Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level ...

Fibre optics and optical communications is the use of thin strands of glass for sending information encoded into light over long distances. Total internal reflection prevents light inserted into ...

Gamification can be a great motivator, and the achievement badges for the activity tracking on the Apple Watch have inspired many users to get more exercise. If you want to maximize your badge ...

The Lumix ZS99 / TZ99 packs a Leica lens with a whopping 30x optical zoom – a 24-720mm range that's way more versatile than your smartphone, and which can be doubled digitally to 60x using ...

Like with much of physical media, the onslaught against optical media is ongoing. In the latest hit against physical media fans, LG has discontinued its remaining Blu-ray players. However ...

and linear dichroism (LD)—along with optical activity (OA) and circular dichroism (CD) in the ultraviolet-to-visible light region. Their earlier findings revealed significant peaks in the LB and ...

along with optical activity (OA) and circular dichroism (CD) in the ultraviolet-to-visible light region. Their earlier findings revealed significant peaks in the LB and LD spectra, which they ...

Could some of the drone-mania that has gripped the state over the last few weeks be due to simple errors of vision, mistaken identity, optical illusion? Given history's various episodes of mass ...

Institute of Advanced Materials, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Stanisława Wyspiańskiego 27, Wrocław 50-344, Poland ...