Researchers have developed a fast and accurate flexible tactile optical sensor capable of reading Braille. The technology could enable smart readers that convert Braille to speech or text, helping to ...

Optical AI is revolutionizing sensor technology, integrating sensing and processing for efficient, low-power intelligent vision in real-time applications.

This Design Idea utilizes an optical computer mouse's sensor for measuring rotation of a disk which can be mechanically connected to any sort of rotating apparatus. One feature is to allow adjustment ...

A fibre-optic acoustic sensor that can detect a person up to 10 m away could soon be deployed in many demanding security applications. Jacqueline Hewett talks to David Hill at QinetiQ to find out just ...

Avago Technologies has announced a series of small form factor (SFF) optical mouse sensors with an integrated chip-on-board (COB) LED illuminated optical navigation system that is the thinnest in the ...

The Optical sensors market is poised for explosive expansion, driven by surging automotive LiDAR shipments and widespread industrial automation. With manufacturing capacities scaling to millions of ...

There is a point where taking technology for granted hides some of the incredible capabilities of seemingly simple devices. Optical mice are a great example of this principle, using what are more or ...