(Nanowerk News) Peel apart a smartphone, fitness tracker or virtual reality headset, and inside you’ll find a tiny motion sensor tracking its position and movement. Bigger, more expensive versions of ...

This work proposes a novel lower-limb motion capture system that, for the first time, combines a flexible pressure sensor ...

This may look look like an incredibly simple little device—because, well, it is—but don’t be fooled. This laser-powered nanosensor can spot the movement of the tiniest of objects, and it could help us ...

Vibration sensors provider VocalZoom (VZ) recently launched autonomous sensors for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Combining contactless, high-resolution vibration sensor technology with ...

Much as we'd love to discover grey aliens with warp drive technology, any extraterrestrial life we're lucky enough to find will likely be pretty basic. But the chemical detection methods used by space ...

Aeva Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AEVA) is one of the best lidar stocks to buy right now. On September 10, the company unveiled ...

[Neumi] wrote in with a sweet robotics hack. It’s a 2D laser distance sensor (YouTube) made with a cheap line laser and an optical mouse’s flow-sensor chip used as a low-resolution camera. In one ...

When professional athletes are having their performance analyzed, it's certainly not unheard of for them to wear motion capture suits while training in a lab environment. Coaches and others can then ...

Leap is now taking pre-orders for its Leap Motion sensor, a USB accessory that enables full control of your PC or Mac using simple hand and finger gestures. The company claims that its product is the ...