Smart and Networked Sensors
Technology Map Detailed Contents May 2022
Importance of the Technology
The Technology in Brief
- Enabling Technologies for Sensor Systems
- Smart Sensors
- Sensor Fusion and Data Fusion
- Sensor Networks and Communications
- Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensors
- Sensing Principles
- Piezoresistivity
- Piezoelectricity
- Capacitive Sensing
- Magnetic-Field Sensing
- Electrochemistry
- Electronic Noses
- Optical Sensing
- Fingerprint-Authentication Sensors
- Fiber-Optic Sensors
- Quantum Sensors
- Manufacturing Methods and Materials
- Lithography
- Deposition
- Etching
- Doping
- Planarization
- Thin-Film Technology
- Alternative Sensor Substrate Materials
- Three Dimensional Structures and Micromachines
- Processes for Research, Prototyping, and Exotic Products
- Nanotechnology
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Sensing
Commercial Development Parameters
- Demand Factors
- Device Portability
- Automotive Industry
- Health-Care Needs
- Environmental Concern
- Security and Safety
- Automation
- General Constraints
- Development Cost
- Technology-Led versus Market-Led Development
- User Apathy
- Privacy and Cybersecurity Concerns
- Fabrication Challenges
- Synergistic Technologies
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Thin- and Thick-Film Processing
- Materials Science
- Low-Power Electronics
- Embedded Systems
- Cloud Computing
- 5G Networks
- Competing Technologies
- Human Observers and Decision Makers
- Predictive Algorithms for Control Systems
- Legacy Sensor Technologies
- Required Resources
- Access to Manufacturing
- Design and Modeling
- Distribution Partnerships
- Regulatory Factors
- Medical-Device Certifications
- Environmental Protection
- Vehicle Safety
- Privacy
Areas to Monitor
- Advanced Manufacturing
- AI-Enhanced Sensing
- Alternate Sensor Materials
- Automotive Demand
- Biomedical Progress
- Blockchains for Sensor-Network Data
- Driverless Vehicles
- Environmental Regulation
- Government Funding and Initiatives
- Internet of Things
- Materials by Design
- Nanotechnologies
- Ownership and Use of Data
- Portable Electronic Devices
- Sensor Power
- Sensors For Harsh Environments
- Small Companies and Fabless Designs
- Smart Spaces and Intelligence Zones
- Surveillance, Privacy, and Security
- Wearable Sensors
- Wireless Sensors
Implications of Commercialization
- Conditions That Vary Across Scenarios
- Selected Scenarios and Their Implications
- Infrastructure Transformation
- Wearable Realities and Telepresence
- Biomedical Augmentation
- Life under a Microscope
Opportunities
- Automotive Sensors
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Consumer Goods
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Health Care
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Safety, Security, and Access Control
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Building Automation And Climate Control
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Industrial Sensors
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Robotics and Advanced Automation
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Aerospace Sensors
- Industry Structure
- Commercial Opportunities
- Smart Retailing