group, Inc.
Sensors and Sensors Expo & Conference are produced by Questex Media Group, Inc. (www.questex.com), a global, diversified business-to-business
integrated media provider, headquartered in Newton, MA. Questex serves multiple industries including technology, beauty, travel, hospitality,
leisure, home entertainment, industrial and specialty services through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events,
interactive media and integrated marketing services. The company’s properties include 23 trade publications, 50 websites, 25 conferences and
tradeshows. Questex has more than 400 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe.
Source: Marketwire
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