[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.

As spotted by WCCFTech, Nintendo has filed a patent that suggests the Switch 2 will have upgraded voice chat features. The patent discusses proximity chat in video games, suggesting that Nintendo ...

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 ...