[ladyada] has a freshly-published and amazingly thorough tutorial on passive infrared (PIR) motion sensors. Most often seen in security floodlights and automatic doors, in creative hands these sensors ...

Sony’s IMX775 5-MP RGB-IR image sensor with a 2.1-µm pixel size delivers high sensitivity and a high dynamic range.

We all know that feeling: you've turned the lights off and are almost asleep when you hear that infamous buzz. A mosquito is hunting in your bedroom. The dance commences. You could turn on the lights, ...

InVisage's new image sensor for infrared cameras could help drones avoid trees and could aid virtual reality headsets in seeing where you're pointing. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

An Infrared close object sensor installed on an industrial vehicle detects objects or pedestrians located in a hazardous area. When it detects a problem an audio/visual indicator makes an alert, that ...

The University of Hawaii (UH) has released the first image obtained using its new 16-megapixel HAWAII 4RG-15 (H4RG-15) image sensor on the UH 2.2-meter telescope on Mauna Kea. This represents a ...

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) today announced the upcoming release of the IMX775 CMOS RGB-IR image sensor with the industry's smallest *1 pixel size of 2.1 µm, delivering both RGB ...

In analytical chemistry, it is often necessary to accurately monitor the concentration change of certain substances in liquids on a time scale of seconds. Especially in the pharmaceutical industry, ...

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD -- For centuries, warfighters have used obscurants like smoke to evade enemies and stay safe on the battlefield. As technology advances and new threats emerge, older ...