The potential of using low-energy light to shape ferroelectric thin films for micro devices is advancing with an international team of researchers most recently reporting success with "photostriction.

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Dutch tech scaleup Optics11 has launched an underwater monitoring system that uses light waves to “listen” for the presence of foreign objects. Called OptiBarrier, the system can detect enemy ...

PREMSTAETTEN, Austria & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With two new sensor modules, ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, demonstrates its commitment to Computed ...

Abstract: Smart kitchen inventory management system (SIMS) is a system that is based on IoT, which will make managing kitchen, medicine, restaurant inventory more efficient and hassle free. This will ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. According to the release, the P2 uses an ultra-wide passive infrared sensor and illumination sensor and claims to provide light detection up to 23 ...

An overwhelming majority of handheld devices these days have ambient light sensors built into them. A large percentage of TVs and monitors do, too, and that proportion is growing. The sensors allow ...

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The ambient light sensors typically employed in smart devices for adjusting screen brightness could capture images of user interactions and could pose a unique privacy threat, according to researchers ...