Two recent announcements from developers of infrared sensors point the way towards new applications for thermal imaging systems, as the technology behind them continues to make rapid strides. At the ...

Infrared sensors that detect the short-wave infrared (SWIR) region can clearly recognize objects not only during the day and ...

Fujitsu has developed a high-sensitivity and high-resolution infrared sensor to expand monitoring capabilities in the defense and disaster prevention fields. This sensor is a Type-II superlattice ...

Raytheon has demonstrated a new type of infrared camera that ditches the conventional approach of capturing full video frames ...

I recently had to build an infrared close proximity sensor that could tell if something was dropped in a parcel delivery drop box. After some searching, I ended up using a microcontroller and a piece ...

RTX (NYSE:RTX) subsidiary Raytheon completed the first flight test of its RAIVEN Staring sensor suite on a UH-60 Black Hawk ...

In related news, Teledyne’s e2v business has just released a new imaging module designed for low-light imaging applications.

For Part 1, click here. High-speed optical communications applications have some high-level transimpedance-amplifier (TIA) circuit similarities with laser rangefinders (LRFs) and LiDAR. However, there ...

Advanced-technology sensors, coupled with data processing and fusion and networked communications, have enabled new approaches to warfighting and have been essential for reducing combat losses, ...

Olympus has partnered with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to develop a new imaging sensor that is capable of capturing both color information and near-infrared information simultaneously. This is ...