Track Room Occupancy Without Cameras Using ESP32 Wi-Fi Drops

Learn how to repurpose your spare ESP32 boards into cost-effective presence detection sensors using the Tommy Sense ...
Tech Xplore

New carbon nanotube infrared sensors could shrink thermal cameras, medical thermometers and gas leak detectors

Researchers from Skoltech have devised a way to detect infrared radiation across a wide range without cooling the detector.
New Atlas

World’s first native color LiDAR gives machines human-like vision

For years, machines have navigated the world color-blind. LiDAR sensors – the laser-based eyes of self-driving cars, industrial robots, and inspection drones – build precise 3D maps of their ...
militarnyi

Ukraine Develops Infrared-Guided Interceptor Drones for Automated Targeting

In Ukraine, developers are working on automating how interceptor drones engage targets using infrared seeker heads (IR SH). Denys Lohvynenko, head of the UAV division at Brave1, told Militarnyi that ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

UChicago scientists find better way to make infrared light—using quantum dots

Thanks to modern LED bulbs, light is cheaper than ever to make—except for one particular kind. Three University of Chicago scientists have announced an innovative way to create infrared light, which ...
Business Wire

Leonardo DRS to Provide Advanced Space-Based Infrared Sensor Payload for Missile Defense Program

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leonardo DRS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRS) announced today that it was awarded a subcontract to provide Infrared Mission Payloads in support of the Space Development Agency’s ...
AZOM

IR Temperature Measurement in Battery Monitoring

Infrared (IR) temperature measurement plays a key role in ensuring the safety and optimal performance of batteries across a wide range of applications. Accurate temperature control is particularly ...
Phys.org

Portable biosensor could enable on-site PFAS detection

A portable biosensor developed at La Trobe University may allow rapid, on-site detection of toxic "forever chemicals" in water, removing the need for samples to be sent to specialist laboratories. The ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Seeing Photons: Progress and Limits of Visible and Infrared Sensor Arrays

Electro-optical detectors are used to measure or sense the radiation emitted or reflected by objects within the detector’s optical field of view (FOV). Passive systems operate without any illumination ...
Frontiers

PVDF-based flexible piezoelectric tactile sensor for slip estimation using robotic gripper

Robotic grippers are widely utilized in industrial manufacturing, but object slippage during assembly poses challenges, including potential damage, delays, and increased costs. Therefore, early slip ...
Automation World

Inductive Sensors: Non-Contact Metal Detection for All Industries

From roller coasters and farm equipment to discrete and batch manufacturing, inductive sensors enable precise metal detection and automation across every industry. Learn more about their diverse ...