Tracerline have a product called the TP-9370 Marksman™ Ultrasonic Diagnostic Tool which has a sensor to detect ultrasonic noise sources and convert them to an audible signal for listening through a pair of headphones. The tool is intended for detecting the location of leaks.

TMC have released an actively vibration isolated floor system that uses piezoelectric actuators. The platform is available in two options to isolate 3 or 6 degrees of freedom.

For more information see the TMC web site.

Finis have released an MP3 player for use by swimmers that uses bone conduction to transmit sound instead of conventional loudspeakers.

For details see the Finis Inc. web site.

A UK company has released a CD containing pre-recorded road noises that when played back through a car stereo should excite the rattles in a car, which will help in locating these annoyances. See the Rattle Buster web site.

A new Bluetooth mobile phone headset is now available that uses the vibration from facial bones and a microphone to reduce background noise. See the Jawbone headset website for more information.

The new Nikon S7c camera has inbuilt vibration reduction to help take shaper pictures. An angular velocity sensor is used with in built image processing software to reduce blurry pictures.

For more information see the Nikon press release.

VIP Sensors have released a new accelerometer calibrator, Model 5900. The vibration amplitude is adjustable from 0.02 g to 2 g at 100 Hz using the internal generator, or 50Hz to 2 KHz using an external oscillator.

Benstone Instruments have several hand held dynamic signal analyzers.
– Impaq: 4 channel real time up to 40 kHz BW, Cross channel analysis, with Compact Flash storage.
– Fieldpaq: 2+1 real time analyzer.
– v-Pod II: Simple vibration meter with memory for downloading routes.
– 3524B Ultra low frequency Integrator

See their web site for more information.

Lamerholm Electronics have released the RD404 tilt and roll accelerometers for their ShockLog vibration data loggers.

Quest Technologies have released a new sound level meter called the SoundPro® SE/DL Series.

For more information see the product information here.