News tagged with optical sensor

Sony Develops High Frame Rate Single Lens 3D Camera Technology

Sony today announced the development of a single lens 3D camera technology capable of recording natural and smooth 3D images of even fast-moving subject matter such as sports, at 240fps (frames per second). ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 4

New robot travels across the seafloor to monitor the impact of climate change on deep-sea ecosystems

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like the robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which wheeled tirelessly across the dusty surface of Mars, a new robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

ESA campaign reveals glimpse of future Sentinel-3 imagery

(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of the development process for ESA’s Sentinel-3 Earth observation mission, remote-sensing experts carried out an extensive experiment campaign across southern Europe this summer. The ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New robot travels across the seafloor to monitor the impact of climate change on deep-sea ecosystems

Like the robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which wheeled tirelessly across the dusty surface of Mars, a new robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Measuring the next successful antennas for in-body health monitoring devices

Antennas for the latest implanted medical devices are being developed by Queen Mary University of London and tested through a unique piece of kit at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toy Robot to Solve Sudoku (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Swedish programmer, Hans Andersson, has used a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to develop a robot to solve Sudoku puzzles.

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 weblog

ESA investigates new methods of mapping tropical forest from space

Tropical rainforests play a crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass. However, mapping these carbon stocks from space poses a huge technical challenge. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sharp Releases Notebook PC with Optical Sensor LCD Pad

Sharp Corporation will release into the Japanese market a new notebook PC employing an optical sensor LCD for the touchpad. Its new touch-sensing recognition method allows handwritten input and intuitive direct-touch ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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