Apparatus for Sensing Environmental Changes
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1. A sensor system comprising:
- a communications element and a switch configured to enable or disable the communications element, the switch comprising a switchable polymeric element, the polymeric element having at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and being switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes.
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Abstract
A sensor system comprises: a communications element and a switch configured to enable or disable the communications element. The switch comprises a switchable polymeric element. The polymeric element has at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and is switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes.
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1. A sensor system comprising:
- a communications element and a switch configured to enable or disable the communications element, the switch comprising a switchable polymeric element, the polymeric element having at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and being switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes.
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5. Method of monitoring an environment, the method comprising steps of:
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a. providing a product comprising an environmentally sensitive sensor system, the sensor system comprising;
a communications element and a switch configured to enable or disable the communications element, the switch comprising a switchable polymeric element, the polymeric element having at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and being switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes,b. providing an interrogator adapted to communicate with the sensor system to determine the state of the communication element, c. exposing the product to potential environmental changes, d. interrogating the state of the communications element of the sensor system.
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6. Device comprising sensor system, the sensor system comprising:
- the sensor system comprising;
a communications element and a switch configured to enable or disable the communications element, the switch comprising a switchable polymeric element, the polymeric element having at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and being switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes.
- the sensor system comprising;
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