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FROM THE EDITOR: TO IMPACT THE MARKET, A NEW SENSOR TECHNOLOGY MUST BE ABLE TO BENEFIT REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS.

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It is easy to became captivated by the promise of new, emerging sensor technology, which promises, for example, very significant improvements in sensitivity and considerably reduced power consumption, compared to existing sensor products and technologies. While sensor technology development is an extremely vital driver of the sensor industry, enabling new applications and expanding existing ones, to successfully commercialize truly innovative, breakthrough sensor technology, a company must ensure that the technology is truly ready for use in real-world applications. As the sensor technology begins to demonstrate its ability to perform in superior fashion in targeted real-world applications, a vigorous, cogent business development and marketing program is vital for capturing lucrative business opportunities for the technology.

While sensor technology developers should focus on meeting the pressing, real-world product requirements and specifications of their clients or potential customers; it is also important for users of sensor technology (either OEMs, end-users, or other sensor/instrumentation companies) to fully understand that significant sensor technology development can take time and may not have an immediate impact on the bottom line.

Sensors made of carbon nanotube nanotechnology materials have keen potential in chemical and gas sensing, as well as in biosensing (e.g., sensing biological agents). Carbon nanotube technology could enable sensors of gases or liquids to have very low power, extremely small size, greater versatility, while also reducing per-measurement cost. Low-power carbon nanotube sensing technology could lend itself to distributed, or wireless gas or liquid sensor networks that provided greater efficiency, convenience,...

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