Safer sensors come down from the skies

Stan Woodard points out his wireless fluid level measurement system, a spinoff technology originally developed to retrofit ageing aircraft with vehicle safety monitoring equipment.

A wireless fluid level measurement system has been developed by NASA scientists which eliminates the inaccuracy associated with a vessel’s movement, and the system can also be adapted to detect contaminants such as water.

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