In the future, advances in various basic sciences will further promote the rapid evolution of sensor technology. Sensors will become more miniaturized and humanized, and human-computer interaction will be more friendly; they will become smaller, cheaper, more accurate, more flexible, more energy-efficient, and more environmentally friendly. They will be able to collect more types of data and integrate more and more Many new technologies. At the same time, they will become more invisible and less noticeable. As sensors are more deeply integrated into our daily lives and integrated with new technologies such as AI, sensors will make our lives better in the future interconnected and automated world.
1. More flexible and flexible:
Flexible sensors are an important direction for future sensor development. At present, flexible light sensors, PH sensors, ion sensors and biosensors are still in the early stages of development. In the future, these flexible sensors will have more innovative applications, such as artificial skin, wearable sensors and micro-motion sensing. Through the microwire technology and magnetic field, the sensor can be as slender as a human hair, yet flexible, without a power source, and can measure temperature, pressure, tension, stress, torsion and position without contact.
2. Smaller and cheaper:
With the application of various new platforms and new materials, manufacturers can manufacture smaller sensors whose performance can be as high as millimeter-level and microwave-level electronic components, and with the application of less silicon, the cost will be substantial reduce. At the same time, the new platform will also reduce sensor design, development and manufacturing costs. In the long run, self-calibrating sensors are very cost-effective. Through automatic calibration, the number and time of sensor maintenance can be reduced, and maintenance costs can be greatly reduced. In addition, self-repairing sensors will have a wider range of applications and lower maintenance costs, especially in the event of various disasters and risks.
3. Higher accuracy:
At present, the research on multi-channel cooperative spectrum sensing is still in its infancy. In the future, once the technology matures, it will provide more accurate monitoring data than current single-channel sensors. Sensors that are more accurate, reliable and reproducible will have more application scenarios in medical equipment and other fields, and their functions will be more powerful.
4. Higher complexity and better compatibility:
Through coordinated work, sensors will gain additional complexity. Sensor clusters can better coordinate the work between sensors and determine the content and location of work through an autonomous learning system. In addition, the adoption of various new technologies will also make sensors more diverse. For example, through laser technology, the sensor can identify the composition of the material through the unique spectrum of the material; the time-of-flight sensor can measure the distance between two objects through infrared light pulses; made of crystal, special ceramics, bone, DNA, protein and other materials Piezoelectric sensors can better respond to external pressure and latent heat.
5. More energy saving:
Currently, most sensors are not very energy efficient because they are always on. In the future, sensors will become smarter and driven by specific conditions. They can only be activated when a certain condition is reached, and when they are in standby mode, there is almost no power consumption. In addition, the sensor can also obtain energy from the surrounding environment to achieve longer-term operation. For example, exercise, pressure, light, or the difference in heat between the patient's body and the surrounding air, etc. can all become the energy source of the sensor.
6. More environmentally friendly:
In the future, environmentally friendly and biodegradable sensors will become increasingly popular. For example, the sensor can use a biodegradable paper-based battery driven by bacteria. This type of sensor can be used in fields such as farmland management, environmental monitoring, food circulation monitoring, or medical detection without polluting the environment.
