A team from the Northeastern University has developed a sensor that requires almost no power to work and operate. Made for the US Department of Defense's Darpa (Defense Advanced Research Projects ...

Figure 1: Illustration of the IR-ATR sensor setup. This IR-ATR sensing technique based on planarized transducers has facilitated in situ, sensitive, and in-depth probing of secondary protein ...

Infrared (IR) sensors are effective detectors or mobile heat sources, but they're also useful as components in a missile warning system (MWS). As Elbit Systems Ltd. demonstrated at the recent Paris ...

The Atom® T320 is a full function uncooled IR camera core supplied ready to integrate with or without lens. The unit, which operates in the LWIR spectral range, incorporates a ULIS 12µm pixel pitch ...

Most consumer remote controls operate using infrared light. This works well assuming the piece of equipment has a line of sight to the remote. But if you have, say a receiver in a cabinet or closet, ...

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 ...

Apple's new Siri personal assistant feature on the iPhone 4S includes a "raise to speak" feature that allows Siri to be activated whenever an active iPhone is raised to the user's ear. The device is ...