Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you learn. But when the brain's ability to judge context or assign meaning ...

Redefining the repeating pattern in photonic crystals creates tightly confined pathways for light while preserving symmetry, offering a simple route to ultracompact and low loss light circuits.

Why and how indoor air quality is an increasingly important metric. Details of the seven parameters assessed by this all-in-one module. The need for a fan to ensure consistent airflow. Quantitative ...

The built-in ambient light sensor in some Asus laptops detects the light level in an area and automatically adjusts the screen's brightness. But if you're giving a presentation or trying to conserve ...

The battle between a man who orchestrated massive Christmas extravaganzas and his former homeowners association could be appealed to the Supreme Court after a lower ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. According to the release, the P2 uses an ultra-wide passive infrared sensor and illumination sensor and claims to provide light detection up to 23 ...

A single-photon detector (SPD) is sensitive to incidence of individual quanta of light and has many applications in photonics, such as fluorescence measurements, laser ranging, optical time-domain ...

Smart home automation is the ultimate life hack, in my humble opinion. Whether for efficiency, accessibility, nerding out, or just plain laziness, all you need are smart home devices and a little ...

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 allow ...

After embracing HomeKit in a big way starting in 2022, and testing several motion sensors in the intervening months, my recommendation for best HomeKit motion sensor is the Eve Motion. The Eve Motion ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A new automatic lighting feature leverages the ultrasound motion sensor in Echo devices as well as third-party ...