Not all IoT news is sexy. Some of it centers on pig farms and nuclear reactors. But all of it is useful, and so we want to swiftly cover a smaller announcement that is indicative of the wider industry trends. There are hidden worlds of similar announcements that feed into the more glaring IoT headlines, and this is just one of many that we normally never see. Hoffmann-Krippner and its Germany-based partner company Inelta have announced their new LVDT (linear variable differential transformer) inductive positioning sensors, designed for medical, industrial, and testing applications that require rugged durable sensors. The LVDT is a type of electrical transformer that is used to measure displacement – and therefore provide positional data. The design…