An overwhelming majority of handheld devices these days have ambient light sensors built into them. A large percentage of TVs and monitors do, too, and that proportion is growing. The sensors ...

LiDAR, also known as Light Detection and Ranging ... they're facing towards or away from the LiDAR device. LiDAR isn't the first Time of Flight sensor to find its way into consumer electronics.

Apple is researching how AirPods could use sensors like the ones used in Face ID to read the user's lips and process what the ...

The humble LED could become a “last centimeter” communications device, used as both light transmitter ... pins could be set to input mode to read the LED as a sensor. As suggested by the ...

Vishay claims the industry’s first AEC-Q100-qualified rectangular ambient light sensor, targeting a range of automotive ...

Share on Pinterest Sellwell / Getty Images Chances are, you’re reading this article on a device that ... the effects blue light has on your sleep-wake cycle. Light sensors in your eyes and ...

For example, a stranger could use your light sensor to determine whether your face or hand is in front of your smart device. Most people recommend turning on your camera only when you’re using it.

Whether for efficiency, accessibility, nerding out, or just plain laziness, all you need are smart home devices ... light is on: When it's open, the lights go off. Since these are wireless sensors ...

The Pixel Watch is an interesting product because it’s a Wear OS device but natively ... That little green light that shines in your Pixel Watch is the heart rate sensor doing its job.