This year's lineup of finalists for the Best of Sensors showcases the impressive engineering achievements and advancements in sensors technology across a diverse set of applications.
Judges for this year's competition were Sensors Advisory Board members Jack Gold, Roger Grace, Catherine Liao, and Brian Zahnstecher, along with Fierce Electronics' Executive Editor Matt Hamblen.
The competition consists of 13 categories for Most Innovative Product, as well as a category for Startup of the Year and Woman of the Year. Product entries were judged on the basis of:
- Value to the marketplace
- Impact: the "bigness" of the problems it solves or issues it addresses
- Uniqueness of the design
"For over three decades, Sensors Converge has been bringing together the most exciting technological advancements and cutting-edge applications from across the industry. The finalists of this year's Best of Sensors Awards underscore just how far-reaching the impacts of these innovations have become, especially over the past 18 months. These finalists personify the commitment to engineering excellence and overall ingenuity we look for and we are thrilled to recognize their efforts in an extremely competitive field," noted Charlene Soucy, Senior Director, Sensors Converge.
Below is the complete list of finalists. Winners will be announced at the Best of Sensors Awards ceremony on September 23 at 9:30am PT during Sensors Converge.
AI & MACHINE LEARNING
- Novelda AS - The NOVELDA Human Presence Sensor
- Qeexo - Qeexo AutoML (for Cortex-M0 & M0+)
AUTOMOTIVE/AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGIES
- Allegro MicroSystems - Allegro ACS37610 Coreless Differential Current Sensor IC
- Reality AI - Automotive SWS
CHEMICAL & GAS SENSORS
- Infineon - XENSIV™ PAS CO2 Sensor
- Sensirion AG - SEN5x Environmental Node
COVID-19
- Infineon - Smart entrance counter solution with XENSIV™ 60GHz radar sensor
- Powercast - Wirelessly-Powered RFID Temperature Scanning System
DATA ACQUISITION & ANALYTICS
- Kaman Precision Products - AMS-3946 Non-Contact High Precision Proximity Measuring System
- Opterro, Inc. - UtraSense™, FiberSense™, FiberBlade™, and LiteSense™ product family
EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY
- Seek Thermal - Micro Core
- Socionext America - SC123x Series All-in-One 24GHz Radio-Controlled FMCW Radar Sensors
INDUSTRIAL IOT
- Maxim Integrated - TMCM-1617-GRIP-REF
- Rockwell Automation - FactoryTalk Edge Gateway
INDUSTRIAL SENSORS
- Disruptive Technologies - Industrial Wireless Sensor
- STMicroelectronics - IIS2ICLX -- High-accuracy, High-resolution, Low-power, 2-axis Digital Inclinometer with Embedded Machine Learning Core
IOT & WIRELESS
- eleven-x - eleven-x SPS-X Smart Parking Sensor
- InvenSense, a TDK Group Company - TDK SmartBug
MEDICAL
- OmniVision Technologies - OH0TA OVMed® Medical Image Sensor
- TEKTELIC eDoctor - TEKTELIC Communications Inc.
MEMS
- Blickfeld GmbH - Blickfeld Cube 1
- Flusso LTD - FSL110 air flow sensor
OPTICAL & CAMERAS
- ams - OSRAM Group - TSL2521 - Ambient Light Sensor with optional Flicker Detection
- Jabil - Jabil Omnidirectional Sensor
WEARABLES
- TracPatch Health - TracPatch Knee
- Valencell - Valencell PPG Sensor
STARTUP OF THE YEAR
- Lumotive
- Sensorscall
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
- Jackie Olson, ams OSRAM
- Dr. Milena Vujosevic, InvenSense, a TDK Company
Note: The winners of the Best of Sensors 2021 awards will be announced at 9:30am PT on September 23, 2021 at a special awards ceremony taking place during Sensors Converge, September 21-23, 2021 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA. This in-person and virtual event is packed with nearly 200 exhibitors, over 100 speakers, and invaluable in-person networking opportunities. For more information and to register for your pass, click here.