Strictly speaking, a Theremin uses a pair of antennae that act as capacitors in a specific R/C circuit. Looking at [aritrakdebnath2003]’s MIDI THEREMIN, we see it works differently, but it does play ...

Over the past few years we've seen nearly all smartphone manufacturers trying various ways in which to build up some excitement for the smartphone market again. Whether it be adding more camera ...

CMOS image sensors have become a cornerstone of modern imaging, leveraging the advantages of low power consumption, high speed, and scalability inherent in complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor ...

Design engineers must stay abreast of the latest smartphone features and technologies to understand what’s likely on the horizon. Which offerings are most likely to become standards over the next few ...

In recent decades, a quiet revolution has reshaped how we interact with the objects and systems in our daily lives. What once required cranks or rotary mechanisms, and later the press of a button, is ...

Time-of-flight (ToF) sensors open up new application areas and use cases for proximity sensing and presence detection technologies, and these sensors can add valuable functionalities and intelligence ...

STMicro’s ToF FlightSense technology employs miniature and low-cost sensors to provide ranging and proximity sensing for highly accurate distance measurements. Unlike traditional infrared (IR) ranging ...

The various ways your PC-screen “privacy” can be compromised. How a sensitive time-of-flight (ToF) transducer can be a critical privacy (and power-saving) building block. The many circumstances for ...