Liquid-level sensing based on capacitive sensors comes with its own challenges. It’s like absolute capacitance sensing. Unlike touch detection, the absolute value of the liquid level needs to be ...

A typical reflective object sensor consists of an infrared light emitter diode (IRED) and an NPN silicon phototransistor mounted side-by-side on parallel axes in a compact black plastic housing. The ...

A robotic device to detect slippery floorings, a wearable pressure sensor to analyze gait patterns and postural deformities, an engineered microbiome and a digital microscope, are among the key ...

Sensing and Instrumentation specialists BAUMER Ltd have introduced a new range of optical miniature sensors which raise the standard of precisely detecting challenging objects across a wide range of ...

According to the National Safety Council (NSC), as many as 40,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. in 2016, the highest total in more than a decade. Among the main causes were speeding ...

U-tube: the glass tube and piezoelectric speaker that were used to create the new mass sensor. (Courtesy: William Grover) A $12 device that can measure the mass of microgram-sized objects in fluid has ...