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Why sensors are called the top ten technologies in terms of importance comparable to chips?

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Sensors are an important component of modern industry and the main means for humans to perceive the world.As one of the three foundations of computing, sensor technology has been named by Forbes magazine as one of the ten most important technologies that will affect humanity in the future. As the cornerstone of the future "Internet of Things," sensors are expected to occupy the most important position in the coming decades. But why is such an important technology so little mentioned?

1.What is a sensor?

A sensor is a device or piece of equipment that detects a certain measured value and converts it into an output signal according to certain laws. A sensor converts information into electrical signals and sends them to a chip so that it can react accordingly to various electrical signals such as temperature, light, atmospheric pressure, ultrasound, etc.

Through physical and biological effects, the sensor converts the physical, chemical and biological quantities measured into electrical energy. Our mobile phone's fingerprint unlock converts "touch" pressure into an electrical signal, so the integrated circuit inside the phone receives the corresponding electrical signal and issues a command to unlock the phone.

When you take a photo with your phone, the light sensor picks up the light falling into the camera, converts it into an electrical signal and transmits it to the centre. After a series of image processing procedures, you get the image you see, a process identical to the way the human body processes information.

Therefore, to make a general analogy, the chip is the brain and the sensor is the nervous system, they are at the heart of each other. The presence of the chip makes the object 'intelligent' and capable of providing the information desired by the user, while the presence of the sensor gives the object a sense of touch and taste, slowly bringing it to life.

2.How sensors can be used in our future lives

Sensors can replace the human body's limited sense organs, to the deep sea, underground, the universe, to complete modern human detection and construction. The sensor is ubiquitous in our lives. If one day all the sensors in the world are out of order, our lives of modern technological goods, such as home appliances, smart phones, aircraft, etc., almost would all be paralyzed.

It is conceivable that sensors are widely used in the courier industry for information, transmission and storage, which will make it possible to build an intelligent community courier industry. Connecting the pipeline between users and couriers will truly make the "last 100 meters" of courier delivery hassle-free.

Sensors verify the identity of the courier at the drop-off point through facial scanning equipment. The courier puts in the parcel, and when the parcel is tested for security information, it is matched one-to-one precisely and enters the distribution system, and is then transmitted at high speed to the smart delivery box in each home through a magnetic pipe.

Sensors have had a huge impact on every aspect of our lives. For example, when you get up in the morning, just take a selfie and your phone will analyze your facial status to make a judgment on your physical condition. At the same time, it will also give reasonably thoughtful advice on how to improve accordingly. In addition, the sensor will also generate a health score, which will be uploaded to the health list of social applications.

In addition, the phone's rear photography will intelligently identify the shooting scene and automatically adjust the corresponding parameters. It can also prompt the photographer to crouch, pull closer, pan, etc. according to the voice issued by the phone, so as to achieve a more perfect composition effect. Moreover, it can also automatically identify the color in the photo and change the color of the photo with just a touch. With the widespread use of sensors, cell phones will become more and more intelligent.

In the future, driverless technology will become more and more common, and it will rely more on sensors. Drones have powerful sensors and computing power to respond in advance without humans noticing. In these studies, awareness of the environment is a very important dimension. In this dimension, the acquisition of environmental information relies mainly on the hardware system of sensors. In order to make a driverless car can slow down until stopping when it encounters an obstacle or a red light as humans do; and to do actions such as accelerating when the traffic light turns green or when there is no obstacle in front of it. Therefore, there must be a sensor to sense the surrounding situation.

At present, mankind is still in the "Internet" era, has not yet entered the "Internet of Things" era. The reason is that the development of chips, embedded computers and other technologies, as well as the accumulation of quantitative change is not enough to produce qualitative change.It is no exaggeration to say that whichever country is the first to master the cutting-edge sensors is the same as mastering the future.

3.The development status of China's sensors

China's IoT connections are now of considerable scale. According to the Internet Data Center (IDC), it is estimated that China's total IoT connections could reach 10.27 billion by 2025. This represents 84% of the connectivity in the Asia Pacific region, except for Japan.

But this is not the case, the domestic reliance on sensors is very high, up to 80%, including automotive sensors, light sensors, chemical gas sensors, etc..

This shows that, although China's Internet of Things technology has been quite mature, but there is still the problem of "constrained by others", while the United States, Japan, Germany and other countries occupy the "high ground" for a longer time, and now occupies about 70% of the world's sensor market share and forms three dominant situation. It will take some time to do so if we want to break this situation.

In addition to external threats, China's sensor development also has "internal worries". In the country, although a number of enterprises have carried out related research and development and manufacturing work, but it has not yet formed a certain scale. Most enterprises have a low degree of replication. Sensor is a multidisciplinary cross, technology-intensive high-tech products. Its technology depends on the level of scientific research. However, China's research investment intensity in sensor research is low, and the research equipment is backward. This has caused a certain impact on the transformation of sensor research results, and has also caused a certain obstacle to the development of the sensor industry.

4.How China's sensors should develop and grow

The road of sensor development in China must start from three aspects: policy, market, and technology.

Policy

With the strong support of the state, sensor technology and industry in China has been developing rapidly. Under the guidance of the "Double Plus Project": China has built a manufacturing base for sensors and inductors. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has pointed out that the integration of industrial chips, intelligent sensors, industrial control systems, industrial software, etc. should be supported, the industry should be cultivated and developed, and the industrial infrastructure support capacity should be strengthened.

Market

China's Internet market is huge and the development of 5 G is also very fast, so the most critical thing for the Internet of Things is to do a good job of localization and customization. If we can reduce the localization, quality differences, and the price is more affordable compared to foreign countries, then we have the advantage of competing with foreign countries in our market.

Technology

Technically speaking, the reason why it is difficult to produce high-end sensors, mainly because its industrial system is not yet sound, and it is still relatively short of technical personnel. Therefore, we should not be ashamed to admit the superiority of foreign countries, but rather take a positive attitude to learn from their successful experiences. We have to take advantage of China's demographic advantage and complete industrial system to improve the quality of our products and increase the introduction and training of talents, so as to achieve the purpose of comparable with the world's advanced level.

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