Researchers have developed a fast and accurate flexible tactile optical sensor capable of reading Braille. The technology could enable smart readers that convert Braille to speech or text, helping to ...

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a new colour CCD linear image sensor aimed at improving the speed and accuracy of optical inspection equipment used in industrial and food processing ...

Here is a motor speed sensor module, the major goal is to check the rate of an electric motor. The module can be used in association with a microcontroller for motor speed detection, pulse count, ...

The Optipact motion sensors determine rotational or translational velocities of machinery or products in a wide variety of applications. The sensors are built around an optical system: The velocity of ...

The S onix is a new and ultra-compact surface metrology system that addresses the increasing need for outright speed (high-throughput) for 3D optical profiling for in-line process measurement and ...

This Design Idea utilizes an optical computer mouse's sensor for measuring rotation of a disk which can be mechanically connected to any sort of rotating apparatus. One feature is to allow adjustment ...

A nanophotonic diffractive network performs morphological image processing, including dilation and erosion, purely through light propagation.

Carbon nanotube: these structures have been used to create a new and flexible light sensor. (Courtesy: iStock/theasis) A flexible, ultrathin optical sensor that uses carbon nanotubes to convert light ...