It’s always interesting to see how scientists and engineers have exploited—in the positive sense of the word—somewhat obscure, fundamental physics principles to create innovative sensors. For example, ...

A 3D printing enthusiast has made a cute, functional lo-fi digital camera using an optical sensor salvaged from a discarded ...

Dycus recently shared the mouse-turned-camera project on Reddit. He used the optical sensor (model ADNS-3090) from an old ...

Both the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max feature a tetraprism lens system capable of up to 5x optical zoom. That's an improvement over last year's smaller iPhone 15 Pro model, which was limited to ...

A new easy-to-use optical fiber sensor achieves sensitive and real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that ...

Said to be the first low-cost optical recognition sensor designed specifically for toys, the OV810 SmartSensor integrates an image sensor, mask-programmable gate array, and core logic. The CMOS device ...

For decades, people with diabetes have relied on finger pricks to withdraw blood or adhesive microneedles to measure and manage their glucose levels. In addition to being painful, these methods can ...

Your average $5 wired mouse has no batteries. Alternatively, wireless gaming mice are dime a dozen. Well, almost. But what about a mouse with both no wires and no batteries? Say what? Oh, and while we ...