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The industrial Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) market has doubled over the past two years. Early adopters have demonstrated that WSN is secure, reliable and can be targeted at new monitoring and control solutions that were previously deemed too expensive or located in prohibitively difficult environments.  Networks are expanding and analysts have identified several deployments with over 3,000 WSN nodes.

Wireless sensor networking has been instrumental in driving oil and gas exploration and production globally and especially in North America. Wireless Sensor Networking (WSN) has emerged as a key technology for accelerating oil and gas exploration and advancing the latest extraction techniques, according to analysts.

According to a new technical market research report, the market is projected to reach $19.5 billion in 2012 and $31.4 billion in 2017, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% between 2012 and 2017. The global market for LEDs can be broken down into five categories: general illumination, mobile devices, signaling and signage, display backlighting, and automotive. LEDs for general illumination applications in 2011 accounted for the largest share (35.0%) of total shipments, followed by cell phones and other mobile devices (29.9%), and signaling and signage applications (18.6%).

Worldwide surgical robot markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the next generation systems provide a way to improve traditional open surgery. The automated process revolution in surgery and communications is being implemented via robots. Robots are automating systems, providing significant improvement in the accuracy of surgery. Surgical robot device markets at $2.4 billion in 2011 are anticipated to reach $8.5 billion by 2018 as next devices, systems, and instruments are introduced to manage surgery through small ports in the body instead of large open wounds.

According to a new technical market research report, Smart Card Technologies and Global Markets, the global market for smart cards was valued at $4.7 billion in 2011, and is projected to reach nearly $5.1 billion in 2012 and nearly $7.3 billion in 2017, a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4%. The market for smart cards can be broken down into three categories by type: contact, contactless, and dual interface.

The ability of energy harvesting devices to deliver increasing amounts of energy has grown faster than anticipated and sensors costs have dropped. The energy harvesting market is well positioned for accelerated growth over the next several years.

Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the robots automate cleaning functions in the home making it easier for working people and older people to keep a nice home. The automated process revolution in business process and communications is being extended to home cleaning robots. Household robot market driving forces are aspects of automated process applied to the home for achieving better use of time, creating more time for people. Using robots to replace manual cleaning is a compelling shift in managing a household. Robots for cleaning are very useful.

After becoming a contract supplier to Renesas Electronics Corp., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is likely to win contracts from Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. According to Japanese media reports, Fujitsu is considering farming out production of its next-generation SPARC 64 processor for Unix servers to TSMC, currently the world's No.1 pure silicon foundry. Once the deal is signed, it will be Fujitsu's first-time outsourcing for SPARC 64 processors.

The report on IWSN market details the aggregation of products, equipment, components, systems and OEMs, and contractor services required to automate an industrial facility, production system, production line, or process infrastructure. This report also aims to capture the market roadmap with market sizes, revenue forecasts, market dynamics, value chain, application market & product trends, geographical analysis, price trends and regulations, competitive landscape, leading players, and their key developments, strategies and profiles, and case studies.

Security, as such, is becoming a huge market worldwide; mainly due to the rising crime rates in different parts of the world. As a result, the electronic security equipments are expected to find potential opportunities in this market. The global home security solutions market is expected to grow from $20.64 billion in 2011 to $34.46 billion in 2017 at a CAGR of 9.1% from 2012 to 2017.