Sensor articles

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  A closer look at Google's Android Accessory Development Kit 2.0

  By Sam Byford on July 12, 2012 07:01 am + 16 comments

  Last year Google announced the Accessory Development Kit (ADK) for Android, a hackable Arduino box Continue reading…

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  Freescale's tiny 12-axis board demonstrates Windows 8 sensor fusion (hands-on video)

  By Sean Hollister on June 23, 2012 02:06 am + 36 comments

  Digging through our cameras for more footage from Computex 2012, we found this gem: a video Continue reading…

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  Freescale Xtrinsic 12-axis sensor platform hands-on pictures

  on June 22, 2012 09:07 pm

  Here's Freescale's 12-axis sensor platform for Windows 8 devices. Continue reading…

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  Sony boosts imaging division with $997 million investment in CMOS sensor production

  By Sam Byford on June 22, 2012 05:09 am + 14 comments

  With Sony's traditional businesses such as TV making heavy losses, new CEO Kaz Hirai has said that Continue reading…

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  Robot finger detects textures more accurately than humans

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 19, 2012 07:29 am + 9 comments

  Researchers at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering have developed Continue reading…

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  Aisin adds eye tracking, heart rate monitor, and breathing detector to in-car warning system

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 28, 2012 07:37 am + 3 comments

  Vehicle component manufacturer Aisin Seiki’s newest Intelligent Transportation System can tell not Continue reading…

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  OmniVision announces 4K2K-capable 16-megapixel sensors for mobile

  By Sam Byford on May 23, 2012 01:29 am + 10 comments

  OmniVision has unveiled two new sensors capable of enabling high-resolution video shooting on Continue reading…

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  Spectral Instruments' 112-megapixel sensor can photograph the sun and the stars in daylight

  By Jamie Keene on May 18, 2012 08:20 am + 43 comments

  Spectral Instruments is showing off an enormous 112-megapixel 1100-series camera sensor that has a Continue reading…

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  Twine sensor now connects to Pebble watch, sends alerts to your wrist

  By David Pierce on May 11, 2012 05:13 pm + 27 comments

  In a fun bit of Kickstarter synergy, the makers of Twine — a small square that adds sensors and Continue reading…

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  Smartphone-equipped floating robots transmit water data in real-time

  By Andrew Webster on May 10, 2012 03:36 pm + 11 comments

  Earlier this week researchers from the University of California, Berkeley took to the Sacramento Continue reading…