USING SENSORS/ELECTRONICS TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN EVERY ENDEAVOR Low Cost /Unique/Flexible CAPABILITIES ISLAND SENSORS designs and builds devices and systems to detect, measure, display, record and transmit ANY parameter or video image, or remotely monitor and control processes or objects. We specialize in adapting existing technology and off-the-shelf components to avoid lengthy development time and high implementation costs. From items such as specialized home alarms for the the hearing impaired (such as a vibrating pager to indicate an overflowing basement sump or unbalanced dryer) to mobile robots to remotely sample comtamination in nuclear power plant containment structures, we can quickly develop a low cost, innovative system to extend your sensor measurement and reporting capabilities. CLick to review current projects BACKGROUND Our core experience is a result of more than 35 years solving problems in nuclear power operations/engineering, including projects at Three Mile Island and Chernoble. We've developed specialties adapting similar technology advances from diverse industries and leisure activities to provide unique capability in sensing technology. We've completed projects on marine vessels, aircraft, prisons, CART formula 2 racers, in nursing homes, chemical processing plants, manufacturing facilities, homes, resorts, and on buses, trains and in hospitals. The COMMON THREAD in our endevours is the need for notification of some specified condition or state and improved communication between personnel and machinery or the environment. The same sensor designed to guide ballistic missiles may be reconfigured to detect earthquakes near a nuclear fuels fabrication plant, to alarm when a hospitalized patient has undetected seizures or to remotely page owners when a mare becomes stressed during foaling. We specialize in imaginative application of existing hardware for uses for which they were not specifically designed. OUR NICHE Unlike the EEU or Japan, the U.S. government does little to promote technology sharing among unrelated industries. Managers tend to look to firms within their own industry to address problems which are routinely encountered (or have already been solved in other, unrelated companies or non-industrial endeavours. We research situations where we can economically bridge inter-discipline knowledge gaps and apply sensors for purposes other than originally intended. We accelerate "trickle down" of new technology. We use off-the-shelf components to save time and resources Brake Rotor Temperature Monitor/Alarm SCOPE ISLAND SENSORS engineers review specifications of sensors, electronic components, data transfer technology, power supplies and recording hardware available from a various industries, and adapt these designs to solve problems unrelated to the original design intent. Many "workaround" problems found in the home, in recreational, agricultural, industrial or other settings are easily solved by innovative application of existing technology. We provide NIST traceability or a QA Plan, if required, to fit a clients requirements.  SAMPLE VARIABLES The following are some of the variables routinely monitored; PRESSURE * MASS * VIBRATION * FLOW * TEMPERATURE * SPEED * TIME * POSITION/ANGLE * VISCOSITY * SOUND * POWER * CURRENT/VOLTAGE * VIDEO * POWER * COLOR * MAGNETISM * ACCELERATION * STRESS * ENERGY FLUX * FREQUENCY * HUMIDITY * LIGHT-IR/UV/RF * TORQUE * STRESS * IONIZING RADIATION * LEVEL * CHEMISTRY ** METEOROLOGY * TYPICAL METHODOLOGY Often, one variable may be used to infer another (such as stress or weight for tank level or flux for amperage) to avoid installation difficulties or material compatibility problems. Sensor outputs may be recorded and indicated locally or transmitted via IR, Light ,RF, magnetic flux, microwave, cell phone, land line or satellite link. Recording by battery operated data loggers, EEPROM, laptops, strip recorders may be deployed at any location. Most technologies are readily available and simple to implement. !! CLICK LINKS TO REVIEW EXAMPLES ASK ABOUT OUR GUARANTEED PAYBACK INCENTIVES. CONTACT US FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RETURN TO HOME PAGE type=3>CLICK TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE ROBOTICS PAGE Data Acqisition on a Hybrid Mountain Bike