Sensor technologies drive growth opportunities

“Sensors have become sophisticated critical systems, which are not just components; they can provide mobility, connectivity, and context awareness by gathering and sharing information.” said TechVision Senior Research Analyst Jabez Mendelson.

“Advanced sensors will empower the IoT and Internet-of-Everything. Next-generation sensor platforms will emerge as the key enabler of product development, innovation, and commercialisation of wearable and smart devices.”

Next Generation Sensors for Wearables and Smart Phones, recent analysis from Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision subscription, brings out the emerging technology trends in Sensors and Instrumentation on a global scale. The insight includes a detailed strategic assessment of industry challenges and needs.

With the integration of advanced sensors, smartphones and wearables will propel various applications across industries including:

• Military and defense: Integration of chemical sensors in wearables will aid the detection of chemical weapons, explosives, and toxic gas aiding and protecting troops;
• Industrial sector: Integration of bio chemical sensors to assist personnel subject to toxic gases;
• Environment: Monitoring and analysing the environment in an inexpensive manner;
• Personal: Biosensors can play a vital role in providing the psychological responses and body condition of personnel in the field.

“Sensor companies are already leading the way, including: StretchSense with soft sensors that can be utilised in next generation wearables, Empatica’s wearable smart watch capacity to sense physiological signals in real time, FLIR Systems’s thermal imaging and other sensor technologies empowered by a smartphone and, Blocks Wearables’s modular open platform architecture smart watch. These companies are addressing unmet needs and gaining a disruptive advantage by leveraging diverse opportunities in the market,” stated Mendelson.