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Sandia builds tiny quantum sensor using 5 milliwatts of power for navigation

Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) in the US have built a quantum ...
Hackaday

Why Use A Sensor When A Pseudo-Sensor Will Do?

Usually, when you need to sense something in a project, the answers are straightforward. Want to sense air temperature? There’s a sensor for that. Particulate content in the air? There’s a sensor for ...

Why do modern cars use multiple oxygen sensors?

Modern cars have a ton of electronics and sensors on board, and that usually includes multiple oxygen sensors. Here's why cars have more than one.
Tech Xplore

Miniature optical sensor achieves 25,000-fold higher airborne ultrasound responsivity per unit area

A joint research team led by Professors Sangyoon Han and Jaesok Yu of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering ...

What is the purpose of LiDAR on your iPhone and how do you use it?

Your iPhone might have a LiDAR sensor, which is a cool piece of tech that helps the camera. You don't have to enable it; it's ...
Hackaday

You Can Use LEDs As Sensors, Too

LEDs are a wonderful technology. You put in a little bit of power, and you get out a wonderful amount of light. They’re efficient, cheap, and plentiful. We use them for so much! What you might not ...
The Packer

Using embedded irrigation sensors to better understand water use

While literally helping plants to talk is not the premise of FloraPulse, which manufactures a water sensor that embeds into a plant’s woody tissue, that’s precisely what its technology does, says ...

Russia Is Using Drones As Acoustic Sensors To Restrict Gray Zone Roads

Russia is landing drones near key roads and using them as acoustic sensors to detect passing vehicles, restricting Ukrainian movement in contested areas along the front.