Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level ...

The rapid growth of the Internet of Things means that data is more readily available and easily accessible than ever. Sensors, “smart” devices and software connect our world to the cloud, gathering ...

This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more ...

In-display fingerprint sensors have become commonplace in virtually all Android smartphones, for better or for worse, and five years later we’re finally seeing the ultrasonic variety widely used ...

Robert Dennis (RD) Schick passed away in his home on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marvin and Clara (Johns) Schick; his loving son Jeff and his two brothers ...

The Transparent Reporting and Certification for CDR, or TRACEcdr is an interactive tool developed by the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute and AlliedOffsets to improve transparency in the carbon ...

"There are probably 500 sensors in this car that measure all types of things," Duggal tells me in our exclusive chat in the vehicle. Cars, he says, will be integrated into your digital life ...

We developed an adaptable plasmonic membrane sensor for fast detection of individual LMMPs in eutrophic lake waters. The plasmonic membrane sensor functions both as a membrane filter and as a sensor ...

Canon’s first consumer printer capable of printing directly on CDs was released in 2003. Unfortunately for anyone in the US, this feature wasn’t included. Canon just put a plate over the CD ...