As leading automotive markets start to mandate driver-monitoring systems (DMS), STMicroelectronics (Geneva, Switzerland), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is already equipping carmakers with the required technologies. While DMS promises greater road safety by assessing driver alertness, the next-generation dual image sensor ST announced recently monitors the full vehicle interior covering both the driver and all passengers. New applications enabled by ST’s new image sensor include passenger safety-belt checks, vital-sign monitoring, child-left detection, gesture recognition, and high-quality video/picture recording.

SALD BV (Eindhoven, The Nethlerlands) will celebrate an unusual company anniversary on 7 September 2022: 1000 days since its foundation on the same day in 2019. “Since then, we have been awarded two patents related to our atomic coating technology, gained the Dutch National Groeifonds as a supporter, interested more than 50 companies for industrial use, established partnerships with renowned research and development institutions in Europe, Asia and America and are involved in numerous scientific and industrial projects," CEO Frank Verhage sums up the first 1000 days.