Automatic machines and robotics make use of proximity sensors which are also used in highly accurate systems. These sensors ...

Sensors are in use around the clock, even when you don't open apps that use them, and some sensors work together to provide ...

A new photoelectric distance sensor in the R200 series uses Pulse Ranging Technology (PRT) for precise distance measurement ...

Studies have shown that many people don't commute by bike due mainly to a fear of being hit by cars. A new bike-mounted ...

[mircemk] shows how to create a simple non-contact proximity sensor using little more than an Arduino Nano board, and a convenient software library intended to measure the value of capacitors.

[Klaus] wanted some sort of aid for parking his car, and after running across a $4 ultrasonic sensor, decided to build his own speaking distance sensor (.de, Google Translation). Inside [Klaus ...

In a smartphone, a proximity sensor is located by the phone speaker. It turns off the touch detection during a phone call; otherwise a person's ear would activate functions when pressed against ...