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 ...

Some readers may recall building a line-following robot during their school days. Involving some IR LEDs, perhaps a bit of LEGO, and plenty of trial-and-error, it was fun on a tiny scale. Now imagine ...

STMicroelectronics has introduced a multi-spectral ambient light (plus UVA and near-IR) sensor, with flicker detection, in a package smaller than 1mm x 2mm. Applications are foreseen with phone ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the OH02A1S—the world’s first RGB-IR medical image ...

In this article, we implement a rain and ice sensor by analyzing the reflection of an infrared (IR) light source. This project uses proven techniques based on multiple reflections of IR light in the ...

Imec has developed hyperspectral sensor and camera technology with extended spectral range, going from the visible light (VIS) up to near infrared (NIR). The new line-scan VNIR (visible to ...

There may be an actual hardware reason why Siri will never come to older Apple hardware. The iPhone 4S, iFixit discovered, has an IR sensor to let Siri know that you have held it up to your face. And ...